We got this via Not So Popular, it is an excellent short story called To The Boat by up and coming young writer James Walsh. It was inspired by a song by J. Tillman. We would urge you to click through and read the story – it’s certainly not one for the faint hearted, but it is excellently written and is certainly one of the … Continue reading J.Tillman inspires short story
Jordan Bolton is a solo artist hailing from Manchester and will soon be releasing a debut EP titled Jazz Hands. Take a listen to Carnival Blues which has a slightly jazzy undertone but is more a menacing, bass heavy ride through a freakshow underworld – as you know that’s much more our kind of thing. We think it bodes well for the EP, and marks … Continue reading Introducing…Jordan Bolton
Canadian four-piece Harlan Pepper grew up listening to music on dusty record players and hissing radios. Those sounds have been channelled into these songs that in turn make up their album Young and Old. It’s an album that encapsulates their obvious love for raw roots, rock country, blues, and folk music, but seen through their own 21st century kaleidoscope. Take a listen to Great Lakes, the … Continue reading Introducing…Harlan Pepper
This is the new single from LA based The Sweaters, titled Can’t Stop Winnin’, it will be released on White Iris Records. The quartet grooves around with bent sounds, thick harmonies, and vocals with energy second to none (that kick-in at about 1:30 into the track) and combine to make a syrupy garage gem. It’s upbeat and has as much soul as it does jangle and … Continue reading These are Sweaters you’ll actually want for Christmas…
After the release of his Graceful Bow EP, and in particular the track Bless You, Jason Ward is a firm favourite of Mrs Mackerel, and so we were pleased to get details of his new single Okay which is released via iTunes on Tuesday. The single is purposefully more of an upbeat and insightful song, and while the singer/songwriter or even folk labels are still … Continue reading New single from Jason Ward
We’ve posted recently about the excellent debut album Dungeon Dots by Air Waves, which is now officially out on Underwater Peoples. To mark the occasion here is another track of gorgeous bittersweet folk from the album. Visit MySpace here. Download Air Waves – Radio mp3 (from Dungeon Dots) Download Air Waves – Knockout mp3 (from Dungeon Dots) Download Air Waves – Waters (Featuring Sharon Van … Continue reading Air Waves Album Out Now
This may be a day late (snow, sickness, another quiz), but Christmas has come early for us here at MM because we have a new song from the Cave Singers – glad tidings of great joy indeed. In fact, so excited were we that fishy wars broke out, with MM posting it (albeit briefly) yesterday afternoon after promising the missus that it was hers. He … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (3 Dec)
To celebrate our lovely WordPress snowflakes (which are making Mrs M and Polly Pocket quite happy) and will take you through to Christmas and beyond, here is a free Christmas song from The Boom Bang. In case you missed them when we posted about their debut Bummer Camp EP, they’re a bunch of garage rock devotees playing fuzzy, reverb laden rock ‘n’ roll with added … Continue reading Christmas is coming…according to The Boom Bang
We posted recently about the new album, Kudos, from New Zealand’s Surf City on the wonderful Fire Records. The album has now hit stores (real and virtual) and to celebrate here is a second download from the album. So if you like your Spacemen 3, your Animal Collective or even the angular punk-pop hooks of The Clean you’ll find something here to savour. Visit their … Continue reading Surf City Release Kudos
Written On The Forehead is the first taste of Let England Shake, PJ Harvey’s new album, which will be released via Island Records in February. Recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset with long time collaborator Flood who co-produced the album with PJ Harvey, John Parish and Mick Harvey. Let England Shake was also mixed by Flood. Listen to the song below, and here … Continue reading New Single from PJ Harvey
