Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Blitzen Trapper are one of the reasons we started the Mad Mackerel blog. Having become enthralled with their 2008 release Furr, it was shortly after that we began posting and tracks from that album were some of the earliest we shared. In fact the sublime Black River Killer from that album is undoubtedly one of our favourite songs of all time. … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 13: Blitzen Trapper
A treat in store today with new videos from Deer Tick and a brilliant tap-dancing film from Waxahatchee, from excellent experimental folksters Bird Courage and to finish Hooded Fang’s video for Wasteland featuring Dim Sum and a donkey. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Deer Tick || Waxahatchee || Bird Courage || Hooded Fang
The latest mixes from Insound and Feel Bad For You are now up for free download. The Insound mixtape has ten tracks and includes such MM faves as Shearwater, Obits and Golden Suits as well as Sebadoh, King of Spain and The Wrong Words. Check out one of our favourites below or grab the whole thing for free here. The newest monthly mix from Feel … Continue reading Free Mixes From Feel Bad For You & Insound
Here is another taste from Cate Le Bon’s much anticipated forthcoming album Mug Museum. This is the simply lovely Are You With Me Now? Continue reading MM Shorts 439: Cate Le Bon
The very wonderful Mind Spiders are back with their third album in 3 years! Titled Inhumanistic, it finds the band going in a slightly more stripped down direction than previous efforts, with influences ranging from Devo’s Freedom Of Choice and Wall Of Voodoo, to old horror movies (the song Electric Things is about the movie From Beyond, for example). Grab yourself the first track, Make … Continue reading Mind Spiders Announce New Album
Our videos today include the hypnotic, swirling In The Rain by folk-pop quintet Wires In The Walls, the hazy sepia tones of Holograms pulsating Meditations and the boot-stomping combination of blues guitar, steel-driven harmonica and raucous vocals of Jeramiah Red’s Oh Pardon Me. Lastly, we have the dark, folk-noir of Bart van der Lee and an excellent animation for his track A Mothers Song. . … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Wires In The Walls || Holograms || Jeramiah Red || Bart Van Der Lee
On this new single out on Butterscotch Records, Mikael Jorgensen, the keyboardist for Wilco has teamed up with label-mate Austin Donohue of Graph Rabbit to recreate Spacemen 3′s brilliant song Ode to Street Hassle from their iconic 1987 album The Perfect Prescription. The song is, of course, a tribute to Lou Reed’s 1978 album by the same title. Using bits and pieces of classical music gathered … Continue reading Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco and Graph Rabbit cover Spaceman 3
Start the week with a sumptuous video and song from Aly Tadros & Ben Balmer, Whim is a gorgeous folk duet. We also have scuzzed-up power punk from Rainbow Jackson and their campy, cartoonish video for Psycho Betty and singer songwriter L.A. Salami’s travelogue video for standout track Gets You Wondering. Lastly we have an intense, hard hitting video from Killing Fields Of Ontario for their … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Aly Tadros & Ben Balmer || Rainbow Jackson || L.A. Salami || Killing Fields Of Ontario
Until recently I knew nothing of Ed Askew, but an intriguingly positive review of his album For The World in one of the music monthlies piqued my interest and so when, by chance, we received a digital copy via e-mail shortly afterwards I was more than curious to hear what it contained. Not only that, but the album features the wonderful Sharon Van Etten (who’s … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ed Askew
Not much needs to be said about this. Caitlin Rose is currently on a big UK tour and to mark her arrival on our shores she has unveiled a beautiful cover of The National’s Pink Rabbits, which comes from The National’s current 4AD album Trouble Will Find Me. Listen below or click through to purchase from Amazon.com. Remaining Tour Dates Mon 9 Sep Glasgow ABC2 £12 … Continue reading Caitlin Rose Covers The National
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