We first heard this just before Christmas on Radio 6 and meant to post about it, but good intentions were swept away by the deluge of festivities. Better late than never though… Lead singer and bassist of Manchester indie legends A Certain Ratio, Jez Kerr has plenty of musical heritage to draw on being in at the beginning of the rise of Factory and dipping … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Jez Kerr
Lars Finberg and Susanna Welbourne of much lauded indie band The Intelligence have a side project on the go titled Puberty, which make Google searches interesting if nothing else. There have been a few demos doing the rounds on the web since spring of last year, but their first (self-titled) single proper is out on Telephone Explosion imminently. Take a listen to Invitations below with … Continue reading Introducing…Puberty (the band that is…)
Akron/Family’s new release S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT is starting to generate a lot of excitement and buzz…here’s the latest track, Silly Bears, to be released from the album. Compare it to So It Goes which we posted a little while back. Pre-order the album here. Download Akron/Family – Silly Bears mp3 (from S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey … Continue reading More from Akron/Family’s new album
American Laundromat Records have announced the release of Two Songs From Mohawk, a digital single featuring two newly recorded tracks by Brooklyn-based all-girl trio The Caulfield Sisters. The tracks drop Tuesday, January 18, 2011 exclusively on iTunes. Caterwauling and I See Your Face are the first new original tracks from band since their critically-acclaimed debut EP Say It With Fire was released several years back. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Caulfield Sisters
Josh Schroeder and Meredith Adelaide met on a chilly fall morning in 2010 at the Little Nestucca River in Oregon. They were on the set of a video shoot acting out a scene where, in a perfect Pacific Northwest setting, Meredith was being serenaded by Josh. To keep their minds off the cold between takes, Josh and Meredith began talking about art, life, music and … Continue reading Introducing Josh Schroeder and Meredith Adelaide
Band of Horses have announced that Dilly will be the next single to be released from their rather good album Infinite Arms on Monday 14th February. The single will come backed with an exclusive cover of Cee-Lo Green’s Georgia. The accompanying video has been inspired by biker films of the 70s – see for yourself… Buy Infinite Arms from Amazon here. Continue reading Band of Horses – New Single & Video
Parts & Labor’s new album Constant Future, on Jagjaguwar, will be in stores March 8 (March 7 here in the UK), but you can get your first taste of the record via the title track now. The song begins with a signature Parts & Labor synth melody before being pummeled with a percussive drone ticking along like clockwork. It is very nice indeed. In fact, this is … Continue reading Parts & Labor Announce New Album
We Are Country Mice are a band we always look out for…A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising from 2009 was one of our favourite tracks of that year. So we were pleased to see they’d just completed a Daytrotter Session which can be got for free just by clicking here. It includes a wonderful version of their track Ghost, check it out below if you … Continue reading We Are Country Mice Do Daytrotter
We were unaware of Duquette Johnston until a few days ago, when he was referenced as a friend and collaborator in an e-mail from MM fave Wooden Wand. His biography on Reverbnation says “In the past Duquette Johnston was a founding member of such influential bands as Verbena and Cutgrass. Along the way sharing the stage with bands such as Pavement, Jesus Lizard, the Strokes, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Duquette Johnston
Just received this update from Wooden Wand about his Kickstarter project. “Howdy everybody, Really excited to announce that we have reached our goal – we officially have enough to cover the recording, mixing, mastering and pressing of this LP. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart – this has been very inspiring. But let’s don’t quit now! We undershot by a bit to … Continue reading Wooden Wand Kickstarter Update
