Despite being a mere 23 years old, Zachary Lucky’s new album The Ballad Of Losing You will be his sixth long player release. A prolific artist maybe, and also a mainstay of the prairie folk scene, but more importantly he has created a record of striking and memorable tunes based on an earnest and personal narrative about the uncertainty of loss and of transformation. It is … Continue reading New Album From Zachary Lucky
Yesterday we included the excellent single Atlantic by Fishdoctor in our Best of July downloads post, and as if by magic, the band have followed it up almost instantly with a new single Seasons. This time we get about as sunny a slice of good natured surf-pop as you can imagine. The melody sweeps along on the back of propulsive percussion, uptempo guitars and sweetly … Continue reading Another From Fishdoctor
Catfish & The Bottlemen’s explosive indie rock has become a pretty regular feature on MM this year and so it continues with latest excellent single Rango, which is possessed of a suitably ragged urgency, all arcing guitars and shredded vocals. Have a listen. It is due out on the 16th September via Communion Records. Continue reading MM Shorts 420: Catfish & The Bottlemen
Forest Fire are longstanding favourites of MM, and Fortune Teller from their 2008 debut Survival remains one of our favourite songs ever. So, much celebrating at the news they are returning with their third long player, Screens on September 10th via FatCat. Apparently it will deal in sparser, harsher sonic landscapes matching synth and drone in equal measure and with nods to the late ’70s output … Continue reading New Album From Forest Fire
Summer Cannibals just released a third track off their debut album, No Makeup, which gets an official release on the 6th August. Like the previous two tasters, Take Me Out is brilliant, and may well be our favourite yet from the album. It’s an irresistibly good slab of garage punk that somehow deliberately (and cleverly) manages to meld a certain weary insouciance in the vocals with … Continue reading (Another) Great Track From Summer Cannibals
New Jersey duo Spook Houses will be showcasing their tempo-shifting slacker pop on a split 7″ release with Fat History Month on Double Double Whammy Records (out on the 27th August). Download Living The Dream here. Pre-order the vinyl here. Continue reading MM Shorts 419: Spook Houses
A brilliant month for new music means a mix of more than 35 tracks compiled for you in our selection of our favourite downloads from July’s posts. And, as always, a few brand new tunes to round the collection off. They’re all yours…and check out all the other Best of the Month mixes using the sidebar links too. SNØFFELTØFFS – Pretty Girl Storming garage punk. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2013
Following on from a new track from Deer Tick yesterday comes a first taste of Blitzen Trapper’s forthcoming album VII, which will be released on the 1st October. This is Ever Loved Once, packed with banjo, pedal steel and harmonica. Listen below. Continue reading New Track From Blitzen Trapper
[Please note this is a re-post. The original post went up and then disappeared somehow, then came back as half-written! Sorry we’re having lots of problems with a very unstable WordPress host at the moment.] Based in Savannah, Georgia, where the Spanish moss hangs from ancient oaks like long torn veils, Jefferson Ross employs his unique acoustic guitar style and southern, soulful voice to spin … Continue reading Jefferson Ross – Isle Of Hope
A superb collection of videos (and songs) today. Just dive into these from The Handsome Family, Secret Colours, Dinosaur Bones and a live version of one of our favourite tracks from 2012, Willy Mason’s brilliant Restless Fugitive. . . [Click through for free downloads] . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Handsome Family || Secret Colours || Dinosaur Bones || Willy Mason
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