Since it arrived last week, New Yorker Alexa Wilding’s self-titled debut EP has been getting a lot of play here at MM. By turns wistful, hip, sassy, and occasionally quirky, she is a welcome addition to the crowded singer-songwriter ranks. Equally at home with the romantic skip through the meadows as she is with the haunting heartbreak of lost love, she sets herself apart from … Continue reading Introducing…Alexa Wilding
The new EP from Mountain Man is soon to be available on 10″ vinyl from Underwater Peoples. It is called Sun Dog and swiftly follows on from the release of their rather extraordinary and beautiful record Made The Harbor, by offering five alternative versions of tracks from that album. We have one for you below, the exquisite Honeybee. Indulge yourself and be transported to somewhere … Continue reading Mountain Man’s New EP
Very recently we posted new tracks from Black Lips and Of Montreal. Now both have offered up new tracks hot on the heels of those ones. Black Lips are releasing a new split EP with Pierced Arrows, and Of Montreal have released a second advance from forthcoming album False Priest. You can enjoy both below. Visit Black Lips MySpace here. Visit Of Montreal MySpace here. … Continue reading More from Black Lips & Of Montreal
The latest free digital mix from Clash magazine has the usual eclectic range of bands, but as always, has a couple of absolute standouts as far as MM is concerned. Chief among them the return to the form of The Coral and their wonderful psych-rock classic-in-waiting Butterfly House and a track from the Bombay Bicycle’s Club new acoustic folk album. You can also get tracks … Continue reading New free mix from Clash Magazine
Not long back we posted a couple of tracks by oddball, indie experimentalists Ball Of Flame Shoot Fire that came from their acclaimed debut album Jokeland. Now, fresh from a couple of shows at the Northside Festival, they’ve given us this – The Glaive – the first single from their, as yet untitled, new album due out in a few months time. The band most … Continue reading New from Ball Of Flame Shoot Fire
Happy Birthday Mrs M – you are the greatest. Love you. Mr M. Download Jessica Lea Mayfield – Kiss Me Again mp3 (from With Blasphmemy So Heartfelt) Download Altered Images – Happy Birthday mp3 (from Happy Birthday 7″) Download The Sugarcubes – Birthday mp3 (from Life’s Too Good) Continue reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS MACKEREL
Nearly another year older and undoubtedly, not a whole lot wiser … MM gave me the new album by The Innocence Mission this week, My Room In the Trees (aah, if only). Now there’s a blast from the past. One note of Karen Peris’s fragile, ethereal notes and I’m instantly transported to a time when I nearly wore out the groove on my vinyl copy … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
We have mentioned the fantastic Buffetlibre / Amnesty PEACE project on MM a couple of times since we discovered it. The mammoth collection of 180 mp3s from all over the world and including some fantastic bands will only be available until July 12th, so head over there now and spend $5 (or more) to get them. In the meantime they have furnished us with some special … Continue reading Bonus from Buffetlibre’s PEACE Project
Ah ’tis shaping up to be a good day. First up, no sooner had we posted the utterly gorgeous I Couldn’t Save You from Sharon Van Etten than she lets us know that she will be putting out her second record, a seven-song collection called Epic, on October 5th through Ba Da Bing. Best of all, we have Love More, the record’s closing track, for you … Continue reading More from Sharon Van Etten
Here is our regular monthly round up of 25 of the best tracks posted on Mad Mackerel in the past month, and three new gems too. That’s a more than decent mixtape sorted even if we were crap in the World Cup! The Futurebirds – Battle For Rome mp3 Glorious, up-tempo alt-country gem that recalls Neil Young at his finest Puro Instinct – California Shakedown … Continue reading MM’s Best Of The Month: June
