Le Sang Song are a folk band of sorts. However theirs is a skewed folk, mixing in all manner of styles and instruments, but never at the expense of the song or the rhythm. Their self-titled album was actually recorded in 2007, but only got a limited release at the start of this year. Gingerella is a case in point. It is right up MM’s … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Le Sang Song
We’re a little late to this one, 600,000 Bands being a 7″ single that came out at the tail end of 2009. However, it is one of those songs that once you’ve heard it, you shake your head, play it again and see if it was quite as original and surprising as you first thought. It is! The band, Felt Letters, are a trio from … Continue reading Introducing…Felt Letters
On Joe Pug’s album The Messenger is a song called Bury Me Far (From My Uniform) and in honour of Memorial Day in the USA he has made it available for free download. Visit his MySpace here. Buy The Messenger here. Download Joe Pug – Bury Me Far (From My Uniform) mp3 (from The Messenger) Continue reading Joe Pug gives up free download
Here is a lazy blogger’s round-up of some of the new tracks that we’ve come across and enjoyed over the past few days and weeks, some of which might tickle your ears in a good way. The Moondoggies delivered a cracking album in 2008’s Don’t Be A Stranger and have a follow-up due in September titled Tidelands. In the meantime they are releasing a five track … Continue reading Saturday Round-Up
Hey, a lot can happen in a week. MM has had a spell in hospital; one of the sprats is being very teenaged before his time, and another is too far away. And I’m more tired than I’ve felt in a very long time. So I’ve rather run out of steam (most of it’s been given to an insatiably stroppy 12 year old) this Friday, … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
Ever since we first posted about The War Crimes at the start of the year we’ve gone back time and time again to their wilfully down-tempo, unnerving, chamber pop. Sometimes orchestral and sometimes folkish, the songs offer literate (occasionally surreal), half-spoken lyrics, quietly insistent melodies, and an air of regret and bitterness that all adds to the overall sense of unease. They simultaneously conjure up … Continue reading MM salutes the genius of The War Crimes
Washington DC trio Daddy Lion dropped us a line to recommend their fuzzy indie rock and we’re glad they did. Having given their self-titled EP a few plays while stuck in bed, I’m pleased to report it has more to it than the all too common indie-by-numbers approach that we are often exposed to. No we’re pleased to confirm there’s meat on these bones. The … Continue reading Introducing…Daddy Lion
Being laid up on a week’s bed rest means at we’ve at least managed to finally get our longstanding idea for a blog/website for wannabe writers up and running. Roundthecampfire.wordpress.com is a new idea where we regularly give you a couple of titles, and you use that stimulus and your imagination to write something. You can write whatever you like, in any genre and any … Continue reading Check out our new site…for writers
As some may know MM is not a massive fan of remixes as a general rule of thumb. In truth, it is rare for us to listen to them and rarer still to actually post them. We’re a little more well disposed to covers, though again they are not usually something we post that often. So with that said, this is a post that naturally … Continue reading Remixes & Covers: all thanks to the Wooden Shjips
Hearts And Daggers released their debut album And Then There Was Dust earlier this year, but we have only recently picked up a couple of tracks from it via There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You. Now we are aware of it, we shall be making an effort to discover a lot more. Of the tracks we have for you, Convict Blues fair drips dust, sweat, … Continue reading Introducing…Hearts And Daggers
