UK expat and current resident of Durham, North Carolina, Dan Melchior has released more than 15 full-length albums on a diverse set of independent labels including In the Red, Siltbreeze and Sympathy For The Record Industry. For his latest release Catbirds And Cardinals he has found a home at Northern-Spy Records. You may try to peg him as a bluesman or garage rocker, or even … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dan Melchior
Moses Luster seems to be a bit of an elusive character – although he has been around for a decade or more it is hard to find much information about him, nor much in the way of recorded output. Now after ten years of touring he has finally managed to get into a studio and record an album – the result is I’m A Lion … Continue reading Introducing…Moses Luster
To celebrate this year’s Stag & Dagger Festival, the good folk at Anorak London are giving away this free mixtape full of tracks for streaming and download via their Soundcloud. The mixtape features tracks by Marques Toliver, Star Slinger, Beat Connection, Chad Valley and more. This is the fourth edition of the multi-venue festival that has established a reputation for championing new music and finding upcoming … Continue reading Stage & Dagger Festival: Free Mixtape
That’s the Middle East in a musical and not in a geographical sense obviously. On July 12, the seven-member Australian folk musical collective known as The Middle East will release their debut album, I Want That You Are Always Happy on Missing Piece Records in the US. The album is the follow-up to their debut EP, Recordings of the Middle East, which earned many accolades and … Continue reading Introducing…The Middle East
Leaving are a folk band from Baton Rouge in Louisiana and have a sound that you might imagine comes from the flickering lights and mysterious sounds of the swamps. Their music is sparse, ghostly and beautiful with slow, swirling instrumentation that wraps its fingers around you like tendrils of smoke from a campfire. Their EP is called, appropriately enough, Ghost House. You can watch a … Continue reading Introducing…Leaving
Here are some recent music videos we’ve enjoyed. You might too. Marissa Nadler will soon be on tour with Timber Timbre which is a double bill well worth catching. This is the video for Baby, I Will Leave You In The Morning. Download Marissa Nadler – Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) MM faves Two Wounded Birds have this to accompany … Continue reading Video Round Up
Jolie Holland’s Escondida album contains one of our most favourite songs in Old Fashioned Morphine so we were delighted to get news of a new album Pint Of Blood, which will get a release on 28th June via Anti- Records. Try the evocative, sweeping grandeur of Gold And Yellow – it showcases that honeyed and sultry voice to perfection! Continue reading New Album from Jolie Holland
The coming week sees a much welcomed change to the working week, for me any way. A little more time to listen to a bit more music (maybe), and write a bit more (hopefully). My early working life was a bit feral really when I look back – in style rather than substance. And that rather suited me – it took me an awful long … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (13th May)
Great name! Mummy Short Arms release their debut single, Cigarette Smuggling, on 30th May via Flowers In The Dustbin. It is a seriously warped slice of woozy, off-kilter indie that defies description, but flat out demands your attention. Imagine Captain Beefheart fighting with Salvador Dali with a full set of musical instruments and a goodly pile of magic mushrooms… If anything, the b-side, Searching For … Continue reading Introducing…Mummy Short Arms
Her Name is Calla follow their excellent, if unsettling, debut, The Quiet Lamb, with the release of the double A-side vinyl single, Maw. Unusually, the title track, throws the listener into the climax of a galloping, pounding rock song, which burns with growing intensity. Clocking in at around a third of the length of Her Name is Calla’s more symphonic tracks, Maw is a demonstration … Continue reading More from Her Name Is Calla
