Here at MM we always have a soft spot for good new singer-songwriters and we have another one for you today. Utah Green is a troubadour and underground poet, and has just released her debut album via label The Royal Potato Family. The songs on ForTune are full of gorgeous natural imagery of mountains, rivers and valleys and injected with a bold sense of humour … Continue reading Introducing…Utah Green
White Dress are led by vocalist Arum Rae and hail from Austin, Texas – she describes her music as lounge Country and noir rock and lists Mark Lanegan as a major influence…a combination that was more than enough to pique our interest. We have been listening to their self-titled EP which can make for some wonderfully tense listening – the songs are taut and quivering with … Continue reading Introducing…White Dress
We Are Animal (another Welsh band, see yesterdays post on the awesome White Noise Movement) release their second single, Black Magic, on September 13th (preceding debut album Idolise out a week later) and it is quite simply ace (as we used to say in the playground). It is a catchy song, very catchy, but has an enormous amount going on that all seems to fit … Continue reading Introducing…We Are Animal
We’ve been away for most of the past two weeks and relying on forward scheduling posts for the most part, but it means we’ve missed out on some of the more recent releases. So a first quick trawl through the in box has picked out these three for you. First up is Glitter, the first single from the forthcoming No Age album Everything In Between. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Post-Holiday Round Up
Well, the family shoal is spread far and wide this Friday 13th, with me and the two youngest visiting friends in Switzerland, and MM plus the eldest in the more tropical climes of Morocco looking for wildlife, mainly of the scaly kind. I find August quite a strange month, and possibly one of my least favourites, aside from the welcome family time. (I know there’s … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
Nick Marsh, lead singer with 1980’s alternative goth-rock luminaries Flesh For Lulu (yep, we loved ’em) and lead guitarist in London’s raucous 10 piece gypsy blues outfit The Urban Voodoo Machine finally officially releases his haunting solo album, A Universe Between Us. To listen to this album is like pulling up a stall beside some beaten barfly loosened by liquor, contemplating life, love and loss. Like … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Nick Marsh
Amen Dunes is the performing name of one Damon McMahon and he has just released a new seven track EP of hazy, sunlit psychedelic folk titled Murder Dull Mind. It came out via the excellent Sacred Bones label. We have the title track for you here and while on the surface it is sweet enough (with even an underlying pop sensibility), it still has a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Amen Dunes
The Holy Cobras hail from Canada and deal in a marvellous blend of droning, krautrock rhythms under a full-on fuzzed-up garage stomp. Feed Yr Head is (I think) their first 7″ single, having previously released some stuff on tape, and is a keeper. And if you like the single, you can also get a free download of a four track EP/album titled Dead Bodies Float … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Holy Cobras
Once again, Insound have produced a storming free monthly mix. Like the Clash magazine mix we posted about earlier today, these really are a delight and well worth waiting for. August’s effort features 15 tracks of all kinds including Jaill, Noun, Woven Bones, Magic Kids, Perfume Genius and MM faves and local Oxford lads Stornoway with the brilliant Zorbing – worth getting just for this track – … Continue reading Insound’s free August Mix
We usually post about the high quality free mixes available each month from Clash Magazine. The mix this month is no exception featuring amongst others Wavves, Deastro, Matthew Dear and Violens, there are twelve tracks that are well worth swapping your details for – just go here to get the mix. Couple of samples from the mix for you too – something brash and sneering … Continue reading Latest free mix from Clash Magazine
