The Legal Immigrants – Hang On
Way back in the summer of 2015 we posted a couple of tracks of riff-heavy garage rock by The Legal Immigrants, and now three years later ..
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PHANTOM OF THE BLACK HILLS
Phantom of the Black Hills are one of the most innovative bands you will ever hear that has a banjo! This isn’t the Country music ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: LOUIS RIVE- ‘The Cheap Part Of Town’ (2018)
The debut album from Louis Rive a Scottish singer-songwriter drawing on all aspects of folk music from traditional to barroom ballad to modern ..
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Adia Victoria – Dope Queen Blues
Adia Victoria’s musical introduction to the world came in the form of 3 tracks released over 18 months – Stuck In The South, ..
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Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Father John Misty – So I’m Growing Old On Magic Mountain (Live at Third Man Records) Holly Miranda – I Will Survive (FM4 ..
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Video Round Up
Here is our latest collection of musical films for you. A regular pot pourri of musical styles from Girl Skin’s gorgeously fragile ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: CLOVERS REVENGE- ‘Gotta Get O’Raggednized’ (2018)
Based In Sarasota, West Florida, the Irish speed Folk trio Clover’s Revenge take a break from playing all of Florida’s best ..
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More From Phosphorescent
Yesterday we had Flat Worms, today Phosphorescent. Life can’t be all bad can it? Matthew Houck recently announced his new album C’est ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE LANGER’S BALL- ‘Hard Time In The Country’ (2018)
Irish-American Celtic-rockers The Langer’s Ball are back in town with their first release as just a duo in over eight years.Writing, ..
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CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: KICKIN’ HITLER’S BUTT: Vintage Anti-Fascist Songs 1940-1944
FREE DOWNLOAD Yeah the title says it all! Eighteen anti-fascist anthems from WW2 (don’t tell the Americans the War actually started ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE KILLIGANS- ‘Dance on Your Grave’ (2018)
The Killigans are a Celtic-Punk band from Lincoln, Nebraska. Now over a decade young, they are honed and steeled for action. Glass-raising ..
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Dusty Stray – Through The Atmosphere
Hailing from Amsterdam, Dusty Stray features the alt-folk repertoire of Texan expat Jonathan Brown. He delves into universal themes of unrequited ..
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Introducing >>> Cold Soda
Cold Soda is a new project of one of our most favourite bands, the Cave Singers, so forgive us if we get a little giddy… Details ..
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Quiet Hollers – Addicted
Quiet Hollers are back with an excellent new single, Addicted. It is their first release since last year’s sophomore album Amen Breaks, ..
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EP REVIEW: FLATFOOT 56- ‘The Vancouver Sessions’ (2018)
Chicago’s Flatfoot 56 announce the release of their new EP featuring five songs old and new that blend the band’s mix of traditional ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: 1916- ‘Far Beyond The Pale’ (2018)
The fourth studio album from one of the best bands in Celtic-Punk, the Rochester, NY based Irish-American band 1916. An explosive concoction ..
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Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Wooden Shjips – Already Gone Oh Sees – Overthrown Israel Nash – Rolling On Goon – Choke Throat Mark Lanegan ..
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Oldermost – The Danger Of Belief
Philadelphia-based band Oldermost have announced the release of their fourth album, How Could You Ever Be The Same? (out July 13th via AntiFragile ..
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The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 14)
So here we are, the penultimate day of our countdown of our favourite 200 songs marking ten years of MM. Today, we’ve hit the top twenty… ..
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The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 13)
We’re getting towards the sharp end of our mammoth count down now. Here are songs 30-21 of our favourites of the past ten years. 30 Bear ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE MUCKERS- ‘One More Stout’ (2018)
While they do play Irish music Atlanta based celtic-punkers The Muckers blend in influences from gypsy music, sea shanties, country, ..
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The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 12)
Here are tracks 40-31 in our countdown of Mad Mackerel’s favourite tunes of the past ten years. 40 Avett Brothers – January ..
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Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week & Last
The countdown of our Favourite 200 songs of the past 10 years has taken over everything over the last two weeks, so here is our (belated) ..
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The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 11)
We’re celebrating ten years of MM. Today we’ve reached the top 50 of our favourite songs of the past decade. 50 Discount Guns ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: BASTARD BEARDED IRISHMEN- ‘Drinkin’ To The Dead’ (2018)
Pittsburgh celtic-rockers the Bastard Bearded Irishmen deliver an original, ferocious blend of traditional and contemporary Celtic music, ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE JOHNNY CLASH PROJECT- ‘The Johnny Clash Project’ (2018)
The most novel and interesting covers album you will ever hear! The debut album of The Clash re-imagined as The Man In Black. 1977 punk ..
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Simone Felice – The Fawn
We are muchly looking forward to Simone Felice’s new album The Projector, described as “a handcrafted album of lone guitars ..
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Dr. Dog – Buzzing In The Light
Here is the third track from Dr. Dog’s upcoming, much anticipated, upcoming record Critical Equation. The hazy psychedelia and slow ..
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Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Billy The Kid And Geronimo
Downey To Lubbock, is a collaboration between Dave Alvin (the founder of seminal punk roots band The Blasters) and Jimmie ..
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MM Shorts 1000: RF Shannon
The final entry in our MM Shorts series (which started with Bleached back in September 2011) comes in the shape of the wonderful Cold Spell, ..
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Mad Mackerel Recommends… Zoe Boekbinder & Dustin Hamman
Among Horses is a wonderful collaborative project from the Son Canciones label. They put two musicians who do not know each other in a horse ..
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Round Up Time
Time for a quick and dirty round-up from our unkempt and overflowing in-box, looking back over the past month or so. We have fuzzy ..
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Split Single From Pony Boy & Emma Swift – Covering Neil Young
Nashville label and small press, Cosmic Thug Records, will release a digital split single from Emma Swift and Pony Boy next week ..
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Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Dr Dog – Go Out Fighting Simone Felice – The Projector Vintage Crop – Gerald Part 2 Drinks – Real Outside The Low Anthem ..
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Olden Yolk – Cut To The Quick
If, like us, you have a thing for dystopian folk, abstract poeticism and motorik rhythms then Olden Yolk can happily tick those boxes ..
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The Lost Brothers – Come Tomorrow
Irish duo The Lost Brothers recently released new album Halfway Towards A Healing has been rightly picking up some great reviews, and new single ..
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More From Amen Dunes
Amen Dunes (aka the project of New York-based Damon McMahon) has shared the video for his new single Blue Rose, taken from upcoming ..
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Okkervil River – Don’t Move Back To LA
Okkervil River’s new record is called In The Rainbow Rain, and is released on the 27th April. Described as a buoyant and playful record spattered ..
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More From Haley Heynderickx
Haley Heynderickx’s debut album I Need To Start A Garden mixes folk, doo wop, atmospheric guitars with beautiful instrumentation sitting ..
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MM Shorts 998: Oliver Hazard
No not a fey singer-songwriter, Oliver Hazard are actually an indie folk trio from Waterville, Ohio. Theirs are songs of small towns ..
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New Video: Loch Lomond – Legs & Antlers
We missed this just before Christmas – a new single from MM stalwarts, Portland’s Loch Lomond. Legs & Antlers takes their ..
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New Dungen & Woods Collaboration
The third in the Marfa Myths series of releases will be seven all-new songs written and recorded by Stockholm’s psychedelic masters ..
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Courtney Marie Andrews – Kindness Of Strangers
Kindness of Strangers is the second song unveiled from Courtney Marie Andrews’ much anticipated new full-length album, May Your ..
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CLASSIC ALBUM REVIEW: PAUL ROBESON- ‘Songs Of Struggle’
FREE DOWNLOAD Paul Robeson was one hell of a man. Outstanding in so many areas- scholar, athlete, singer, actor, linguist – the list ..
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2017 REVIEW ROUND-UP’S PART THREE: THE CELTIC NATIONS- BIBLE CODE SUNDAYS, THE DECLINE!, BRUTUS’ DAUGHTERS, REAL McKENZIES, VINCE CAYO, THE BOTTLERS
So welcome to 2018 and the first post of the year and the last of our round-ups from 2017. We simply could not keep up with the volume of releases ..
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Wilco share previously unreleased track “Dynamite My Soul” from Being There reissue: Stream
On December 1st, Wilco will re-release their first two albums, 1995’s A.M. and 1996’s Being There. Each ..
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ALBUM REVIEW: GHOSTTOWN COMPANY- ‘FolkRock’ (2017)
An original German band with their debut album a mix of modern day folk-rock but steered by traditional influences of Irish-Celtic music ..
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It’s Halloween…
Halloween is one of our favourite times of year. You get the best films for a start and oldest sprat has already digested the Texas Chainsaw ..
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First Aid Kit – Postcard
Swedish duo First Aid Kit will release their new album Ruins on January 19, their first since 2014’s excellent Stay Gold. They’ve ..
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First Aid Kit announce new album, Ruins, share plucky new track, “Postcard”: Stream
Photo by Killian Young When Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit shared the rollicking new cut “It’s a Shame” last month alongside ..
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