Category: Rock

Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock, Soul

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Al Scorch & The Country Soul Ensemble

In his new full-length CD release, Tired Ghostly Town (out May 21 on Plan-It-X South), Chicago-based songwriter and instrumentalist Al Scorch and his backing band, the Country Soul Ensemble craft literate, character-driven songs with Mid-American roots and a post-punk DIY attitude. The protagonist wishing for a pair of gold cuff links to accompany his beau to her daddy’s funeral; the deserting Civil War soldier headed across destroyed cotton fields beckoning to … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Al Scorch & The Country Soul Ensemble

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Deer Tick’s Divine Providence Gets UK Release

One of our very favourite UK labels, Loose Music is releasing Deer Tick’s outstanding fourth album Divine Providence in the UK. If you read our Albums of the Year post at the end of 2011, you’ll know just how much we loved this rollicking, swaggering, raw, boozy record. It is out in the UK today. Buy it together with the bonus five track Tim EP from … Continue reading Deer Tick’s Divine Providence Gets UK Release

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Blues, Country, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Gothic, Indie, Metal, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock, Rock & Roll

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March 2012

Here is our cherry picked selection of our favourite downloads from March for you, together with a few new tracks to create a perfect end-of-month mix. Enjoy. Download Thee Exciters – Dinosaur Traffic mp3 (from Perpetual Happening) Psychedelia meets proto-punk Download The Lonesome Savages – All Outta Love mp3 (from All Outta Love 7″) 50s inflected rock’n’roll revamped and updated with elements of the current garage punk sound – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March 2012

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Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 130: Insound’s March Vinyl News Mixtape

Insound have made another of their free Vinyl News mixtape’s available – the March edition features eleven tracks from Denison Witmer, Food Pyramid, Glow Kit, Japandroids, Jennifer Castle, Julia Holter, The Larchmont Trash and more. You can grab a couple of our own favourites from the selection below or just head here and swap a tweet, Facebook like or e-mail address to get the whole thing for … Continue reading MM Shorts 130: Insound’s March Vinyl News Mixtape

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Americana, Country, Music, Punk, Rock

Waco Brothers & Paul Burch To Release Great Chicago Fire

Through eight albums on Bloodshot, the Waco Brothers have blurred the line between country and punk with music brimming with grim romanticism, and joyous, near ecstatic, drunken stomps. Paul Burch is a Nashville songwriting treasure. It turns out that the rawness and rowdiness of the former, so at home in the blue collar and punk rock dives of Chicago, shares an emotional camaraderie with the traditionally minded … Continue reading Waco Brothers & Paul Burch To Release Great Chicago Fire

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Virginia Wing

On Tuesday 2nd April Sexbeat will release the first offering from Virginia Wing (It’s Grace Slick’s mom’s name), featuring current members of Lets Wrestle. The release will be limited to 50 on Gold Cassettes – you can hear the two tracks Divination and A Worn Path below. They are two tunes of cracking psych-rock that effortlessly weave in elements of chamber pop and pastoral folk harmonies, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Virginia Wing

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New Album From Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles

A Boise, Idaho transplant, Johnny Bertram sonically channels the influences of the Pacific Northwest’s musical forebears (think Pedro the Lion, The Decemberists, Built to Spill) in his acoustic-based songwriting. His songs are steeped in indie-rock and Americana and filtered through a Deep South lens that generates an interesting perspective and sound. Bertram’s sophomore effort sees the Portland songwriter and his backing band, the Golden Bicycles, … Continue reading New Album From Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

The Babies Record Store Day Single

Recorded back in the summer of 2009, My Name and The War were two of the first songs ever written and recorded by The Babies. With the 7 inch single due to be released on Record Store Day (April 21st), and digital single to follow on Monday 23rd April, this will be the first official release of these two songs. Capturing the band’s raw energy … Continue reading The Babies Record Store Day Single

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