The third (and long awaited by us) album from Los Angeles based indie folk group Sea Wolf, Old World Romance officially hit the streets today. Have a listen to the opening track and one of the highlights of the album Old Friend. You can download Old World Romance on iTunes, or purchase the album on CD or vinyl direct from the Dangerbird webstore. a Continue reading MM Shorts 223: New Album From Sea Wolf
Take some folk, some jazz, some classical, a bit of gospel and align it with some poignant nostalgia, some whimsy, a dash of tragedy and fizzing energy and the results might come somewhere close to describing Marian Call. Her new album, Something Fierce comes out on 13th November and she describes the latest taster from it, Dear Mr Darcy as an explosive rhyming extravaganza and slam poetry … Continue reading Marian Call Readies Something Fierce For Release
It has taken us a while to get round to listening to The Wild, the new EP from Boston’s ABADABAD. It took us a lot less time to become seduced by their sweetly chiming charms. Striking a balance somewhere between (the good bits) of Vampire Weekend, Ariel Pink’s lo-fi haze, and The Beach Boys irrevocable harmonies, the EP is in turns, hypnotic, pensive and infectious. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…ABADABAD
We’re still catching up on a huge backlog of e-mails and submissions since our excursion in search of the sun. Here then is a quick round-up of some notable and noteworthy releases. We have skate-punks Fidlar and their latest homage to the joys of alcohol with the two and a half minutes of Cheap Beer and we have Brooklyn’s latest buzz band (justified for once), … Continue reading Saturday Means Six of the Best
Well she doesn’t dribble anymore, but perhaps that will start again with the advancement of teenage years after one shandy too many – who knows?! Daughter sprat swam to big school this week with a song in her heart (one from King Charles, actually) and a spring in her step, in her hugely positive and wholly optimistic way. I miss her already. Little Sprat and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (7th September)
Hot on the heels of the recent Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Marissa Nadler has posted up a free cover of her own, a version of FM’s Save Me A Place. It may well be the best of all the recent offerings. This in turn comes quickly after her version of Townes Van Zandt’s The Rake, another beauty. Download both for free. a a Continue reading Marissa Nadler Covers Fleetwood Mac & Townes Van Zandt
Just in time for the end of the sunshine, if in fact we’d actually had any, comes this hypnotic, hazy debut single from The Reflections. Summer Days is classic introspective indie rock with a dash of chillwave, and makes a perfect soundtrack to the tail end of the season. Download The Reflections – Summer Days mp3 (from Summer Days single) Continue reading MM Shorts 219: The Reflections
The marvellous Fire Records have announced that they will be releasing the new album, Shut Down The Streets, from the New Pornographers’ founder A.C. Newman in Europe on 22 October. A year of joy and sorrow in the Newman household has inspired an album of understated elegance and strength, representing a change in tone from the past and an even bigger change in subject matter. The album … Continue reading New Solo Album From New Pornographers’ A.C. Newman
Our best of August mix is ready and even though it is typically a slightly quieter month for new releases, we can still offer you more than 20 cracking new tunes together with a few ‘hot off the press’ new ones. The result? A brilliant mix to keep you going as we enter autumn (aka the fall for our American friends). Either way, just enjoy. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2012
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