Since early 2010, Chicago indie-folk songwriter Christian Keck has performed and recorded as Fall Fox: a moniker fitting for an outfit that has drawn comparisons to lo-fi folk acts such as The Mountain Goats and Ghost Mice. Throughout the project, Keck has embraced the DIY bedroom pop aesthetic, weaving acoustic guitars together with analog synths to form an intimate and inviting canopy of sound. The followup to … Continue reading New EP From Fall Fox
The first music video from their new album of the excellent Maine-based band Coke Weed. The song is Sister Spring and you can still pick up a free download of their excellent Volume 1 available here. Continue reading MM Shorts 30: Coke Weed Video
Another month, more than 20 great tracks selected from our October posts and five new ones too. Download and dive in. Download The Minks – Araby mp3 (from Araby 7″) Endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Download The Bloody Hollies – Dirty Sex mp3 (from Yours Until The Bitter End) The dark side of raw garage punk with touches of organ, violin and xylophone. Download Bare Bones – Hope & Feather … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: October 2011
While we’re not great ones for themed mixes on MM, Halloween is one of the exceptions we like to make. Here is a perfect mix for whatever ghoulish event you’ve got lined up today! Fifteen corking tunes, from the skewed new wave pop of XTC and off-kilter indie of the Mountain Goats to the trashy surf rock of The Cramps and from the folk-stomp of the Men … Continue reading Free Halloween Mix 2011
Here’s a stream of Kathleen Edward’s next single Sidecar which is released on Nov 14th via Rounder Records. The track was co-written with Jim Bryson and produced by Kathleen alongside Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) who also performs on the track. Kathleen Edwards will head back to the UK in February for a headline tour to follow the release of her new album Voyageur, out … Continue reading MM Shorts 27: Kathleen Edwards New Single
Monument Valley is the musical world of London-born Ned Younger. Inspired by classic 1950s rock and roll, Postcard-era indie-pop and the modern poets of hip hop, Younger weaves all his musical touchstones into a passion for timeless story-telling and song-writing. His first release, the Tongues EP is due December 5 on Tritone/PIAS UK Records. Despite the expansive moniker, it is under the Monument Valley alias … Continue reading Introducing…Monument Valley
Hyde & Beast’s next single You Will Be Lonely is released on November 14th and you can watch the video now. The video follows a giant teddy bear around a desolate landscape on what they’re calling, “a journey of self discovery, on a quest to find himself, with a purgatory metaphor, on the shore of a new beginning and ultimately taking the chance and swimming towards something … Continue reading MM Shorts 25: Hyde & Beast Video
Arrogance is a wholly unpleasant characteristic. Confidence, yes; arrogance, get ye out of my bloody space. Despite the urge to strike back, I pay homage to the way of the Mackerel: bide your time, wait awhile, then just wait for the penny to drop. As MM always says, much better to know, step back, remove from the payroll, metaphorical or otherwise. What goes around often … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (28th October)
Here’s a new video from the upcoming Active Set album 11. The song was inspired by an old interview with L.A. songwriter Warren Zevon, who was said to have turned down a story in the New Yorker when he was dying of lung cancer, saying that they should have reached out when he was alive. The song was written as a dark tribute to him. … Continue reading MM Shorts 24: Active Set Video
Vines is the first single from the forthcoming release by The Nomadic Firs. You would be hard pressed to find a better blend of chilled out, good time rhythms and fuzzy, happy-go-lucky bedroom psychedelia anywhere. Simply irresistible. Download The Nomadic Firs – Vines mp3 Continue reading MM Shorts 23: The Nomadic Firs
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