Here is Part 2 of our countdown of our favourite songs from the past ten years… 180 Strand Of Oaks – Alex Kona (2010) “Alex Kona was twelve feet tall, his mother got killed by a bowling ball”. What else is there? 179 Port O’Brien – My Will Is Good (2009) Rhythmic and punchy folk-rock, but with a hook most pop songs would … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 2)
Another of our longstanding favourite bands, Americana duo Blessed Feathers have announced details of their new album There Will Be No Sad Tomorrow. Two years in the making, the record is equal parts beauty and brutality, a transgressional road trip that stretches from the ghettos of Peru to the high plains of Wyoming, from the swamplands of Florida to the oceanic wilds of Big Sur. Listen … Continue reading New Album From Blessed Feathers
Blessed Feathers are one of our favourite bands who regularly appear on MM, so we’re delighted to share their new track Huaycan Song #2, released by Honeytone Records as part of their ‘Singles Series‘ project. The song was written partly on a concrete rooftop outside of Lima, Peru, and partly in the various bedrooms and basements of their friends across Wisconsin. Needless to say it is a … Continue reading New From Blessed Feathers
It’s Sunday, time to ease into the day with some sweet videos and easy-on-the-ears tunes… We have the gently surrealistic Americana of Royal Forest, a live track from MM regulars Blessed Feathers, a comic book inspired video from singer-songwriter David Bronson and we finish off with brother and sister folk duo The Native Sibling. . . . . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Royal Forest || Blessed Feathers || David Bronson || The Native Sibling
As you might expect, December is a quiet month for new releases, especially non-festive ones, but we’ve still managed to come up with a mix of 16 top-notch downloads for you from our monthly postings. As always, we have a couple of new tracks too, and you can also check out our new monthly mix page here, that has every single monthly mix we’ve posted available … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2013
The very wonderful Blessed Feathers have made their new album Order Of The Arrow available for free download from their Bandcamp page here. We have previously posted two excellent tracks from the album, Ahbinreedis and Real Song For Emily (which made it into our favourite 100 tracks of the year) and so we can safely say that you won’t find a better end-of-year offer than … Continue reading Blessed Feathers – Order Of The Arrow
It is that time of year again. The votes have been polled from our MM contributors, the results collated and without further ado, here are Mad Mackerel’s favourite hundred tracks of 2013. Today, we’re counting down the first twenty five, from 100-76. 100 Woody Pines – Hobo And His Bride Classic, ramblin’ country blues, where songs are filled with characters fighting to climb up or … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Top Tracks of 2013: 100 – 76
We are really looking forward to the new Blessed Feathers album Order of the Arrow, which is out on November 5th. The first taste from it, Ahbinreedis was the perfect aperitif (see our post here), and the next taster from the record, Real Song For Emily is definitely meatier, faster of tempo and with fiercer harmonies and a tenser, more urgent feel. Despite being only two … Continue reading More From Blessed Feathers
Here (better late than never) are our favourite download picks from our August posts, together with a few new tunes. Altogether a genre-busting mix of nearly 20 great songs. Dive in! Spook Houses – Living The Dream Tempo-shifting, slacker pop. . The Great American Canyon Band – Lost At Sea Gorgeous, rural folk-pop. . Vikesh Kapoor – I Dreamt Blues A narrative about endless work … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2013
Blessed Feathers delivered one of our favourite sets of SXSW this year, an understated collection of beautiful, rural folk that was breathtaking in its simplicity and authenticity. This is the first track from their forthcoming album and the somewhat oddly titled Ahbinreedis is another example of just how good this duo is – the song is simply lovely. Download it below, and join us in looking … Continue reading New From Blessed Feathers
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