Category: Music

Country, Folk, Music

Time to get traditional with Ola Belle Reed

We got this in our in-box the other day: Smithsonian Folkways is excited to announce our upcoming August 3rd, release, Rising Sun Melodies, featuring the music of influential bluegrass singer/songwriter, Ola Belle Reed. One of the pioneer female musicians in bluegrass, Ola Belle had a big voice and an even bigger heart, singing her story through the music of the Appalachians. We have identified your … Continue reading Time to get traditional with Ola Belle Reed

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop

New video from Hundred In The Hands

The Hundred in the Hands is Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman. The two live in Brooklyn and discovered their shared sensibility for early hip hop, French house and disco, ska and dub, post-punk, British invasion-mod and girl pop from the 60’s through the 80’s and decided to form a band. Their first song—the post-punk rave-up Dressed in Dresden — was written and recorded in a … Continue reading New video from Hundred In The Hands

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Folk, Music

New video from Johnny Flynn

We have previously posted a taster track from Johnny Flynn’s new album Been Listening, and will have the pleasure of seeing him live later this year when he supports Mumford & Sons at Hammersmith. This is the animated video for Barnacled Warship, the second single to be taken from the album and is directed by Christian DeVita, lead storyboard artist on Wes Anderson’s brilliant Fantastic … Continue reading New video from Johnny Flynn

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Alternative, Music, Rock

Introducing…Styrofoam Ones

Blue Lines is the new single taken from Toronto based Styrofoam Ones self-titled six track EP. I guess it is what you would term dance-rock or power pop maybe, but either way, it has enough drive and oomph about it place it in the repeat category. Driving guitars, anthemic vocals and a touch of attitude mean they stand out from the plethora of bands inhabiting … Continue reading Introducing…Styrofoam Ones

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Alternative, Blues, Metal, Music, Rock

More from Black Mountain

Some heavy rock is just too good to pass up. Black Mountain push all the right buttons with this, the second track and new single, to get released from their much anticipated forthcoming album Wilderness Heart. Even the track title calls up an era of stoned Hells Angels with straggly hair having fun on their Harleys while terrifying your mum. Marvellous. Pre-order the album from … Continue reading More from Black Mountain

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Rock

More from The War Crimes

Along with Howling Owl, The War Crimes are probably MM’s favourite discovery of 2010. Ever since we fell for the sinister charms of their single Treatise we have been eagerly awaiting every new offering with much anticipation. Now we have a new track, Levin As I for you. A bit slower yes, but every bit as disquieting and unsettling in a downtempo, fatalistic way as their … Continue reading More from The War Crimes

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Alternative, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

The Mackerels go to Truck

This weekend was our first visit to Truck, an intimate and friendly music festival held on a farm near Oxford. This was their 13th such event and was blessed with sunshine throughout. Mrs Mackerel and I took the three Mackerel sprats along on both days and had a thoroughly good time whether it was learning the Poyes(? – top left) , sampling the Rotary Club’s … Continue reading The Mackerels go to Truck

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Alternative, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Recommended Freebies: Ghost Animal, King Post Kitsch, Superhumanoids, Paul & The Patients

There is an increasing amount of really good music being given away by artists via Bandcamp and Soundcloud. A couple of our more recent discoveries are below. Ghost Animal offer a twisted, haunted take on surf-pop. They have a number of free EPs available from their Bandcamp page and all are well worth adding to your iTunes library. We also have their latest track for you, In … Continue reading Recommended Freebies: Ghost Animal, King Post Kitsch, Superhumanoids, Paul & The Patients

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Noun & Screaming Females

The Screaming Females are a band that MM likes a lot. So it is to our own detriment that we didn’t even know that before she was in the band, guitarist Melissa Paternoster had recorded for a number of years under the name Noun. A discovery like this is always better late than never though, and Paternoster released her first official full length entitled Holy … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Noun & Screaming Females

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