You’ll be pleased we’ve fixed our downloading issues when you get to hear this cracker from The Futurebirds. As with the previously posted Johnny Utah, it is from the forthcoming album Hampton’s Lullaby, but this time we get glorious, up-tempo alt-country gem Battle For Rome. It doffs its cap to good ol’ boy Southern Rock, and has a vocal that calls to mind vintage Neil Young … Continue reading More from the Futurebirds
Our downloading issues are fixed! Josh and a few other readers of MM had pointed out some issues with actually downloading the mp3s from the blog. After much investigation and some help from Uncle Mike, we think the problem is solved. Apparently the automatic advertising that WordPress adds to posts can mess up the link access and stop them being found properly. The answer? You … Continue reading Downloading issues fixed I think
Insound.com have made their free June mixtape available here. As always, it will only be up for around a week (so be quick), and as always it is packed full of excellent tracks, which can all be yours in return for an e-mail address. Highlights among them this month being MM faves Blitzen Trapper, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Suckers, Teenage Fanclub, and these two gems we’ve picked … Continue reading Insound’s Free June Mixtape
To date, the sole commercially available release by striking new singer-songwriter Catherine A.D. is the Carry Your Heart EP, which saw the NME style her as ’kooky and spooky and very good’. The demonstration of that talent is perfectly exhibited on the forthcoming collection that comprises her EP Skeleton Songs. The songs are pared down to the bare bones, recorded in a bedroom atmosphere that leaves all … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Catherine A.D.
Common Prayer’s debut album, There Is A Mountain, was officially released yesterday through most digital retailers. The band is the new project from Jason Russo of Hopewell/Mercury Rev acclaim. The album is one of jangly off-kilter pop songs, often somber in theme, and concerned with the lives of the heartbroken, reckless, romantic and mentally ill from a reflective and victorious post-everything perspective. To begin with, … Continue reading New Album from Common Prayer
Singer-songwriter Lail Arad releases her debut album Someone New on the 14th June via Notify Music. It is a wonderful blend of sharp-tongued pop and lovely folk overtones and is most certainly good enough to mark her out from the crowd as one to watch. Try the jaunty, strummed acoustics of Everyone Is Moving To Berlin, which has shades of Jeffrey Lewis, but most reminded us … Continue reading Introducing…Lail Arad
Here is our usual end of the month round up of the very best tracks posted on Mad Mackerel, with a couple of new ones too. A perfect mixtape for May. Wilderness of Manitoba – Hermit mp3 Intimate and gorgeous, with haunting guitar lines and beautiful harmonies. Buffalo Moon – Beach Boy mp3 Summery pop, beach references, breezy beats and sweet lounge vocals. Sun Kil … Continue reading MM’s Best Of The Month: May
Le Sang Song are a folk band of sorts. However theirs is a skewed folk, mixing in all manner of styles and instruments, but never at the expense of the song or the rhythm. Their self-titled album was actually recorded in 2007, but only got a limited release at the start of this year. Gingerella is a case in point. It is right up MM’s … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Le Sang Song
On Joe Pug’s album The Messenger is a song called Bury Me Far (From My Uniform) and in honour of Memorial Day in the USA he has made it available for free download. Visit his MySpace here. Buy The Messenger here. Download Joe Pug – Bury Me Far (From My Uniform) mp3 (from The Messenger) Continue reading Joe Pug gives up free download
Here is a lazy blogger’s round-up of some of the new tracks that we’ve come across and enjoyed over the past few days and weeks, some of which might tickle your ears in a good way. The Moondoggies delivered a cracking album in 2008’s Don’t Be A Stranger and have a follow-up due in September titled Tidelands. In the meantime they are releasing a five track … Continue reading Saturday Round-Up
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