Category: Music

Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Screen Door Porch

Residents of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Screen Door Porch’s music evokes open space, dramatic textures, and a genuine character that steeps within your psyche from the first experience. Residing in the country’s least populated state as an Americana / Alt-Country/ Folk band has its own set of demands and challenges but this duo are more than equal to it. Seadar Rose’s vocals are a languid, whiskey-smooth … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Screen Door Porch

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Blues, Music, Rock, Soul

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday – on Sunday again (25th March)

Lordy, really should have given up gallivanting for Lent, home and away. TFI Friday is turning into Mrs Mackerel’s shifty Sunday. It was an away fixture in the Big Smoke on Friday: sober affair, late night, loads of gabbing, followed by an early evening kick off at home on Saturday – think less Stadium of Light more Den of Iniquity, led by the High Priestess … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday – on Sunday again (25th March)

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Hush Arbors & Arbouretum Split LP For Record Store Day

Thrill Jockey are releasing a split LP by Hush Arbors and Arbouretum on Record Store Day, and we have a track from the Arbouretum side for you to check out and download. In their own ways, each been exploring for years now the intersection of progressive folk and psychedelic rock and so it seems a good fit for a split release. Hush Arbors are all … Continue reading Hush Arbors & Arbouretum Split LP For Record Store Day

Unknown's avatarmadmackerel1 Comment
Alternative, Blues, Garage, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Freak Out With The Graceful Slicks

The Graceful Slicks are Oxford’s very own psych-rock warriors pumping out swirling, stoned, krautrock inspired grooves with a tasty side order of blues inflected garage and shoegaze. They have made a few demo EPs available via their Bandcamp pages and the latest (Demo 4) has three excellent tracks to sample. So seeing as it is Friday, why not turn down the lights, stick on the … Continue reading Freak Out With The Graceful Slicks

Unknown's avatarmadmackerel1 Comment
Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

More From Orpheum Bell

We recently posted Orpheum Bell’s track Poor Laetitia, describing it as Gypsy Americana or Country & Eastern music. It came from their scheduled new album The Old Sister’s Home, due May 8th and the band have made a new song available for free download. Daddy’s Crying is, as you might expect, a melancholy lament accompanied by suitcase pump organ, shepherd harp, oboe, violin and french horn. Over … Continue reading More From Orpheum Bell

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Americana, Country, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Chelle Rose

Maverick, outlaw-country legend Ray Wylie Hubbard seems to be turning up a lot here at MM – whether it be our belated discovery of his cover of US national-anthem-in-waiting Choctaw Bingo or his sublime recent Daytrotter session, and now we find his hand in this wonderful record by gut-honest southern singer-songwriter Chelle Rose. He is the producer of Ghost of Browder Holler (out via Lil’ Damsel Records, May 1st) … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Chelle Rose

Unknown's avatarmadmackerel2 Comments
Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Metal, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Thursday Means Six More Of The Best

Been a little while since we’ve rounded up a few of the best tunes that have found their way into our iTunes library recently. So, here is a great way to kick off your Thursday with six tracks gathered from our in-box and our favourite blogs. First up is the brooding psych-rock of Creepoid and a slow burning track from Horse Heaven called Dream Out. … Continue reading Thursday Means Six More Of The Best

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Americana, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 123: Wye Oak’s Daytrotter Session

We’ve mentioned it a few times before, but if you’re not parting with $2 per month to access the daily Daytrotter sessions then more fool you. More fool you because, for example, you’ll have missed out on recent sessions from Boxer Rebellion, Slow Club, Nathaniel Rateliff, Avi Buffalo and Heartless Bastards, and you’ll have missed the excellent Wye Oak session from yesterday, that included this … Continue reading MM Shorts 123: Wye Oak’s Daytrotter Session

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment