Americana, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music

Introducing…Beneath Wind And Waves

Beneath Wind and Waves is Portland-based singer/songwriter Shawn Lawson Freeman recording with Jim Walker. Recently released long-player Non-etre is a cunningly crafted, mindfully performed, extended moment of clarity in the face of the unknown. Dark love, missed chances, inner silences, and joyful trials are delicately delineated in its shrewdly scribed lyrics, delivered with Freeman’s sweetly pleasuring vocals upon a classy bed of acoustic and electronic instrumentation. … Continue reading Introducing…Beneath Wind And Waves

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Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends The James Low Western Front

The James Low Western Front may come from the lush climes of Portland, Oregon, but theirs is a sound that was born in towns like Nashville, Tennessee and Bakersfield, California. It shuffles, grooves, and sweats with the best of them, begging to be played through the in-dash stereo of a pickup truck. The eight-song collection on forthcoming release Whiskey Farmer focuses on the plight of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends The James Low Western Front

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 88: Ben Kweller’s New Album

Ben Kweller makes a welcome return to turntables and iPods with the release of his new album Go Fly A Kite (out Feb 7th). It is the follow up to his excellent 2009 offering Changing Horses. It has been a while coming, but the rather more rocking taster track Mean to Me suggests something of a different direction and that the wait will be well worth … Continue reading MM Shorts 88: Ben Kweller’s New Album

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Americana, Country, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 87: Bel Air

We’ve taken our sweet time to get round to listening to this EP by Bel Air. Titled Fall (see, told you) this is the third instalment in their ‘Seasons’ EP project. It is four tracks of indie rock shot through with a dose of dusty Americana. Try the energetic guitar work on the rather epic Bigfoot Camaro. Download Bel Air – Bigfoot Camaro mp3 (from … Continue reading MM Shorts 87: Bel Air

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Americana, Country, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Kevin Gordon

I have to confess our interest in this album was piqued by a very favourable review in this month’s Uncut magazine, which, by pure coincidence, was followed by us getting a copy of the record in our in-box via Reviewshine. Although he has been around a good while and had songs covered by such luminaries as Levon Helm and Irma Thomas, this is his first … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Kevin Gordon

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Alternative, Ambient, Blues, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2012

Here are the best of our January posts together with a few tasty new tracks. All in all nearly forty great tunes compiled and neatly presented in one lovely mix. As always, don’t forget to check out all our previous monthly mixes listed in the sidebar on the left. Download Night Genes – Soaring Through The Chromosomes mp3 (from Like The Blood) Infectiously catchy, military folk stomp. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2012

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Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Debut Album From The Adultery Brothers

We have been meaning to post this up for a little while and not sure why we haven’t managed it before now. The Adultery Brothers first featured on MM back in May last year with a (now disappeared) free Bandcamp demo release called Let Me Think. They have now released an ‘official’ self-titled debut album which benefits hugely from being professionally produced. Thankfully, they have … Continue reading Debut Album From The Adultery Brothers

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

New EP From Eux Autres

  Eux Autres write smart, infectious garage-pop imbued with indie jangle, a bit of cool French pop and gorgeous boy/girl vocals. In fact, just close your eyes and imagine if you will, the Field Mice meeting Black Flag at a Françoise Hardy show. The songs they’d be humming together on the drive home might sound something like Eux Autres. Although they have been around since 2003, we … Continue reading New EP From Eux Autres

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Country, Folk, Indie, Music

I See Hawks In L.A. Prep Acoustic Album

I See Hawks in L.A. have released five critically acclaimed albums of classic Americana since they began writing songs in their Echo Park living rooms 11 years ago. The band’s sound layers Southern California psychedelia over acoustic guitars and rich vocal harmonies. Meanwhile, fans have always treasured the Hawks’ acoustic shows, where Rob Waller’s rich voice, the band’s subtle guitar arrangements, and the dark, literate … Continue reading I See Hawks In L.A. Prep Acoustic Album

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MM Shorts 86: Shrouded Strangers Video

Shrouded Strangers have just leapt to the top of our New Discoveries Most Anticipated List (if we actually had one that is), but no matter, this is the video to skuzzy slacker anthem Featherbed, a glorious amalgam of surf guitars, krautrock rhythms and fuzzed up hillbilly stomp. Just brilliant. It comes from new album Forever Lost which is described as a collection of disembodied pop … Continue reading MM Shorts 86: Shrouded Strangers Video

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