I have to confess I was unacquainted with underground folk/rock crooner Donovan Quinn until an e-mail from Northern Spy Records arrived announcing his signing to the label and a two record deal. The first of these, Honky Tonk Medusa is released on Valentines Day and is described as a story of decaying American cities, Internet age entropy and equal parts romance and loneliness. We are … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Donovan Quinn
You know the score by now. Each month Insound release a free monthly digital mix which is around for a week or so and which you can get for the price of an e-mail address or sometimes a Facebook like. Either way it is worth it because they are unfailingly good and there are always one or two new gems to discover along with some … Continue reading Insound’s Free January Mix
Where Is Parker Griggs? is a collection of songs from the excellent Alive Naturalsound label, with exclusive tracks from artists such as Hacienda,Buffalo Killers, Black Diamond Heavies, Radio Moscow and more. Over the past three years it has undoubtedly become one of our favourite labels and we have posted many times about the bands on their roster including Henry’s Funeral Shoe, Gardens and White Noise Sound. Founded … Continue reading New Compilation From Alive Naturalsound
Valentine’s Day sees the release of Hearts & Arrows, the new record from a pretty new incarnation of Danny & The Champions Of The World. To mark the occasion they will be heading out with Billy Vincent on The Pubs Rock Tour (dates below) and are also giving away You Don’t Know (My Heart Is In The Right Place) for free as well. The record is … Continue reading New From Danny & The Champions Of The World
Pensioner are yet another off the seemingly unending production line of top notch indie bands from Scotland. Their debut album Yearlings was released back in May 2011, but they have now decided to make the digital version available for free download. You can get it, or a CD with poster for £5, from their Bandcamp page here. It is a robust and uncompromising mix of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Pensioner
The new single from brother and sister duo This Frontier Needs Heroes is called, appropriately enough, 2012. It is another lovely example of their authentic, tumbledown Americana that they seem do so effortlessly. Wonderful stuff – have a listen. a Continue reading MM Shorts 72: New From This Frontier Needs Heroes
Boom Chick are a rock ‘n’ roll duo from Brooklyn whose sound is born out of an ecstatic love for 50s era American rock & roll, blues, surf guitar and early country music. They have a new three track single out on the 20th February, you can listen to the bone rattlingly good title track Shake Can Well below. The first 100 pre-orders will receive the … Continue reading MM Shorts 71: Boom Chick Single
Cheyenne Marie Mize introduced herself internationally on the 10″ release Among the Gold with Bonnie “Prince” Billy – an inventive take on a variety of late 19th century American parlor music handpicked by her and Will Oldham. We first discovered her when we posted her Valentine’s Day recording – a lush and spine-tingling cover of said same Bonnie Prince Billy’s I Called You Back from his 2006 release The Letting Go. Her … Continue reading New EP From Cheyenne Marie Mize
Clash Magazine regularly offer up their free Cross Section digital mix of new music and the latest is well worth taking a moment to download. It features tracks from Beth Jeans Houghton, Catherine A.D., Stealing Sheep and Rough Fields amongst others. They also have a link to an excellent free Cargo Records sampler of the best of their 2011 offerings – artists include Wire, Howe … Continue reading Free Clash Magazine Digital Mix
Here is a quick and dirty round up of some of the new tracks starting to circulate the web and on some of our favourite blogs. A chance to pick up any you might have missed… We have some very tasty surf infused pop from Vivian Girl Katy Goodman’s side project Le Sera, a second taste from Of Montreal’s imminent new album, some viciously uncompromising … Continue reading New Year Round Up
