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Enjoy excellent videos from Hiss Golden Messenger, Mac DeMarco, Dana Falconberry and, changing pace somewhat, a sweltering post-punk anthem from Young Boys . Also check out a stream for a second track from Hiss Golden Messenger's excellent release Haw . . . (Click through to download for free) . Follow [...]
Seattle born singer-songwriter Amy Blaschke who's been writing and performing from the age of 16 is now older and wiser and residing in LA, she's just released her latest solo effort Desert Varnish ( Wiki ) a collection of self-penned chilled Americana tracks - let her massage your weary ears with her dreamy lilt and desert bleached melodies. http://www.amyblaschke.com/ iTunes
Nancy & Lee meet Hope & Ennio What if, after cutting his musical teeth in Phoenix, Lee Hazlewood had turned East to Nashville, rather than West to Los Angeles? And what if he'd met Nancy Sinatra in MusicCity rather than the City of Angels? The answer might sound like a twist on the Western-tinged landscapes of " Summer Wine " and " Some Velvet Morning ," and it might have sounded something like the opening track of this Nashville band's debut. Vocalist Jessica Maros' sings a bit more ethereally than Nancy, but with the [...]
It is of course only my humble opinion but if Americana had to crown a genre King and Queen then surely it would be Brett & Rennie Sparks, my first encounter with their regal music was on the 1998 Uncut compilation CD Sounds of the New West - The Best of Alternative Country - they left an indelible musical imprint with their track Weightless Again along with a number of other contributors to that CD including Hazeldine, Calexico and the late great Vic Chesnutt, The Handsome Family have built a formidable [...]
We're loving what we're hearing from the Boston based quartet Tallahassee. The band takes it’s name from a Native American word meaning, “old town" and they write introspective songs that both wash over you with beautiful ambience and experimental touches that push the Americana envelope. Latest single, I'll Be Damned , is a haunting ode to backsliding. With its adventurous arrangement, featuring tribal rhythms, delicate picking and keening guitar solos, the track reminds us that no matter what we struggle with, setbacks are a part of the healing process. Have a listen, along with [...]
The ghost of this long winter is still present, but it's fading. Quite right for the Walpurgis-Night on April, 30th. So here is two hours program of american primitivsm, old school, new school, no school steelstring guitar picking and sliding and clanging from all over the world. Bloody fingers ensured! Cover picture is taken from here Download Mixtape #56 - Pre-Spring Blues or listen on 8tracks [...]
The Kindling is a London based quartet that make sad, strange and beautiful music. Drawing influence from the guerrilla recording spirit of Sparklehorse, Mount Eerie, and Tom Waits, The Kindling were formed to breathe supernatural life into the dark acoustic songs of front man Guy Weir . Their latest single Hunting Stars is from their forthcoming Half Light EP and features the soft and warm alt-folk glow they are most known for. The rolling lull of a lightly plucked acoustic guitar leads Weir's spectral gasp as [...]
Bit late getting to this, feeling lazy so I'll let April from the wonderful Now This Sound Is Brave and Pete David from the band tell you all about it. A CONVERSATION WITH PETE DAVID OF THE PAYROLL UNION
Videos today featuring the epic, driven - though dreamy - southern rock of Black Books , the murderous folk of Vandaveer , the post-punk and garage style of chromatic BLACK and their award winning video for 1, 2, 3, 8 and finally the brilliant new video from Crystal Fighters for latest single You & I . . . . [...]
Wooden Wand | Hoxton Underbelly, London | 26 April 2013 At last a chance to see MM's most blogged about artist, the wonderful Wooden Wand , whose excellent latest releases Blood Oaths Of The New Blues and The Briarwood Virgins are just the most recent examples from his extensive catalogue of idiosyncratic Americana mixing stripped back folk, alt-country, psychedelia and sprawling indie rock. The venue was (as a late switch from the scheduled Water Rats) the Underbelly in London's oh-so-trendy Hoxton Square, spilling over with look-at-mes [...]
