For the second of our ‘guest’ top ten posts we are pleased to welcome the finger-choppin’ Banner to the roster with his first contribution to the end of year best of lists. “It’s been a great year musically and especially as this year I became a dad. I’d like to thank Doctor Roddy and Chris T Popper for their steady supply of CDs this year … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 2 Banner
Monday 5th December sees the release of the new Felice Brothers single Fire At The Pageant, on 7″ single & download. It is our favourite song from one of our favourite albums of the year. Here is the eerie, slightly disturbing video for it. a Be like us and go and see them live too: 06/12 LONDON Koko, 07/12 MANCHESTER Academy 2, 09/12 GLASGOW ABC, 10/12 … Continue reading MM Shorts 36: Felice Brothers Video
After yesterday we thought we’d done with giving you brilliant free stuff for a while, but seems not. The very wonderful Loose Music boasts a roster of artists that are amongst the Mackerel’s most favourites – for starters they include the Felice Brothers, one of Mrs M’s discoveries of the year in Hurray For The Riff Raff, and Americana legends The Handsome Family. So when … Continue reading Free Loose Music Sampler
Another bonanza month of top tunes, all rounded up for you in one perfect download mix. Here are the September highlights together, as always, with a couple of top-notch new tracks too. Download The Migrant – The Hurricane mp3 (from Amerika) Distinguished by a slow blues refrain, handclaps and a mournful vocal, it is one of those tunes that sounds like it has been around forever. Download … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2011
There is a cracking cover CD with this months Mojo magazine. A tribute to George Harrison, it features covers by a whole host of artists and bands including Emmy The Great, Ron Sexsmith, Lanterns On The Lake, Alessi’s Ark, The Webb Sisters and many more. Tracks include Here Comes The Sun, I Need You, Give Me Love, If I Needed Someone and eleven others. Available … Continue reading Mojo’s George Harrison Tribute
The brilliantly ramshackle Felice Brothers new album Celebration, Florida is released on the 23rd May. It’s nearly two weeks away and we’re ticking off the days, but until then you can stream the whole album below. a Pre-order the album in the UK by clicking here and in the US click here. They will be in the UK for a short tour in the winter. Tickets go on sale … Continue reading Felice Brothers: Celebration, Florida Album Stream
One of the advantages of having a blog like this is being able to make up the rules as you go along, and today that means giving the limelight to our youngest Joe, who reaches the ripe old age of seven today. Now, we are all guilty of bias and of nepotism at times (and this is one of them), but I think you’d be … Continue reading Joe’s Birthday Mix
It is fair to say that Celebration, Florida by the superb Felice Brothers is one of our most anticipated releases of 2011. The good news is it is out on Fat Possum Records on the 10th May. Apparently the new album is chock full of new stories and casts scenes of dreamy characters and stories interwoven like a block of primetime TV. Among the tales: a young … Continue reading Felice Brothers: Celebration, Florida Album
Welcome to our longest ever post, and a whole bucketful of great songs. Last weekend, Barry-Sean came with me to the End of the Road Festival and outside of the musical orgy that is SxSW, we agreed it is the best festival we’ve ever had the pleasure of attending. In fact he’s been writing about it ever since. Here’s what he has to say…. Having … Continue reading The End of the Road Festival – A Review
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