Mutual Benefit Cover Vashti Bunyan’s Just Another Diamond Day

Mutual Benefit, the folk project led by songwriter Jordan Lee, will release a full album cover of Vashti Bunyan’s storied 1970 debut album Just Another Diamond Day on 23rd June exclusively via Turntable Kitchen’s SOUNDS DELICIOUS vinyl subscription series. You can listen to two tracks, Jog Along Bess and Glow Worms, both of which have a wonderfully understated and reverential feel that give them a real … Continue reading Mutual Benefit Cover Vashti Bunyan’s Just Another Diamond Day

madmackerelMay 31, 2017May 31, 2017Leave a comment

Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Sun Seeker

We’re loving the sunny strum and cosmic Americana of Won’t Keep Me Up At Night, a track from Sun Seeker’s debut EP Biddeford which will see a release on Third Man Records. The EP explores nostalgia, melancholy, and emotional turmoil via laid-back psychedelia pollinated with tight harmonies, classic folk songcraft, and country rock spirit. It is an ageless approach that is simultaneously archetypal, but unlike many others in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sun Seeker

madmackerelMay 31, 2017May 31, 2017Leave a comment

Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 951: The Kneeling Drunkards

Originally a country gospel group, the marvellously named Kneeling Drunkards are a five piece Brooklyn band playing original Americana that has its roots in traditional country (always a little twang in there somewhere), but with a few modern twists from the world of rock’n’roll. Listen to The Joke’s On Me below. Continue reading MM Shorts 951: The Kneeling Drunkards

madmackerelMay 30, 20171 Comment

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Punk, Rock

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Guantanamo Baywatch – Video Slaid Cleaves – Drunken Barbers Hand The Districts – If Before I Wake Marika Hackman – Cigarette The Orielles – I Only Bought It For The Bottle TOPS – Further Muertos – Spin Tom Williams – Get High Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

madmackerelMay 28, 2017May 28, 2017Leave a comment

Americana, Country, Folk, Music

New Album From Micah P Hinson

Micah P. Hinson’s new album Presents The Holy Strangers is described by the artist as being a “modern folk opera”. Telling the story of a war time family, going from birth to love, to marriage and children, to war and betrayal, murder to suicide – spanning all of the strange and glorious places life can lead. We follow their story, we see their decisions, we … Continue reading New Album From Micah P Hinson

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

TERRY – Take Me To The City Screaming Females – I’ll Make You Sorry Darlia – Beam Me Up Daddy Issues – High Street Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – If We Were Vampires Yowler – Go The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Anymore Whitehorse – Nighthawks Mikah Wilson – Sweet Jules Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

madmackerelMay 20, 2017May 20, 2017Leave a comment

Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Courtney Barnett – How To Boil An Egg

Typically infectious, barnstorming and deadpan How To Boil An Egg is a standalone brand new track from Courtney Barnett. It was recorded as a contribution to an new collaboration between two of Australia’s leading independent labels, Milk! Records (the label which she founded with partner Jen Cloher) and Bedroom Suck. Have a listen. Continue reading Courtney Barnett – How To Boil An Egg

madmackerelMay 17, 2017Leave a comment

Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> William The Conqueror

Hailing from the coast of Cornwall, William The Conqueror are an indie-Americana trio that channel classic blues and singer-songwriter influences through a grunge/indie filter drawing influences from bands and artists as diverse as The Doors, Ryan Adams and The Lemonheads. Debut album Proud Disturber Of The Peace is out via Loose on the 4th August and charges through ten raw tracks, asserting itself with opener In My … Continue reading Introducing >>> William The Conqueror

madmackerelMay 12, 2017Leave a comment

Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

New Album From Quiet Hollers

Quiet Hollers have announced a new album Amen Breaks, a record that draws parallels with the cultural crossovers and the anxieties of the 1970s, a decade marred by division, political corruption, and terrorism. Long standing MM faves (they delivered our second favourite tune of 2015), the band have expanded their shape-shifting palate to include vintage drum machines and samples. On Amen Breaks, Quiet Hollers raise questions … Continue reading New Album From Quiet Hollers

madmackerelMay 11, 2017Leave a comment

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Adeem the Artist – The Owl

Back in 2012 eclectic singer-songwriter Kyle Adem made the very upper echelons of our end-of-year best of lists with Brother Follow. Now he records as Adeem the Artist and his latest release is The Owl, a four track concept album about a doomed couple who find meaning in the Dead Kennedy’s, I Am The Owl as their chosen mythos. Sitting somewhere between Conor Oberst and the Mountain … Continue reading Adeem the Artist – The Owl

madmackerelMay 9, 2017May 9, 2017Leave a comment