There have been a few choice selections up on Noisetrade recently that are well worth checking out. Limited Fanfare have made a fourteen track label sampler available that includes Ex Norwegian, Jem Cohen ( of The Ettes/The Parting Gifts), PLAINS, featherweight, Sunday Driver, Lil Daggers, Denney and The Jets and more. Get it here . The Honeycutters have shared some tracks of sweet Americana from their most recent album When Bitter Met Sweet as well as unreleased live and studio recordings. Get it here . [...]
It's been a while since we've succumbed to the anxieties of our overwhelming in-box, but succumb we have. So, here is a too short and not sweet enough collection of new tunes of varying shapes and sizes that deserve some attention from you. Consider it the digital equivalent of crate digging... Paperhaus released its alt-country styled self-titled EP in 2011, and will release its second effort, an EP entitled Lo Hi Lo on May 28th and it reflects the more pop side of Paperhaus' psychedelic music. Grab yourself Helicopter [...]
Music that's like a wave of solar rays rolling over you it's so easy to kick back and let the melodies do their thing, there's something distinctly West Coast about the album from the LA singer-songwriter Susan James on her new album Driving Toward the Sun though the California sunshine is carefully tempered by the beautiful clouded melancholy of the albums main themes of love twisted, torn and lost, when accompanied by the sound that only a weeping pedal steel can convey the under-lying sadness is beautifully accentuated. It's the kind of album that puts me in [...]
When we hear the words 'Heart Of Gold' we think of Neil Young and that makes us happy. So when one of our favourite new bands Winterhours contacted us about their new single which, coincidentally is also called Heart Of Gold we had a feeling it was going to be something special. We weren't disappointed. Part Crosby, Stills and Nash, part Fleet Foxes, there is a vibe about this record that is both warming and luxurious. Released through the independent label Saint November on Monday (29th April) the single [...]
Videos today for you to enjoy from Low, The Uncluded, Jenny O. and to finish, Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders . . . . Follow @madmackerel
Emma Hill clocks up a hat-trick of appearances on Beat Surrender with her fourth album The Black and Wretched Blue, the Alaskan singer-songwriter continues to impress with her developing brand of Americana, it's no surprise given the album's title that the themes and mood are a little darker and subdued on this outing but the quality of the writing and compositions continue to impress this listener and the collaboration with musical partner Bryan Daste (pedal steel, banjo, guitar, vocals) works wonderfully well, you can follow them on the road via their NoD blog . Emma [...]
The brilliant debut album The Mammoth Sessions by Georgia's Horse was a big hit round these parts. Mrs M in particular loved the mysterious, haunting vocals of Texan songwriter Teresa Maidonado set over a backdrop of swirling, dusty Americana and old-time folk. It was gorgeous, mesmerising and unsettling in equal measure and as fine a debut record as you were likely to hear. Her new album Weather Codes will emerge blinking into the light of day on the 25th June courtesy of the mighty fine Fire Records . Consisting of fourteen [...]
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Begin the week with videos from Liars, and Folly & The Hunter with Moth In The Porchlight from their Wood & Wires Session (grab a free download of Ghost too). From Cobalt Cranes we have a weird LA road trip and lastly another video from decker for Killing Me , their truly heart-wrenching song about tumultuous relationships. . . . [...]
Amy Blaschke – Desert Varnish
May 2, 3:01pm
Beat Surrender
Beat Surrender
Seattle born singer-songwriter Amy Blaschke who's been writing and performing from the age of 16 is now older and wiser and residing in LA, she's just released her latest solo effort Desert Varnish ( Wiki ) a collection of self-penned chilled Americana tracks - let her massage your weary ears with her dreamy lilt and desert bleached melodies. http://www.amyblaschke.com/ iTunes
Escondido: The Ghost of Escondido
May 1, 10:44pm
Hyperbolium
Hyperbolium
Artist: Escondidoband Title: ESCONDIDO / The Ghost of Escondido File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Indie Year: 2013
The Handsome Family – Wilderness
May 1, 3:07pm Beat Surrender
Beat Surrender
It is of course only my humble opinion but if Americana had to crown a genre King and Queen then surely it would be Brett & Rennie Sparks, my first encounter with their regal music was on the 1998 Uncut compilation CD Sounds of the New West - The Best of Alternative Country - they left an indelible musical imprint with their track Weightless Again along with a number of other contributors to that CD including Hazeldine, Calexico and the late great Vic Chesnutt, The Handsome Family have built a formidable [...]
