Maz Totterdell || The Bull & Gate, Kentish Town, London || 6th June 2012 It’s been a few years since I’ve spent a Wednesday night in Kentish Town. Big Sair and I zoomed down the M40 under the power and panache of the Dooper and arrived at the Bull and Gate just in good time. I first heard Maz Totterdell on Steve Lamacq several months … Continue reading Maz Totterdell: Mrs Mackerel’s Live Review
a Download Arborea – A Little Time mp3 (from Red Planet) Download Arborea – Careless Love mp3 (from Red Planet) Continue reading Video of the Day: Arborea
The latest Insound free digital mixtape is available for June. The sampler is full of great tracks from Airbird, Bear in Heaven, Crocodiles, Guantanamo Baywatch, Jaill, Magic Trick, Peaking Lights, Poliça, Princeton, Yeasayer, Young Heel and more. But remember, the sampler is only available for the next week so grab it now while you can – just click here. Here are a couple of appetisers… Download … Continue reading MM Shorts 170: Another Free Insound Mix
The wonderful Daytrotter recently announced their 2,000th session and managed to get none other than Country music legend Glen Campbell in to record it, followed swiftly by a new session from the brilliant Delta Spirit. For those that don’t know Daytrotter sessions are typically four songs in length, recorded live to quarter-inch tape in a matter of a couple hours, with no overdubs. They are then made available … Continue reading Daytrotter Reaches 2,000
Johnny 5th Wheel & The Cowards play something they define as “steampunk-doom-jazz” and their latest single is, nominally at least, a double A side featuring the tracks Nancy and In My Laboratory. The former is more jazz than steampunk, as it meanders laconically along telling a surreal tale of giant eyeballs, librarians and obsession – you could picture it on the banks of the Seine in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Johnny 5th Wheel & The Cowards
The excellently named Speedy Ortiz have a new single titled Silver Spring, that’s part of a 10″ EP coming out on Exploding in Sound Records in a few weeks. It is another fine example of their infectious and intelligent songwriting craft, a hook-laden, lyrically sharp slice of twitchy indie rock that is well worth three and a half minutes of your time. Pre-order from their Bandcamp … Continue reading MM Shorts 169: More From Speedy Ortiz
A Psychological Thriller, the latest album and original motion picture soundtrack from White Widow (Carla Patullo), is set to be released today via Flicker Noise Productions. Culled from Patullo’s growing interest in psychological thriller films, A Psychological Thriller tells the dream-like story of a fictional character in ten songs that seamlessly blend together into one half-hour long soundtrack. Delving into the world of psychological struggles, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…White Widow
The Hudson Branch needed to blow off some steam having spent the past year writing, recording, and promoting their latest album World Kid. So they did what bands do – started nerding out to their record collections (which include everything from Motown to soul to indie rock to electronica) and started messing around in the studio. The result is a just-for-fun soul version of Wilco’s … Continue reading MM Shorts 168: Hudson Branch Cover Wilco
