Josh Schroeder and Meredith Adelaide met on a chilly fall morning in 2010 at the Little Nestucca River in Oregon. They were on the set of a video shoot acting out a scene where, in a perfect Pacific Northwest setting, Meredith was being serenaded by Josh. To keep their minds off the cold between takes, Josh and Meredith began talking about art, life, music and … Continue reading Introducing Josh Schroeder and Meredith Adelaide
Band of Horses have announced that Dilly will be the next single to be released from their rather good album Infinite Arms on Monday 14th February. The single will come backed with an exclusive cover of Cee-Lo Green’s Georgia. The accompanying video has been inspired by biker films of the 70s – see for yourself… Buy Infinite Arms from Amazon here. Continue reading Band of Horses – New Single & Video
Goldishack Guerrillas is a break from the usual fare on MM (but in a wholly good way) and reminds us nostalgically of our youth and barrelling around in Oxford’s Zodiac to rap metal bands like Senser, RATM et al. Like all the best rap metal, this is a band on a mission: the Guerrillas are fighting back with a raucous mix of hip hop, guitars … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Goldishack Guerillas
Parts & Labor’s new album Constant Future, on Jagjaguwar, will be in stores March 8 (March 7 here in the UK), but you can get your first taste of the record via the title track now. The song begins with a signature Parts & Labor synth melody before being pummeled with a percussive drone ticking along like clockwork. It is very nice indeed. In fact, this is … Continue reading Parts & Labor Announce New Album
We Are Country Mice are a band we always look out for…A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising from 2009 was one of our favourite tracks of that year. So we were pleased to see they’d just completed a Daytrotter Session which can be got for free just by clicking here. It includes a wonderful version of their track Ghost, check it out below if you … Continue reading We Are Country Mice Do Daytrotter
We were unaware of Duquette Johnston until a few days ago, when he was referenced as a friend and collaborator in an e-mail from MM fave Wooden Wand. His biography on Reverbnation says “In the past Duquette Johnston was a founding member of such influential bands as Verbena and Cutgrass. Along the way sharing the stage with bands such as Pavement, Jesus Lizard, the Strokes, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Duquette Johnston
Just received this update from Wooden Wand about his Kickstarter project. “Howdy everybody, Really excited to announce that we have reached our goal – we officially have enough to cover the recording, mixing, mastering and pressing of this LP. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart – this has been very inspiring. But let’s don’t quit now! We undershot by a bit to … Continue reading Wooden Wand Kickstarter Update
It is well documented on here how much we love the wonderfully forbidding, and sometimes macabre, indie folk of the Howling Owls. For their latest track, they have teamed up with Maximino for A Wordsmith’s Reverie. It has an almost a waltz-time feel to it, but is still an everyday tale of resignation and failed expectations. And of course we love it. Enjoy. Visit their … Continue reading Howling Owls Are Back
Ah, the desolate wasteland of January. What else is there to do other than go to work, hunker down, listen to music, read a few books, knit a few rows … do it all again. I find January quite a dark month, however, I’m expecting my team to cheer me up this Sunday. This may, of course, be misplaced optimism. After Halloween’s tawdry performance, I … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (14th Jan)
We were delighted to hear from Sharon Van Etten that she is to play one UK date in London next month before heading off as the personally invited support for the National’s European tour. For those that don’t know, she sings with the voice of a wounded angel and tells slow, melancholy tales of yearning, loss, bitterness and mourning that send shivers down the spine … Continue reading Sharon Van Etten’s London date