Artist: The Handsome Family Title: Rennie Sparks reading "Frogs" File Name: SoundCloud Genre: spoken word
MM Recommends… Tallahassee
Apr 30, 4:24pm Mad Mackerel's Blog
Mad Mackerel's Blog
We're loving what we're hearing from the Boston based quartet Tallahassee. The band takes it’s name from a Native American word meaning, “old town" and they write introspective songs that both wash over you with beautiful ambience and experimental touches that push the Americana envelope. Latest single, I'll Be Damned , is a haunting ode to backsliding. With its adventurous arrangement, featuring tribal rhythms, delicate picking and keening guitar solos, the track reminds us that no matter what we struggle with, setbacks are a part of the healing process. Have a listen, along with [...]
Mixtape #56 - Pre-Spring Blues
Apr 30, 1:18pm
Dying for Bad Music Blog
Dying for Bad Music Blog
The ghost of this long winter is still present, but it's fading. Quite right for the Walpurgis-Night on April, 30th. So here is two hours program of american primitivsm, old school, new school, no school steelstring guitar picking and sliding and clanging from all over the world. Bloody fingers ensured! Cover picture is taken from here Download Mixtape #56 - Pre-Spring Blues or listen on 8tracks [...]
The Kindling- Hunting Stars
Apr 30, 9:00am
GroundFloorGo
GroundFloorGo
The Kindling is a London based quartet that make sad, strange and beautiful music. Drawing influence from the guerrilla recording spirit of Sparklehorse, Mount Eerie, and Tom Waits, The Kindling were formed to breathe supernatural life into the dark acoustic songs of front man Guy Weir . Their latest single Hunting Stars is from their forthcoming Half Light EP and features the soft and warm alt-folk glow they are most known for. The rolling lull of a lightly plucked acoustic guitar leads Weir's spectral gasp as [...]
Artist: The Kindling Title: Hunting stars File Name: SoundCloud Genre: Alt-folk
The Payroll Union – The Mule & The Elephant
Apr 30, 9:00am Beat Surrender
Beat Surrender
Bit late getting to this, feeling lazy so I'll let April from the wonderful Now This Sound Is Brave and Pete David from the band tell you all about it. A CONVERSATION WITH PETE DAVID OF THE PAYROLL UNION
Introducing >>> The Kindling
Apr 29, 11:16am Mad Mackerel's Blog
Mad Mackerel's BlogBroken minor keys, cracked vocal harmonies, fireside percussion, and tv static dreams. The Kindling make sad, strange and beautiful music. Drawing influence from the uncompromising recording spirit of Sparklehorse, Mount Eerie, and Tom Waits, The Kindling were formed to breathe supernatural life into the songs of singer Guy Weir. After their debut EP From Out Of The Wreckage , the band's second EP Half Light is a collection filled with pale ghosts and half-remembered dreams. From the widescreen Morricone-esque introduction The Longwave to the twisting minor key shuffle [...]
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Wooden Wand | Hoxton Underbelly, London | 26 April 2013 At last a chance to see MM's most blogged about artist, the wonderful Wooden Wand , whose excellent latest releases Blood Oaths Of The New Blues and The Briarwood Virgins are just the most recent examples from his extensive catalogue of idiosyncratic Americana mixing stripped back folk, alt-country, psychedelia and sprawling indie rock. The venue was (as a late switch from the scheduled Water Rats) the Underbelly in London's oh-so-trendy Hoxton Square, spilling over with look-at-mes [...]
