Category: Music

Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing…Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands

North Carolina’s Crystal Bright & the Silver Hands are gearing up to release their first full length album, While hard to categorise, the lyrics and melodies on the debut album portray the world as a dark and strange (and often funny) place deeply connected to fables and imagination. So we could say twisted carnival folk anyone? Experimental, creepy vaudeville perhaps? However, you choose to describe … Continue reading Introducing…Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands

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Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing…Lawrence & Leigh

Lawrence & Leigh are a duo from Brooklyn and their first major undertaking, entitled Odyssey, is a set of three EPs, each with its own distinct sound and character. The first release, which has been a year in the making, is in fact the final chapter, Volume III: Hills and Masts. The EP will be released on 7th March. Coming across like a blend of … Continue reading Introducing…Lawrence & Leigh

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Alternative, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Coastwest Unrest

Coastwest Unrest is the moniker for the collaboration between violin whiz kid Alex Barnes, and brothers Josh and Noah Dickie who formed the band in the spring of 2009. Their second full-length album is out now. Old Weird America is full of material that lives up to its title with songs about redemption, biblical imagery, rebellion, loss, the nightmarish American landscape and the haunting ghosts of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Coastwest Unrest

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing…Lubec

Lubec comes out swinging with a growling sonic left hook that floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee on new EP Nothing is Enough!, coming out on 18th January. Gritty wall of sound guitar blasts mesh with crystalline melodies, recalling Black Tambourine, JAMC, and Clouds Taste Metallic-era Flaming Lips. No sir, this isn’t the beach vibes happy times type gig that’s been repeated … Continue reading Introducing…Lubec

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Alternative, Electronic, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Modern Skirts

Gramahawk is the third album by Athens, Georgia band Modern Skirts. It is the record of a band honest to their musical tastes and to their desire to create and perform both intellectually crafted and inherently catchy songs. Perhaps the most striking aspect of the record is insight into vocalist Jay Gulley’s dark, imaginative and humorous brain. A song about Gulley’s second DUI (that’s failing a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Modern Skirts

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Alternative, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic

Ty Segall on Daytrotter

Ty Segall turned up on lots of the end of year ‘best of’ lists and it has meant we have gone back to his 2010 album Melted for another listen or two – and we’re glad we did. Not sure how we missed that gem in the first place… Anyway, he has also recorded a Daytrotter Session that features five brand new tracks. Check out … Continue reading Ty Segall on Daytrotter

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Alternative, Country, Indie, Music, Rock

Happy New Year…from Whitey Morgan & The 78’s

Happy New Year! So we start 2011 with some outlaw country honky-tonk from Whitey Morgan & The 78’s. It seemed more than appropriate to follow the New Year’s Eve festivities with this… I Ain’t Drunk comes from their latest self-titled album and it is well worth a listen. You can check out their MySpace page here. With all good wishes for 2011 from all at … Continue reading Happy New Year…from Whitey Morgan & The 78’s

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Country, Folk, Indie, Music

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (31st December)

Doing those things you do at Christmas. Watching a film. Quietly crying a few tears at a sad story. Feel a small hand cover mine. I’ll look after you mama. A little time passes. A few more tears cried, this time belonging to the owner of the small hands. Empathy. Compassion. Love. One moment to treasure a whole lifetime. Happy New Year. Mrs Mackerel I … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (31st December)

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Alternative, Blues, Country, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

MM’s Best of the Month: December

Despite all the ‘best of’ lists, the top tens/twenties/fifties/one hundreds etc. and all the Christmas songs too, there has still been a cracking amount of new releases in December as well. So lest you missed out, here is our monthly round-up of the best tunes we’ve posted in December and, as always, a couple of new ones too. That’s the New Year’s Eve mixtape sorted … Continue reading MM’s Best of the Month: December

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