I noticed the name Hookworms in the singles review of this month’s Uncut magazine and the references to Spectrum and Wooden Shjips as well as a ringing endorsement from Sun Araw’s Cameron Stallones made it a definite to investigate further. So, one download from eMusic later and we’re swaying along to the stoned grooves and blissed out hypnotics that this Leeds five piece provide so … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Hookworms
Here is another track to see the light of day from Shearwater’s forthcoming Sub Pop album Animal Joy. You As You Were is another galloping, impassioned tune and based on this and Breaking The Yearlings, the early signs for the album are certainly enormously promising. Pre-order the album here. Download Shearwater – You As You Were mp3 (from Animal Joy) Download Shearwater – Breaking The … Continue reading MM Shorts 77: Shearwater
MM faves The Delta Spirit will be releasing their new, self-titled album on March 13th. To warm everyone up they’ve made two previous EPs, their 2005 debut I Think I’ve Found It and most recent offering, The Waits Room available for free download via Noisetrade. Grab a taste from each below or just head over here to get both. Download The Delta Spirit – When … Continue reading Free EPs from The Delta Spirit
Here is our round-up of the best new tracks and releases we’ve collected from our in-box, our favourite blogs and the internet. This time we have the the sultry and gently hypnotic folk of Cate Le Bon, the raucous, boozy new track from John McCauley’s latest roots supergroup Diamond Rugs, the brilliantly hypnotic and menacing track from experimental folksters Lower Dens, more enchantment and swirling, celestial … Continue reading Wednesday Means Eight of the Best
Brooklyn’s The Denzels are still a young band in every sense and this is just their second release, a five track EP titled Easy Tiger. Citing influences from The Byrds to The Cure they have an infectious, fizzing energy to their songs and manage to successfully blend New York style indie and West Coast surf pop in a way that is genuinely most promising indeed. Grab … Continue reading MM Shorts 76: The Denzels
Singer-songwriter Guy Capecelatro III is a prolific singer-songwriter, musical collaborator and author. He has opened for Low, Smog, Elliot Smith, The Mommyheads, Pearl and the Beard, Vic Chesnutt and has played in many bands over the years, including Unbunny, South China, Toast, Northern, and The Buckets. Capecelatro’s songs are folky, utilizing a wide array of unique sounds, instruments and voices. His lyrics are literary and offer fleeting … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Guy Capecelatro III
Virginia-based rock band Sons Of Bill have announced the release of their new album Sirens. Set for a March 27th release, this is a powerful collection of classic guitar-driven rock songs and reflective alt-country. First taste comes with Santa Ana Winds, a haunting, earnest tale set to an anthemic fury of piano and power chords – it sounds like it probably has its own stool … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Sons Of Bill
Brooklyn based Gabriel & The Hounds is Gabriel Levine and a broad pool of some of his friends and allies. The debut album, Kiss Full of Teeth, is released on the 5th March. A variety of performers working directly in, or with, the likes of The National, Beirut, St Vincent, Sufjan Stevens, tUnE-yArDs, Bjork and Jonsi all feature throughout the record. The World Unfolds is the first taste from the … Continue reading Introducing…Gabriel & The Hounds
Last spring we posted a track from the Great American Canyon Band’s Wild Heart EP and A Song For The Rest was one of the tracks that came so close to making our end of year Best of list. They’ve just given us this new single, Tumbleweed, it is the first track from their debut album, self-recorded in a gutted out house in Chicago with no … Continue reading New From The Great American Canyon Band
In advance of releasing her second solo album Rose Elinor Dougall has made a three track EP of some earlier demos available for free download. While apparently not representative of the new record (these demos were recorded shortly after the release of Without Why in 2010 and ‘rediscovered’ in December) she thought it a waste not to share them and we’re all the better for … Continue reading Free EP From Rose Elinor Dougall