Some Recent Noisetrade Picks
Apr 27, 9:18am Mad Mackerel's Blog
Mad Mackerel's Blog
There have been a few choice selections up on Noisetrade recently that are well worth checking out. Limited Fanfare have made a fourteen track label sampler available that includes Ex Norwegian, Jem Cohen ( of The Ettes/The Parting Gifts), PLAINS, featherweight, Sunday Driver, Lil Daggers, Denney and The Jets and more. Get it here . The Honeycutters have shared some tracks of sweet Americana from their most recent album When Bitter Met Sweet as well as unreleased live and studio recordings. Get it here . [...]
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Round Up Time Again
Apr 26, 9:32am Mad Mackerel's Blog
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It's been a while since we've succumbed to the anxieties of our overwhelming in-box, but succumb we have. So, here is a too short and not sweet enough collection of new tunes of varying shapes and sizes that deserve some attention from you. Consider it the digital equivalent of crate digging... Paperhaus released its alt-country styled self-titled EP in 2011, and will release its second effort, an EP entitled Lo Hi Lo on May 28th and it reflects the more pop side of Paperhaus' psychedelic music. Grab yourself Helicopter [...]
Susan James – Driving Toward the Sun
Apr 25, 4:01pm Beat Surrender
Beat Surrender
Music that's like a wave of solar rays rolling over you it's so easy to kick back and let the melodies do their thing, there's something distinctly West Coast about the album from the LA singer-songwriter Susan James on her new album Driving Toward the Sun though the California sunshine is carefully tempered by the beautiful clouded melancholy of the albums main themes of love twisted, torn and lost, when accompanied by the sound that only a weeping pedal steel can convey the under-lying sadness is beautifully accentuated. It's the kind of album that puts me in [...]
Artist: Susan James Title: U-Haul In The Driveway Link Text: 04 U-Haul In The Driveway File Name: 04-U-Haul-In-The-Driveway.mp3 Genre: Rock Year: 2013
Winterhours. ‘Heart Of Gold’
Apr 25, 12:05pm
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Right Chord Music
When we hear the words 'Heart Of Gold' we think of Neil Young and that makes us happy. So when one of our favourite new bands Winterhours contacted us about their new single which, coincidentally is also called Heart Of Gold we had a feeling it was going to be something special. We weren't disappointed. Part Crosby, Stills and Nash, part Fleet Foxes, there is a vibe about this record that is both warming and luxurious. Released through the independent label Saint November on Monday (29th April) the single [...]
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Mad Mackerel's BlogEmma Hill – The Black and Wretched Blue
Apr 24, 2:45pm Beat Surrender
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Emma Hill clocks up a hat-trick of appearances on Beat Surrender with her fourth album The Black and Wretched Blue, the Alaskan singer-songwriter continues to impress with her developing brand of Americana, it's no surprise given the album's title that the themes and mood are a little darker and subdued on this outing but the quality of the writing and compositions continue to impress this listener and the collaboration with musical partner Bryan Daste (pedal steel, banjo, guitar, vocals) works wonderfully well, you can follow them on the road via their NoD blog . Emma [...]
Artist: Emma Hill Title: The Arrow Is Sharp Link Text: Emma Hill - The Arrow Is Sharp File Name: 09-The-Arrow-Is-Sharp.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Genre: Singer-Songwriter Year: 2013
New Album From Georgia’s Horse
Apr 24, 12:49pm Mad Mackerel's Blog
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The brilliant debut album The Mammoth Sessions by Georgia's Horse was a big hit round these parts. Mrs M in particular loved the mysterious, haunting vocals of Texan songwriter Teresa Maidonado set over a backdrop of swirling, dusty Americana and old-time folk. It was gorgeous, mesmerising and unsettling in equal measure and as fine a debut record as you were likely to hear. Her new album Weather Codes will emerge blinking into the light of day on the 25th June courtesy of the mighty fine Fire Records . Consisting of fourteen [...]
Song of the day: Jim Guthrie – Difference A Day Makes
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