Our collection extends to no less than ten sweet new tracks for you this week, lovingly gathered up from the past seven days like shells from a beach. Or something like that… Torres – Special (Garbage cover) Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Bennie And The Jets Julien Baker – Brittle Boned Beach Baby – Limousine Death Valley Girls – Death Valley Boogie Hamilton Leithauser & … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Mercury is the latest track from Conner Youngblood, it is hauntingly beautiful (he himself describes it as perhaps his prettiest yet), but lying beneath the surface is something a little darker… I should paint my face before I go outside I’m gonna bathe in salt till my teeth go numb…devil in disguise Stream/download it below. It comes from an EP Confidence he will be releasing April … Continue reading MM Shorts 536: Conner Youngblood
Here are the very best of our downloads from March’s posts together with a few new tunes for your listening pleasure. So close to 30 tracks in all – a perfect playlist to kick off April. Quite Parade – Edge of the Ocean A perfectly judged slice of Canadian indie rock, it is an anthem about a dying town that seems hopeless but is still … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March 2013
Back last summer we wholeheartedly commended Conner Youngblood’s imaginative blend of folk and electronica to you. Now he has given us a new song Vegas, which kicks off with some ominous ringing guitar over which his vocals echo and swirl before slow but hypnotic percussion cuts in and the song gradually increases in intensity before finally fading away like a firework over a night sky. Download … Continue reading New From Conner Youngblood
Our best of August mix is ready and even though it is typically a slightly quieter month for new releases, we can still offer you more than 20 cracking new tunes together with a few ‘hot off the press’ new ones. The result? A brilliant mix to keep you going as we enter autumn (aka the fall for our American friends). Either way, just enjoy. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2012
Conner Youngblood has released a new ‘single’ from forthcoming album Sketches Pt. 2, which is released on the 28th August. It is our first real introduction to him, and The Warpath is a imaginative blend of folk and electronics that combine into a genre-bending, ultra-smooth whole, topped off by his laid-back nonchalant vocal that fits the mood perfectly. Grab it below. Visit his Facebook page … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Conner Youngblood
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