The latest free Sampler from American Songwriter is a gem, featuring 12 tracks from, amongst others, Turbo Fruits, the wonderful Felice Brothers, Amy Cook, Dylan LeBlanc, Blake Mills and Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons. Check out a couple of our choices from it below: the scruffy, skuzzy garage rock and fiery hooks of Fly Golden Eagle and Natural Child’s hybrid stew of surf rock … Continue reading Free September Mix From American Songwriter
Here are three excellent and completely free label samplers that are well worth getting your grubby mitts on. The first comes from the wonderful Saddle Creek label and their thirteen track Summer Sampler 2012 includes offerings from The Mynabirds, Cursive, Tim Kasher, Bright Eyes and Maria Taylor. The second is from Jeffery Drag Records and is a collection of ten tracks from some top-notch garage rock’n’rollers, … Continue reading Free Label Samplers From Saddle Creek, Jeffery Drag & Bridgetown
So, as the New Year approaches, here are our favourite albums of 2011 for your consideration. Feel free to dispute, argue, or otherwise put us right because, if nothing else, music is as about as subjective topic as it is possible to get. Some of these may not be the “best” albums of the year as far as the critics are concerned, but that matters … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year: Part 1 (50-31)
Our sixth guest top ten comes courtesy of our very own Chris T Popper, a small but perfectly formed (and often irritating) younger sibling who has been stealing my records since he had invisible friends as a small child. Chris T Popper’s Top 10 10. Little Barrie – Tip It Over The Nottingham trio start off my top 10 with the fabulous Tip It Over. … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 6 Chris T Popper
Download Natural Child – Yer Birthday mp3 (from 1971) Download The Middle East – Jesus Came To My Birthday Party mp3 (from I Want That You Are Always Happy) Download Joshua James – Black July mp3 (from Build Me This) Download Small Houses – Late July mp3 (from Mixtape #1) Continue reading Happy Birthday Barry-Sean
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