This week, in sunny Charlbury, smallest sprat took a tumble down the rather steep Victorian stairs. Running to his rescue, I had, at that precise moment, chosen to gargle with some mouthwash. Cheeks bulging, I picked him up, caught the (cobwebbed) ironing board in danger of falling on him, then sprinted upstairs to expel said mouthwash. Sadly, I did this in such haste and with … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (24th February)
We’re trying to juggle a few plates at the moment, so can’t do full justice to these tunes other than to say all are worth some of your time. The obvious answer was a straightforward Friday afternoon mix. After all there is absolutely no point in starting anything new in the office now, so download this mix, stick a complicated spreadsheet up on your screen … Continue reading Friday…Let’s Mix It Up
We have been fans of Gaoler’s Daughter from the very first time we heard their demo of Nine Pieces of Silk back at the start of 2010. Since then they’ve delivered a series of excellent EPs and singles in the shape of The Only Way To Travel, Alchemy, Rhyme & Treason and St. Peter. They have been back in touch to tell us about a … Continue reading Gaoler’s Daughter Return
Coke Weed were one of our favourite discoveries of 2011 – we described their free-to-download album Volume One as some of the most brilliantly off-kilter indie rock we had heard for a long, long time. From Velvets style chug to Johnny Cash rumble it was stuffed to the gills with more tunes and ideas than many bands manage in a career. Building on the deserved … Continue reading Coke Weed Prep Nice Dreams
On outstanding new track The Smell Of Pregnancy, Free Swim are inventive, experimental, manic, groovy, comedic and surreal and that’s just for starters. They expertly walk a fine line between art-rock swagger and avant-garde mayhem and joyfully channel the excesses of Zappa and Beefheart with a glam-rock undercurrent, suitably quirky British lyrical wordplay and perhaps even a hint of the Batman theme… Watch the similarly unorthodox and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Free Swim
Like most music blogs we get a lot of music submissions. Sifting through them becomes, after a while, a process that is akin to shortlisting candidates for interviews. Sometimes we get minimal information “I’m Billy-Bob a singer-songwriter from Arkansaw, folks call me Bubba, I think you’ll like my music” and sometimes we get huge long press releases with photos, reviews, and lists of influences that … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Shamefaced Sparrows
Teitur is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter from the Faroe Islands. His last album The Singer was released in 2008 and was an unexpected treasure of a discovery, full of personal and personable tales. He has returned with a new album, Let The Dog Drive Home, inspired and influenced by his experiences in America. The title track is an old song he wrote in the US a … Continue reading New Album From Teitur
We are loving Haters, a new song by Baby Baby released as a digital single last week on Gospel Rhythm Recordings. It is a no holds barred, adrenalin fuelled onslaught on the senses that overdoses on energy and a good time vibe. This is rock’n’roll as it was meant to be played – simple, loud, and raw with big fat guitar riffs, clattering drums and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Baby Baby
The new Wooden Sky album Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun is released on Black Box Recordings on February 28th. This track Malibu Rum is the second we’ve heard from it and is a beautifully paced folk ballad tinged at the edges with the faint wisp of melancholy – lovely. Download Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum mp3 (from Every Child A Daughter, Every … Continue reading MM Shorts 102: Wooden Sky
The experimental Americana of Lungs, Dirt & Dreams, the new album from the exceptional Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters. is officially released today via Adair Park Records. To mark the event here is a free download of the title track from the record; a downtempo slow burn of barely picked electric guitar washes over sighed vocals that gradually swell to an appropriately lugubrious and … Continue reading Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters Release Lungs, Dirt & Dreams Today
