Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 50 – 26

50 Hiccup – Teasin’   49 Nervous Dater – Bad Spanish   48 Sun Abduction – Acid Pyramid   47 Roadhouses – Drinkin’   46 Dream Police – Revenge   45 BAIT – Push The Elephant   44 Meat Wave – The Incessant   43 Young Fathers – Only God Knows   42 Ty Segall – Big Man   41 The Sugarmen – Our Gallows … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 50 – 26

Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 75 – 51

75 Sleaford Mods – Moptop   74 Silver Torches – If I Reach   73 Idles – Divide And Conquer   72 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Rattlesnake   71 King Krule – Dum Surfer   70 Naomi Punk – Chapter II   69 The Reptaliens – If You Want   68 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – French Press   67 Ron Gallo … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 75 – 51

Mad Mackerel’s Tracks of the Year 100 – 76

100 Anna St. Louis – Fire   99 Deep State – No Idea Pt. II   98 Ron Gallo – Really Nice Guys   97 Wooden Wand – Aurora   96 Diet Cig – Sixteen   95 Prism Tats – The Liar   94 Julie & The Wrong Guys – Love And Leaving   93 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Continental Breakfast   92 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks of the Year 100 – 76

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Our final weekly round-up of the year… King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – All Is Known Decemberists – Ben Franklin’s Song Ron Gallo – Really Nice Guys Van William – Before I Found You A Savage – Linger  (Cranberries cover) Purling Hiss – My Dreams S. Carey – Still, Still, Still. NØMADS – Xenophobia                   Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

New Album From Lucy Dacus

Lucy Dacus has announced detail of her new album Historian which will be released on 2nd March, along with new track Night Shift. Night Shift is a six and half minute opus, moving from gently strummed guitar and dulcet vocals to a distorted, throbbing, emotional crescendo. It also opens with possibly our favourite line of the year so far, “The first time I tasted somebody else’s spit, … Continue reading New Album From Lucy Dacus

It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 12: Spook School

Our twelfth festive offering comes from indie-poppers Spook School, and their brand new seasonal single, Someone To Spend Christmas With. Stream it here, and watch out for the release of their upcoming third album Could It Be Different?, which is due on 26th January on Slumberland Records (USA) and Alcopop! Records (UK).   Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 12: Spook School

It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 11: Girl Ray

Girl Ray’s seasonal single (I Wish I Were Giving You A Gift) This Christmas is out now on a Moshi Moshi 7″. It is a song as witty and wistful as any on their debut album, Earl Grey, and is about yuletide loneliness and longing, finding the North London trio embracing a seasonally sonic palette of children’s choir, sleigh bells, and the hidden whinny of a … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 11: Girl Ray

Goat Girl – Scream

Up and coming South Londoners Goat Girl have shared new track Scream, a B-side to the excellent recent single Cracker Drool. Listen below. The band also head out on a UK headline tour in the spring. 2018 Tour Dates March 31st Manchester @ Deaf Institute April 1st Cardiff @ Goes Pop April 9th Newcastle @ The Cluny April 10th Edinburgh @ Sneaky Pete’s April 12th … Continue reading Goat Girl – Scream

It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 10: Wartoad

Time to change the pace of our festive offerings a little… Several of the newly convened punk supergroup Wartoad are rumoured to be spectacularly well-known rock musicians from the US, but have adopted pseudonyms for this, their first release – a riotous cover of Noddy and co’s Christmas staple, Merry Xmas Everybody. Fusing their love of classic punk and rock bands with sleazy keyboard and … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 10: Wartoad