Many apologies, but once again we are having Bandwidth issues with Box.Net. The reliability of their service has been hopeless over the past three months so we will investigate a new host for mp3s if they cannot resolve this once and for all. We’ll let you know as soon as we can what has been sorted out. Continue reading Sorry – More Bandwidth Issues with Box.Net
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
Sorry that is a terrible title for a post. Anyway, last summer we introduced you to the laid back, and sunnily optimistic folk of BigBee of the Whitetree via his debut EP Fairytale Dust. He has been busy since then – very busy and we have two new projects to tell you about. Firstly, just a couple of weeks ago he released a full album … Continue reading Big Bee Of The Whitetree has been a busy bee…
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
