Sam Amidon, for whom we’ve always had a soft spot here at MM, will release a new album for his new label Nonesuch on the 14th May. Titled Bright Sunny South, Amidon himself not only sings but also plays banjo, fiddle, acoustic guitar, and piano on the record. Listen to the album track My Old Friend below. Continue reading MM Shorts 325: Sam Amidon
Dead Confederate placed themselves firmly back on our radar with their recent, and brilliant, Peyote People EP and in particular the fried country rock of Slave to Slavery. We mentioned in our post then about their forthcoming album In The Marrow and today the band have made the first track from it available for your listening pleasure. The good news is that, if anything, Vacations even trumps … Continue reading Dead Confederate Share First Single From In The Marrow
The Hosts release a single on the 8th April called September Song. Written on the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, it is about a love affair with music and the infinite power of melody to instantly transport you to another time and place. And we’re pleased to report that music for the Hosts comes across like a cross between The Walkmen and the hazier end … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Hosts
About a month ago we commended to you here the new album, (Tropic) by Pickering Pick released on Yer Bird Records (buy here). It is a triumph of sweetly fingerpicked, warm folk – unhurried, thoughtful and with a rare ability to grab and hold your attention without needing to holler, shout or pull at your coat-tails. It is a timeless record in the very best sense of … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 8: Pickering Pick
We seem to have a bit of a ‘black’ theme going on with recent posts on Black Hay, the Black Angels, Blackbird & The Storm and Blackwater Fever. Entirely appropriate then that we should bring you the video for the new single from South London’s Black Manila titled Shake That Thing. The band have featured on MM a few times over the past year and there can … Continue reading MM Shorts 324: New Single From Black Manila
The video for Blackbird & The Storm’s track Broken Wings was shot on Super 8 last summer in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. It perfectly suits the samples of crickets, toads, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, hummingbirds, songbirds and wings-in-flight which are mixed alongside musical instruments and Marie-Juliette Bird’s intoxicating voice. We also have the irreverent and effervescent indie rock of Crash & The Coots and their video for … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Blackbird & The Storm || Crash & The Coots || The Blackwater Fever || Loch Lomond
We are hugely impatient for the release of Indigo Meadow, the new album from The Black Angels due on the 2nd April. The band have now offered up a second song from the record, Evil Things focuses on a man and a woman on opposite sides of a conflict who meet on a war-torn battlefield. This one pushes at the furthermost boundaries of the bands sonic cannon, … Continue reading New Song From The Black Angels
If you follow a route to an intersection where garage rock meets jazz, where rockabilly meets gothic and where country meets punk, you might well see Black Hay sitting roadside ready to scrounge a cigarette and tell you a few stories. Stories that you might subsequently find on their Nightsong EP. Stories that are shadowy – skewed romantica if you will – with echoes of Nick … Continue reading Introducing >>> Black Hay
Videos today from Yukon Blonde and some stunning visuals to accompany the ethereal indie-pop of their new single Guns. Then there is Cat Martino’s entrancing video for Yr Not Alone, which comes from her much anticipated forthcoming album of the same name. We have some beautiful folk from Hot Feet with Pine Needle Blues from their recent Songs for the Shed session (also check out … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Yukon Blonde || Cat Martino || Hot Feet || The Blackhearts
The press ‘blurb’ we receive at MM can often be, as you might imagine, somewhat repetitive. The Arcade Fire and Fleet Foxes references seem still to be de rigueur as it were – whether it bears any resemblance to the music or not. Not so with JP Whipple… “Things had gone to black. The money ran out. Prospects were grim. I was (and probably still am…) … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…JP Whipple
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