The Smoking Flowers are a Nashville based married couple who create their own particular take on classic country by blending in some blues, a whole heap of southern Gothic and even a little punkish swagger. Their latest long player, 2 Guns will see a release next month. If taster track Something I Said is anything to go by, the results will be a delight. It … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Smoking Flowers
Dinosaur Feathers have released a new song, a plaintive, evocative and obviously topical tune called Juror B37. Not only is it damn good, it is available as a free download from their Soundcloud until August 2nd. They’re asking that if people download the song, they consider making a donation to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Continue reading MM Shorts 415: Dinosaur Feathers
Hollis Brown combines raw rock sensibilities with sweet melodies and hearfelt lyrics to create a rich, warm sound that can fill any room. Think somewhere between The Band, Creedence and The Beatles or the classic early 70s sound of Laurel Canyon. Their excellent debut album Ride On The Train has been a steady grower on us here at MM, and following the success of Walk On Water … Continue reading Hollis Brown: Free Download & Tour Dates
Missouri-based indie-pop trio Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin has released a new single, Harrison Ford, which is the lead track off their forthcoming album, Fly By Wire, out September 17th on Polyvinyl, It follows first single Nightwater Girlfriend, and you can have a listen to both below. Pre-order the album here. Continue reading MM Shorts 414: New Album From Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
We first featured Gross Relations back in 2010 and now this Brooklyn-based fivesome who play lo-fi pop songs that are highly catchy and short on saccharine, are deservedly beginning to earn themselves some major adulation. With plenty of fuzz and lackadaisically-delivered lyrics reeled in by insistent, irresistible riffs, the band have a certain swagger that’s more than borne out on this track, Cut The Final Scene, which … Continue reading The Welcome Return Of Gross Relations
Running on thunderous drums and gritty, fuzz-fueled guitar riffs, Brooklyn’s Slim Wray have delivered their brilliant single Bear, off their forthcoming album Sack Lunch. The blues-based, primal rock duo, who finds inspiration in The White Stripes, The Black Keys, Nirvana, and The Kinks, offers up a garage rock delight with Bear. The single attacks with a rousing introduction and swiftly transforms into a plain good … Continue reading Introducing >>> Slim Wray
Another in our semi-regular round-up of the best tunes to hit our inbox and the web. First up is another track from Scott & Charlene’s Wedding’s imminent new album, Any Port In A Storm. This latest, the album closer Wild Heart has more of a classic American slacker-pop feel to it a la Pavement or Mission Of Burma, it is a laconically heartfelt tale of … Continue reading Wednesday Means Six Of The Best
A couple more excellent free downloads have recently appeared on NoiseTrade, and are well worth picking up for the cost of an e-mail address. The first is a five track live EP from the rising queen of new Country, Caitlin Rose and marks NoiseTrade’s inaugural Eastside Manor Sessions. She re-imagines songs from her latest album, the excellent The Stand-In, dressing them up in a lounge-tinged, vintage … Continue reading Recommended Free Downloads From NoiseTrade
We’ve featured the roaming troubadour D.B.Rouse a few times on MM, and it is a pleasure to be able to post about an excellent new album, West Via East, which was released digitally at the beginning of July. It was recorded across the street from the hotel that Gram Parsons died in, and that on its own should tell you plenty about this record. It … Continue reading New Album From D.B.Rouse
We received an e-mail. It said, “We are a Portland, Oregon band called Big Haunt. We play spooky, gospel infused big beat indy folk. This is our first single, “Burn Me Up.” It’s a song about ritualistic fire sacrifice and murder. We thought you might like it.” We did. We liked it very much. It reminds us a little of a previous MM fave, the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Big Haunt
