The final day of SXSW and I’m on a quest. Phosphorescent play their last show today and I have tried and failed to get into four previous ones already. So it is the long walk away from downtown and up to the San Jose Hotel day party, I arrive hot, bothered and five hours early…but I’m in! No matter either because Shakey Graves is on … Continue reading SXSW Day 5: Experiencing One Or Two Technical Difficulties
Videos to enjoy today come from Scarlett Parade and their acoustic version of the achingly beautiful Call The Waves, (then click through on the Soundcloud link to grab a download of the equally good March of the Fallen). We have rootsy Americana from Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer with a video for a stunning live version of their standout track Serotiny (May Our Music), then … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Scarlett Parade || Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer || Valerie June || Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
Lapland, the engrossing and introspective folky project of Josh Mease, has made another track available from his self-titled debut album, which is due out at the end of March. Mixing styles from electronica to jazz, soul and indie, this track Where Did It Go? is a sweetly hypnotic strum in classic Fleetwood Mac style. See our previous post featuring Lapland here. Continue reading MM Shorts 321: More From Lapland
The Shallow End Divers are a rock ‘n’ roll group from Boston. Their lists of influences are intriguing: The Rolling Stones and Beatles, American soul like James Brown, Otis Reading and The Chambers Brothers, Garage rock like The Black Lips, Screaming Females and Jay Reatard. Worth s listen? We thought so. Continue reading Introducing >>> The Shallow End Divers
Today we reach the halfway mark of our favourite 100 songs of 2012. Here are numbers 60 – 41 for your listening pleasure. You can check out numbers 100 – 81 here and yesterday’s post of 80 – 61 here. And on we go… 60 JAMES LEVY & THE BLOOD RED ROSE – YOU SNEAK INTO MY ROOM A real mellow chill out tune. Reminds … Continue reading 2012 MAD MACKEREL’S 100 FAVOURITE SONGS PART 3: 60 – 41
This morning we have the foot-stomping guitar-violin duo October Gold, jagged, dark punk from Dead Wolf Club, some old-timey waltz from the 85 year old Dick Hyman and his daughter Judy, and the soulful pop-psych of former Rodeo Massacre front-woman Izzy Lindqwister. a a Click through for free download. a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: October Gold || Dead Wolf Club || Dick Hyman & Judy Hyman || Izzy Lindqwister
Shortlist and winner announced 3rd January 2013 The Blog Sound Poll was first published in 2011. The concept of the poll wasn’t to criticise the established BBC Sound of list, but simply an experiment to see if UK music bloggers could come up with its own list of emerging artists that was more representative of their community and give the artists that were nominated some extra … Continue reading The Blog Sound Of 2013: Long List Announced
Here is our fave Blues band, the Owsley Brothers, joined by Forrest Williams for a version of Otis Redding’s I’ve Been Loving You For Too Long, live at the Williams Backyard Boogie on the 23rd November. a Continue reading MM Shorts 274: The Owsley Brothers & Forrest Williams Cover Otis
Janice Graham Band, four Machester lads who grew up on Europe’s largest council estate – Wythenshaw – release a brand new single Assassiner through Acid Jazz Records on Monday. It melds an indie rock aesthetic with twitchy soul and funk overtones to create a powerful and feisty brew. Have a listen. a Continue reading MM Shorts 220: Janice Graham Band
John The Conqueror’s self-titled debut album is an amalgamation of the many sounds and styles (old and new) mined from both the North and South. They mix a bedrock of raw deep blues with funk, soul, punk and scuzzed-up rock-n-roll into one potent musical Molotov cocktail. The album showcases ten exuberant, expressive, unrestrained tracks performed with a youthful, reckless abandon as channeled through some truly … Continue reading Introducing >>> John The Conqueror
The Mad Mackerel 