Actually, it’s been a week I’d rather forget in many respects. I’m losing heart in what I do because some of the people I deal with. Even going all legal does not seem to discourage their propensity to lie. So, to lighten the sombre mood, I asked MM: me versus Genetic experiment Mark 2 – who wins? Sometimes a virtual vigilante is what’s needed; it’s … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (21st Jan)
Gay Pirates is the first single from the new Cosmo Jarvis album Is the World Strange or am I Strange? (scheduled for release late March 2011). It tells the story of two male lovers facing extreme discrimination in the inhospitable and, as you can imagine, far from accepting social climate of the pirate heyday. The single is about the triumph of love against all odds and … Continue reading New Single from Cosmo Jarvis
Here at MM, The Mountain Goats are a bit of a marmite band, you either love ’em (Barry-Sean) or you don’t (Mrs M) and there’s not much grey area in between. So there will probably be delight and complete indifference in equal measure at the imminent release of new album All Eternals Deck and advance taster Damn These Vampires. I actually think this horror inflected … Continue reading Mountain Goats: New Album Taster
We first heard this just before Christmas on Radio 6 and meant to post about it, but good intentions were swept away by the deluge of festivities. Better late than never though… Lead singer and bassist of Manchester indie legends A Certain Ratio, Jez Kerr has plenty of musical heritage to draw on being in at the beginning of the rise of Factory and dipping … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Jez Kerr
Lars Finberg and Susanna Welbourne of much lauded indie band The Intelligence have a side project on the go titled Puberty, which make Google searches interesting if nothing else. There have been a few demos doing the rounds on the web since spring of last year, but their first (self-titled) single proper is out on Telephone Explosion imminently. Take a listen to Invitations below with … Continue reading Introducing…Puberty (the band that is…)
Akron/Family’s new release S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT is starting to generate a lot of excitement and buzz…here’s the latest track, Silly Bears, to be released from the album. Compare it to So It Goes which we posted a little while back. Pre-order the album here. Download Akron/Family – Silly Bears mp3 (from S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey … Continue reading More from Akron/Family’s new album
American Laundromat Records have announced the release of Two Songs From Mohawk, a digital single featuring two newly recorded tracks by Brooklyn-based all-girl trio The Caulfield Sisters. The tracks drop Tuesday, January 18, 2011 exclusively on iTunes. Caterwauling and I See Your Face are the first new original tracks from band since their critically-acclaimed debut EP Say It With Fire was released several years back. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Caulfield Sisters
Josh Schroeder and Meredith Adelaide met on a chilly fall morning in 2010 at the Little Nestucca River in Oregon. They were on the set of a video shoot acting out a scene where, in a perfect Pacific Northwest setting, Meredith was being serenaded by Josh. To keep their minds off the cold between takes, Josh and Meredith began talking about art, life, music and … Continue reading Introducing Josh Schroeder and Meredith Adelaide
Band of Horses have announced that Dilly will be the next single to be released from their rather good album Infinite Arms on Monday 14th February. The single will come backed with an exclusive cover of Cee-Lo Green’s Georgia. The accompanying video has been inspired by biker films of the 70s – see for yourself… Buy Infinite Arms from Amazon here. Continue reading Band of Horses – New Single & Video
Goldishack Guerrillas is a break from the usual fare on MM (but in a wholly good way) and reminds us nostalgically of our youth and barrelling around in Oxford’s Zodiac to rap metal bands like Senser, RATM et al. Like all the best rap metal, this is a band on a mission: the Guerrillas are fighting back with a raucous mix of hip hop, guitars … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Goldishack Guerillas
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