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Wooden Wand & Duke Garwood Record Store Day Exclusive

Bringing together the dirty British blues of Duke Garwood and Wooden Wand’s Kentucky-laced country rock, Fire Records are releasing a special split 12″ for Record Store Day. As anyone who has read MM for any length of time will know, we are huge fans of Mr Wand, a genius songwriter and thoroughbred storyteller and we have featured the sparse, spooked our blues of Duke Garwood … Continue reading Wooden Wand & Duke Garwood Record Store Day Exclusive

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music

Wooden Wand Again…In Good Saints

We were turned on to this by the excellent Slowcoustic blog. We figured that, as it features MM fave, Wooden Wand then a re-post of sorts was in order. The marvellous Mr Wand has lent his talents to Good Saints who have recorded a split 7″ with Kill County. Take a listen to the wonderful Texas Moan. Order it here. a Continue reading Wooden Wand Again…In Good Saints

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Alternative, Ambient, Blues, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year: Part 2 (30 – 11)

Carrying on from where we left off yesterday… 30 Josh T Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen Download Josh T Pearson – Woman When I’ve Raised Hell…(Alternative Version) mp3 a 29 Real Estate – Days Download Real Estate – Green Aisles mp3 (from Days) Download Real Estate – It’s Real mp3 (from Days) a 28 Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest Download Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year: Part 2 (30 – 11)

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MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 9 Mrs Mackerel

Our final Top Ten selection comes courtesy of the lovely, and ever radiant, Mrs Mackerel. Over to you girl! It’s been a great musical year. But such a plethora of riches always presents a problem – what’s a girl to choose? Fortunately some fine contributions in the preceding week means most bases are covered. Live gigs, although few and far between this year, have been … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 9 Mrs Mackerel

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MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 8 Mad Mackerel

So, the penultimate entry before Mrs Mackerel finishes off this year’s set of Top Ten postings tomorrow is my very own. Without further ado… 10. Milk Music – Beyond Living Although it was released early in the year, I only discovered it recently. A full on, no holds barred, nihilistic 70s punk attitude and the very best of the heavyweight riffs of the grunge era is … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 8 Mad Mackerel

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(FESTIVE FEATURE) THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS No 7: WOODEN WAND

MAD MACKEREL’S TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS For our first ever Festive Feature on Mad Mackerel, we asked twelve of our favourite bands and artists of 2011 to answer twelve questions and we will publish them over the next twelve days taking us up to Christmas Eve. Since starting Mad Mackerel it would probably be true to say that James Jackson Toth aka Wooden Wand has … Continue reading (FESTIVE FEATURE) THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS No 7: WOODEN WAND

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MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 2 Banner

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

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Alternative, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Metal, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2011

Despite the end of the year fast approaching, thankfully the quality of new music shows no signs of slowing. Here are the best of our November offerings, together with some tasty new tracks to round off the mix.Over thirty great songs – just right for the roaring fire and the cocoa! Download Siskiyou – Twigs And Stones mp3 (from Keep Away The Dead) Brilliantly judged … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2011

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Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Wooden Wand Releases Briarwood Tomorrow

We’ve posted a few times about Wooden Wand’s new album Briarwood, initially funded via a Kickstarter campaign and now getting a “proper” release in the US and UK via the excellent Fire Records – it is out tomorrow. Here is another track, another winner. Buy direct from Fire album here. Download Wooden Wand – Winter In Kentucky mp3 (from Briarwood) Download Wooden Wand – Big Mouth USA mp3 (from … Continue reading Wooden Wand Releases Briarwood Tomorrow

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Wooden Wand’s Daytrotter Session

The wonderful Wooden Wand continues his prodigious output of late with a superb session for Daytrotter. These are four tracks that are absolutely worth grabbing including amongst them as they do the brilliant Born Bad and one of our favoutite ever WW songs, Los Angeles Manna. Grab a taste below or if you don’t need convincing (and you shouldn’t), just head over to Daytrotter here … Continue reading Wooden Wand’s Daytrotter Session

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