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Free Album Download From Snacky Tunes

Snacky Tunes Vol.1, is an excellent free compilation featuring past performances from their weekly radio show on Heritage Radio. It is now available for completely free download here. It features tracks from artists as diverse as Freelance Whales, Midnight Magic, Surfer Blood, Eli Paperboy Reed, Frankie Rose and the Outs, Blood Orange, and Au Revoir Simone, amongst others. A full tracklisting is below, along with … Continue reading Free Album Download From Snacky Tunes

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Introducing…Singing Adams

This week Polly Pocket introduced us to Singing Adams by way of this video for their majestic new single Bird On The Wing. It is released on the 28th March and precedes their album Everybody Friends which comes out a week later on the 4th April. Lead singer Steven Adams used to ply his trade with the rather good Broken Family Band, and while elements … Continue reading Introducing…Singing Adams

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New Release Round Up

Here are a few tasty new releases and a couple of tracks acquired via the blogosphere to brighten up your Friday. A veritable smorgasbord for you to sift through and pick out the ones you like. First up is a second track from Canadians The Rural Alberta Advantage taken from their (very good) new album Departing and showcasing again their ear for a perfectly pitched … Continue reading New Release Round Up

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Introducing…Swimclub

Swimclub’s Gene Davenport sensed he had a ghostly visitor in his NYC apartment, but rather than pack his bags he used his nightly hauntings as a source of inspiration capturing the gradual transformation of these encounters from the unsettling to the mundane. The result: a shimmering new pop tune, She’s A Teaser, with a driving beat, jangly guitars and hooks aplenty. There are more jangly guitars … Continue reading Introducing…Swimclub

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Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: February

Here we are again. A mix of the best tracks we posted in February and a few new ones too. Twenty seven cracking songs to immerse yourself in! Download O’Death – Bugs mp3 (from Outside) Echoes of their ramshackle and punkish best, but this time it is cocooned in something more subtle and thoughtful too. Download The Whalers – That Rabbit mp3 (from How The Ship Goes … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: February

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New album & free track from Jason Ward

As regular MM readers will know, singer-songwriter Jason Ward has found great favour with Mrs M for his acerbic song Bless You, which lyrically was particularly appropriate at the time of its release. In advance of his new album Last Time I Was There, he is releasing Good Night as a single via iTunes (out tomorrow) and also offering up an older song Oh Man for … Continue reading New album & free track from Jason Ward

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The Heavenly States announce new EP

The Heavenly States will be releasing their brand new EP titled Oui Camera Oui on 19th April. The EP marks the band’s first album with Hippies Are Dead Records and is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2008 album, Delayer. We have the EP’s opening song for you, Model Son is a foot-stomping rocker with added rasp, rhythm and groove recalling Bob Seger, Talking Heads and … Continue reading The Heavenly States announce new EP

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New from The Sandwitches

Both the previous releases from The Sandwitches have gone down very well here at MM, and their recent EP collaboration with Sonny Smith is still receiving repeated plays after making our December Best of posting. So we were delighted to find out via GvB that a new album, Mrs Jones’ Cookies is imminent, featuring more of the dark and poignant swirling psych-pop that so marked … Continue reading New from The Sandwitches

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Mad Mackerel Recommends…Hunx & His Punx

Hunx & His Punx plunge their sticky fingers into a 60s inspired lucky dip and come up trumps with Lovers Lane. It is a wonderfully entertaining, tongue-in-cheek homage to the Shangri-Las, doo-wop, bubblegum pop, beach cruising and prom night teenage angst and, of course, it finishes with the obligatory spoken word denouement – this time with flamboyantly camp overtones. We know we are a little behind … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Hunx & His Punx

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Just for Valentine’s Day

Here are a couple of treats for Valentine’s Day. Firstly MM faves Two Wounded Birds who featured heavily in the MM Best of 2010 lists have made a new track available especially for Valentine’s Day. Treat Me Tender is a typically Spector-drenched track with a plaintive, pleading lyric and a vocal delivery Richard Hawley would be proud of. It will be up for a limited … Continue reading Just for Valentine’s Day

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