The heartfelt and authentic experimental blues of Florida’s The Owsley Brothers were one of our favourite discoveries of last year and we have been eagerly anticipating their debut album Cobalt, which is due out on April 3rd. This is the first proper taste, titled Hot Mess and it is an absolute crackerjack of a tune. Free download too, not even an e-mail address needed. We know, … Continue reading More From The Owsley Brothers
Our third recommended free mix comes via the distinctive and original blog/record label Song, By Toad. They have made available the first of what is planned to be an annual free mix consisting mostly of highlights from their label releases that include the brilliant Rob St. John, Black Tambourine, Trips & Falls and King Post Kitsch among the 15 tracks and 3 snippets from Wind … Continue reading MM Shorts 116: Free Mix Download 3
Our second free offering comes via Clash Magazine’s regular monthly Cross-Section mix. The March mix features ten tracks available for free once you’re registered with the site. As usual it is an eclectic selection ranging from Andrew Bird to Patterns to Nedry and we have included a couple of our choices below from the immature all-girl punk of Maria And The Gay and the sleazy, distorted … Continue reading MM Shorts 115: Free Mix Download 2
As you might expect as SxSW looms a plethora of free mixes become available one way or another. We have a few to tell you about and first up is Spin magazines Austin Power Mix – swapping an e-mail address will get you over 30 tracks from some of their to selections for the musical showcase including Blondes, Django Django, The War On Drugs, Sharon Van … Continue reading MM Shorts 114: Free Mix Download 1
Review: Chris T Popper It was with some excitement Banner, Boney B (shouldn’t that be M?), Dr Roddy and myself made our way to the Jericho Tavern in Oxford to catch Dennis Hopper Choppers playing live in our own backyard Opening with MM fave Good To Me we stood transfixed as he delivered a near perfect rendition of what we already consider a classic. In … Continue reading Live Review: Dennis Hopper Choppers
Firstly that is a great name. Conjures up an image of a stick-thin, ne’er-do-well in some dusty, forgotten border town drinking, stealing cars and dealing drugs. But then maybe that’s just us… Anyway, one of MM’s rules is the music should fit the band’s name and thankfully here we’re on to a winner. Speedy Ortiz are a western Massachusetts-based, female-fronted, guitar-heavy four piece. For reference points they … Continue reading Introducing >>> Speedy Ortiz
Seeing Brakes play to an ecstatic crowd at the End of the Road Festival was a highlight of our first visit there and so my interest was piqued when an email arrived with details of the new solo album from Thomas White for it is he who has played with aforesaid Brakes as well as Electric Soft Parade and one of Barry-Sean’s favourites, British Sea … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Thomas White
Fish on a Friday – there’s a novelty for me. Just a small dose of lightly grilled mackerel this week… So it is away I go to Wembley for a weekend of undoubtedly strenuous exercise by day (aerobics), followed by two evenings of hard drinking (take your pick really, but alcoholic I suspect). I expect that one will have an unduly detrimental effect on the … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (9th March)
We are more than chuffed to be offering up the first viewing of Paradise’s new video for Diary Of An Old Soul, the title track and one of the highlights from their inspired album of vintage garage rock that hits stores soon. We first streamed the song last month describing it then as ‘authentically primal, so reverential in its steady blues chug and psych-pop overcoat … Continue reading MM Premiere: Paradise Video
We’ve got good stuff coming out of our ears – quite literally at the moment. So here is the latest in our somewhat ad-hoc “of the best” feature comprising a trawl of the in-box and favourite blogs to bring you eight corking tunes to help get your Friday night off to a suitably energetic start. We have Swedish punks Holograms and the clattering b-side to … Continue reading Friday Means Eight Of The Best
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