It’s that time again. The Insound monthly free digital mix is one of our favourites and we almost always discover a new gem or two within the fifteen or so songs they put out. As usual it is there for a week only so click here to get the whole thing or check out a couple of our favorites from this month, another track from … Continue reading Insound Free Digital Mix: June
On my regular pilgrimage back from the south east coast yesterday I was quite taken with this track, Hearts, from I Break Horses that was played by Marc Riley on 6 Music last night. The band are a recent signing to Bella Union and are a Swedish husband and wife duo, and while the shoegaze influences (MBV, Ride, J&MC et al) are clear, the gorgeous … Continue reading Introducing…I Break Horses
For anyone who didn’t pick this up from the ever reliable Stereogum, this is an absolute gem of a track – truly as good as the band’s name is bad. Bobby (what?) are an indie band from Massachusetts and will release their self-titled debut on 21st June. Taster track, Ginger (Water Birth) features Mountain Man’s Molly Sarle and is a gorgeous exercise in musicianship. The … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bobby
Lauren Shera is a singer-songwriter who releases her album Once I Was A Bird tomorrow on Such Small Hands Music. It is the follow-up to her 2006 digital only debut In My Bones. While it may seem a long gap between records, she is still tender in years. However, her music has a wonderfully poignant quality that makes you think she should be a lot … Continue reading Introducing…Lauren Shera
Little Horn began when Atlanta musician Keith Forrester wrote some songs about, as per usual, hard stuff he was going through. Being shy and reclusive about singing, it wasn’t until a group picking session in Alabama where he was asked to sing a folk song that everyone else had forgotten the words to that his friend Daniel Bellury noticed his potential. After that fateful day, … Continue reading Introducing…Little Horn
On June 27th, the excellent Grass House will release A Cradle, A Short Breath as a follow-up to last November’s single Lazy Bones. In a conscious effort to avoid being type-cast in a dark or brooding vein, the song hints at the lighter side of the London group’s repertoire. Even so, it is still menacing enough to send most other indie bands screaming to their … Continue reading New Single From Grass House
After posting about Savaging Spires last week, their record label Critical Heights got in touch to recommend recent Fire Records signing, The Virgin Passages. This is the opening track from their first official album. Horizon is taken from the album of the same name and is due out in October 2011. Virgin Passages have a most engaging folkish strum intersecting with psychedelic experimentation and a … Continue reading Introducing…The Virgin Passages
A couple of days ago we received a copy of Margo Margo – the debut solo album from Armand Margjeka. It is a rich, mellifluous album, a record that makes you want to drift idly downstream in a boat while it plays in the background. It moves from softly plucked acoustics to upbeat, catchy folk-pop with a quiet, calm confidence and while not easy listening, … Continue reading Introducing…Armand Margjeka
Here are the juiciest cuts from our May postings rounded up and presented as one marvellous mix plus a couple of cracking new tracks as well. Be sure to check out all our previous ‘Best Of the Month’ mixes in the sidebar too. Download Country Mice – Morning Son mp3 (from Twister) Country rock and blistering sonic experiments combining to deliver a brilliant apocalyptic ballad. Download Howling … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: May 2011
On June 28th Efren will release their first full length, full band album, Rise On Up And Melt. Efren began as Scott Low, who wrote and recorded the debut album Thunder and Moan in the spring of 2009. With friends Low performed the songs live and the band was born. Playing almost 100 shows in the first year and recording and releasing a full band … Continue reading New from Efren
