There probably aren’t enough songs about sticks. Wounded Lion know this. So here s their new 7″ single, Pointed Sticks, complete with glam rock backbeat, handclaps and a catchy chorus. Marvellous. Visit their MySpace here. Download Wounded Lion – Pointed Sticks mp3 (from Pointed Sticks 7″) Download Wounded Lion – Friendly mp3 (from Friendly 7″) Continue reading New single from Wounded Lion
For some reason we’d never really taken too much notice of Ringo Deathstarr – perhaps childishly, I think it was as simple as just the name put us off. So, in our ignorance, we weren’t expecting too much of Imagine Hearts which is the first taster from forthcoming album Colour Trip, which will be out in early 2011. Well, we’re big enough to admit we … Continue reading New from Ringo Deathstarr
In February of this year singer songwriter Israel Cannan left his home on the East Coast of New South Wales to travel around Australia, creating, inspiring and promoting his music as he went. Completing his debut album Walk on which he wrote, engineered and played all the instruments on, Israel strapped his guitar to his back and set off in an old van with a … Continue reading Introducing…Israel Cannan
Everything about Scott Fant is lean, trimmed down and to the point. This is what he told us about his first new release for six years… Texas singer/songwriter/guitarslinger Works hard, writes songs, plays his guitar. 7 Ways From Sunday is stark and sparse – 10 stories, guitar & vocals. Texas Folk Americana and Gothic Country music. Try 8lb Sledge below and you’ll see the few … Continue reading Introducing…Scott Fant
It is always good to support your local music scene, and we’re lucky to have Oxford as ours – for its size, it is one of the most vibrant and diverse in the UK. Recently, we’ve had three or four ‘breakthroughs’ hoping to follow in the footsteps of recent successes like Foals and Stornoway. First up is Moshi Moshi’s latest signing Trophy Wife. The Oxford trio are … Continue reading MM Goes Local – Oxford Roundup
Bleak crime novelist Jim Thompson is one of our favourite writers, and any band named after one of his stories needs to meet certain requirements. Dark, desperate, dangerous, threatening, unpleasant…you get the picture. Pop. 1280 thankfully manage to tick all these boxes and more and are generating quite a bloggers’ buzz with their raw, chaotic freak punk. Want a mosh-pit meltdown in your front room? … Continue reading Introducing…Pop. 1280
Recently we posted the Duke Spirit’s reverb heavy, walking pace cover of Sham 69’s If The Kids Are United. Now Barry-Sean tells us the top-notch UK indie rockers have announced details of their forthcoming third album and will be offering up a free download track titled Everybody’s Under Your Spell from their website from today. Just click here to go and get it. Download The … Continue reading The Duke Spirit Return
Well, Mrs Mackerel unbound! Shaking free from the rather genteel tethers of a typical Friday night in downtown Charlbury, we are heading towards the Big Smoke for a gig where I reckon MM and I could be the oldest fish there. And hurray, we have seats! I’m far too old to stand up for too long, even if it is Mumford & Sons. Poor little … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
Dawn Kinnard possesses one of those voices that sounds like it floated out from a 1920s jazz cafe – believe us, describing it as smoky doesn’t come near to doing it justice. She recently released her second album Wrong Side of the Dream and it is a surprising and engaging listen with plenty of musical left turns that stop it from ever lapsing into the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dawn Kinnard
So last night it was off to Oxford to see recent Mercury Prize nominees The Villagers supported by Cate Le Bon. I was accompanied by major-league Villagers fan Stu, so was hoping that expectations would be met… We only managed to catch the end of Cate Le Bon’s set (on at a ridiculously early 7.30pm), but what we heard was enough to make us wish … Continue reading The Villagers Live
