So the waiting is over, and here are the first twenty entries in our Top 100 of 2012, part of MM’s much expanded Best of the Year review. Over the next five days we will reveal our favourite songs and those of our contributors: Mrs Mackerel, Christy Popper, Barry-Sean, Dr Roddy, Polly Pocket, Middle Sprat, Starbie, and Toy Steve. These are not the most “popular” … Continue reading 2012 MAD MACKEREL’S 100 FAVOURITE SONGS PART 1: 100 – 81
The miserable, but brilliant, Benjamin Shaw and the instrumental Fighting Kites teamed up for this lo-Festive anthem last year and Audio Anti-hero are re-issuing it as a pay-what-you-want charity single to raise money for housing and homelessness non-profit Shelter. Watch the video for This Christmas (I Just Want To Be Left Alone) and download now on Bandcamp. It’s a pay what you want deal, but bear in … Continue reading Charity Single From Benjamin Shaw & Fighting Kites
San Francisco’s Night Genes has released its first-ever music video for the song Cyber Me (which we posted right back in January) from their album, Like The Blood. The video features a wanderer who stumbles across a wire that leads him to a series of characters using it for increasingly inane purposes: for floss, for spaghetti, even for masturbation. Finally the wanderer is so entangled, he … Continue reading MM Shorts 283: First Video From Night Genes
As well as Insound’s latest free Vinyl News Mixtape, Noisetrade have put up four free brilliant label samplers from Anti Records, ATO, Frenchkiss and Nettwerk Music. The Insound sampler includes within its 10 tracks, offerings from FIDLAR, Memory Tapes, Teen Mom, The Analog Girl, and The Joy Formidable. The eight track Anti Records sampler features, amongst others, Calexico, Jason Lytle, The Coup and Sean Rowe. The … Continue reading Lots Of Free Samplers
Video offerings today from Dan Croll covering Low’s classic Just Like Christmas as well as offerings from Silicon Ballet, City And The Sea and Churches. a a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Dan Croll || Silicon Ballet || City And The Sea || Churches
Lost In California is the first track to be taken from James Yuill’s forthcoming as-yet-untitled new album, released in early 2013. Grab it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 282: New From James Yuill
Videos today from Alex Culbreth & The Dead Country Stars, Graph Rabbit and some gorgeous, heartbreaking folk from Todd Pickett. a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Alex Culbreth & The Dead Country Stars || Graph Rabbit || Todd Pickett
Christmas is coming and the cat is getting fatter. Once again, copious amounts of music listened to, more Christmas cooking, and more trees knitted. On the tree front, I nearly have the requisite four for the sprats plus goddaughter. They will treasure my hand-made gifts, goddamit. By next Christmas, there will be a forest – but only for the lucky ones. In my rather low … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (14th December)
Six-piece Balto’s EP of sprawling Americana, Monuments was released in September and was one of those releases that we consistently meant to post about, but somehow it still slipped through the net. We have a second bite at the cherry now though as the band have now decided to offer it up for free in honour of the holidays. A follow-up to their excellent debut October’s Road, … Continue reading Free Monuments EP From Balto
Here is a free festive offering from Welsh indie-posters Los Campesinos! We liked the alcoholic undertones. I’m three sheets to the wind, but the wind is a sleet, and this sheet ain’t one of snow to play beneath, and my nose is red, from the whisky. I’m Boxing Day game away. Shirtless cherubs on the terrace, singing hymns, praying the saviour scores today, and that … Continue reading MM Shorts 281: Festive Download From Los Campesinos!
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