It is a warm welcome back into the fold for Barry-Sean, and he kicks off our individual contributors personal favourites of the year. Take it away maestro… 10. Slaves – The Hunter So, they’re not the most mature lyrics ever. In fact they make a lot of the old punk stuff I listened to as a teenager sound quite sophisticated. But there’s a rawness … Continue reading MM’S BEST OF THE YEAR: BARRY-SEAN’S TOP TEN SONGS
Filled with raw emotion and the earnest, powerful voice of lead singer David DeVoe, this New Ben Franklins track, Christmas Song (All I Wanna Do) is a less-than-cheerful holiday song that speaks of the loneliness and the despair that so many encounter during the holidays. The band is releasing the song, free for download at their bandcamp site today and follows fast on the heels of the October … Continue reading Festive fair (16): New Ben Franklins
Here we go then, our final countdown of our favourite tracks of 2015, with no fewer than three artists managing two entries in the top 25 this year! And don’t forget you can see the other 75 choices here (100-75), here (75-51) and here (50-26). Enjoy. 25 Ghostpoet – Off Peak Dreams 24 Tracy Thorn – Goodbye Joe (2015 re-issue) 23 Calexico – Follow … Continue reading MM’S BEST TRACKS OF 2015: 25-1
Best known as the lead singer of Glasgow indie-pop girl group TeenCanteen, Carla J Easton has teamed up with Joe Kane from psyche pop outfit Dr Cosmos Tapelab to form a new project, Ette. Their debut single Spending Christmas With My Boy a festive song about a girl called Carla whose best friend just happens to be a cat, and boasts cover art that is our … Continue reading Festive Fayre (15): Ette
Summer Camp have released a Christmas EP, a five track Christmas special, featuring original Christmas themed songs and covers of classics Last Christmas and Christmas Wrapping. Here is the video for new seasonal favourite I Don’t Wanna Wait Til Christmas Continue reading Festive Fayre (14): Summer Camp
It’s the third instalment of our end of year list of our favourite tracks of 2015. Today we enter the top half of the chart with numbers 50 through to 26. 50 Mutual Benefit – Not For Nothing 49 Rats On Rafts – Last Day On Earth 48 Slaves – Ninety Nine 47 Diet Cig – Harvard 46 Decemberists – The … Continue reading MM’S BEST TRACKS OF 2015: 50-26
With Motorcycle (Straight To Hell) Table Scraps delivered one of our favourite songs of the year. So it is fitting then that they should appear in our daily round up of festive (and not so festive) tunes. This is a case of the latter which sounds as sinister as could be (and with their apologies to Slade of course). Continue reading Festive Fayre (13): Table Scraps
Here are our favourite albums of 2015. 15 Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle 14 Joe Ely – Panhandle Rambler 13 Low – Ones And Sixes 12 James McMurtry – Complicated Game 11 Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy 10 Quiet Hollers – Quiet Hollers 9 Girl Band – Holding Hands With Jamie 8 Ezra Furman – Perpetual … Continue reading MM’S BEST ALBUMS OF 2015: 15-1
Our final round up in 2015 of all those newly fresh and minted tracks that we’ve gathered up from the past week is one of the best of the whole year. Here are twelve songs which you really need to hear.. Kurt Vile – Pretty Boy Ezra Furman – The Prisoner Those Darlins – Female Trouble (Divine cover) Cian Nugent – Lost Your Way Thao & … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
As we’re halfway through our tracks of the year (see 100-76 here, and 75-51 here) which resume on Monday, it felt like a good time to break things up with our choices of our favourite albums of 2015. Here then are numbers 30 through to 16. 30 Sarah Cracknell – Red Kite 29 Desaparecidos – Payola 28 Kodiak Deathbeds – Kodiak Deathbeds … Continue reading MM’S BEST ALBUMS OF 2015: 30-16
The Mad Mackerel 