Indie-Folk meets Outlaw-Country when The Sudden Passion breaks out the acoustic guitars & lo-fi synths to sing you sleazy tales of the road. The caustic, and slightly tongue in cheek Walk Of Shame comes from their recent 5 track EP Successful Friends, which can be purchased for a minimum price of $1 or more from their Bandcamp page here. Download Sudden Passion – Walk Of Shame … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Sudden Passion
Suuns have shared a new video for Red Song, one of the tracks on their new 12″ out this week on Secretly Canadian. The video is layered with images from found sources, which pull together for an eerie pastiche reminiscent of Ringu. a Continue reading MM Shorts 42: New Suuns Video
Ahead of kicking off their UK Tour tonight in Bournemouth, Frank Turner and Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo have made a newly recorded duet available for free download. Called Fields Of June, and taken from Emily Barkers’ 2008 ‘Photos. Fires. Fables.‘ album, they will be performing the duet during Barker’s set on each night of the tour. Grab it below. a And the tour dates: O2 Academy … Continue reading Frank Turner & Emily Barker Duet
We’ve posted a few times about Wooden Wand’s new album Briarwood, initially funded via a Kickstarter campaign and now getting a “proper” release in the US and UK via the excellent Fire Records – it is out tomorrow. Here is another track, another winner. Buy direct from Fire album here. Download Wooden Wand – Winter In Kentucky mp3 (from Briarwood) Download Wooden Wand – Big Mouth USA mp3 (from … Continue reading Wooden Wand Releases Briarwood Tomorrow
Hailing from Lambertville, New Jersey, three piece The Great Afternoon have been playing together for just over a year and released a self-titled EP back in August. Mixing banjo with some sturdy bass lines and toe-tapping drums they come up with a soulful new take on the traditional approach and are well worth a listen. Download Science Fiction below. a Continue reading Introducing…The Great Afternoon
Here’s a good way to start the working week – with a triple helping of top notch, indie goodness. First up is the return of alt-Country pioneers Lambchop who will release their first album since 2008 in the form of Mr. M, which is a tribute to the great Vic Chesnutt. If Not I’ll Just Die is a smooth, almost jazz inflected cut that is … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Monday Morning Threesome
We picked this up via the excellent Piaptk Blog and figured it had to be worth a repost. The Great Lakes are a psych-Country act from Brooklyn who we posted about back in the summer of 2010 when they released their lovely album Ways Of Escape. That was a record of introspective folk and country tunes, and while this is in the same vein, there … Continue reading MM Shorts 41: The Great Lakes Unreleased Track
Van Meter’s new album Mess Of My Memory is sometimes angry, occasionally tongue in cheek and always authentic. Recorded live, it stays true to the roots of alt-Country, but with a rather addictive dark twist, running the gamut of revenge, disappointment and acceptance. You can download the album from Amazon here. Download Van Meter – Sittin’ Pretty mp3 (from Mess Of My Memory) Continue reading MM Shorts 40: Van Meter
A fiery yet charming Australian ensemble featuring brass, guts, words and skins, Flap! formed during an informal jam at the 2007 Port Fairy Folk Festival. True to those roots they’ve since gone on to become firm festival favorites country wide having torn it up everywhere from Port Fairy to Woodford, Falls, Adelaide Fringe, Apollo Bay, Melbourne Jazz, Rainbow Serpent, the National Folk Festival and many … Continue reading Introducing…Flap!
After a short adjournment from the Mrs Mackerel mantle, it’s back to business this week with a blast from the musical past. Anyone Can Play Guitar had a one-off showing at my beloved Phoenix Picturehouse in Oxford this week. It’s always a pleasure to go the Phoenix and I have to admit, I didn’t really know what I was going to see other than a … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (18th November)
