Brisbane’s Tiny Spiders are a two piece who have just released their single Nervy Hulk through Tym Records. It channels the aggression of classic noiseniks like Fugazi and the Jesus Lizard with the experimentation of Radiohead or Portishead. It is a split single with Dollar Bar, limited to 200 copies or available as a pay-what-you-want digital download via Bandcamp. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 488: Tiny Spiders
Courtesy of the wonderful Burger Records, comes Christmas Must Be Tonight, a yuletide free download from The Explorers Club. Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 12: The Explorers Club
So this is it, the final countdown of our favourite tracks of 2013… As voted for by MM luminaries: the luminous Mrs Mackerel (Mrs M), the newly teenaged Middle Sprat (MS), Marston’s Mr Big, Chris T Popper (CP), the criminally insane Dr. Roddy (Dr R), and patricide obsessive Polly Pocket (PP). A motley crew it is true, but all united by their love of a … Continue reading MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 25 – 1
Ottawa’s Kalle Mattson will release his new album, his third, Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold on the 11th February. The new record embraces the duality of hope and death. It was written in his childhood home in Sault St. Marie and chronicles his return to the place where he began writing songs, and gradually came to terms with the death of his mother five years prior. … Continue reading Kalle Mattson – Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold
On February 18, Lydia Loveless will release her new album Somewhere Else on Bloodshot Records. The new release will be her fourth overall and follows this year’s limited-release EP Boy Crazy and her 2011 breakout Indestructible Machine. The new album finds her writing from a new-found place of conviction, crafting 10 songs that are stark in their honesty, self-examination, and openness without ditching the ribald, … Continue reading New Album From Lydia Loveless
A Christmas single from indie rockers Theatre Royal. All proceeds go to homelessness charity Crisis. Buy from Bandcamp for £1. . . Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 11: Theatre Royal
Part three of our favourite 100 tracks of 2013. Today we’re counting down from 50 – 26. 50 Hanni El Khatib – Nobody Move In Hanni El Khatib’s biog on Wikipedia he says that his “…music is for anyone who has ever been shot or hit by a train“. I think that this is a good way to describe this tune as it hits you … Continue reading MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 50 – 26
Trippy, psych-rockers Sleepy Sun will release their fourth LP, Maui Tears, on the 28th January via Dine Alone Records. The album is a combination of catchy, psych-tinged melodies, softer, dreamier tracks, and some of the band’s heaviest material to date. We’ve already been given you a sneak peek at two album tracks with their recent 7″, and today, they’ve shared their excellent new single Galaxy Punk, … Continue reading Sleepy Sun – Galaxy Punk
Available only until the end of December, the Milk Race’s, Cardiff’s indie-noiseniks, take on Shakin’ Stevens’ dubious Christmas classic Merry Christmas Everyone, and it is available to download now for free from the band’s Bandcamp page here. Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 10: The Milk Race
The countdown of our one hundred favourite tracks of 2013 continues…today we reach halfway as we bring you 75 down to 51. 75 GRMLN – Summer Days Thrashy, catchy, singalong rock’n’roll with platform shoes and ridiculous flares. Download GRMLN – Summer Days mp3 . 74 Sisters – Clearhead Here are my shoes. See how I gaze at them. It says 2013 on the label, but I’ve gone … Continue reading MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 75 – 51
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