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The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 1)

Mad Mackerel has been around for ten years now. We’ve come a long way. Early days using Google’s blogspot where our posts were regularly and erroneously taken down through DMCA notices until the moment when Google just erased us completely, our move to WordPress in April 2010 where Kurt Vile, Beach Fossils, Johnny Flynn and Band of Horses were among our first posts. Those were … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 1)

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Alternative, Indie, Industrial, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Live Review: Cabbage (Oxford Academy)

Cabbage. a cultivated plant eaten as a vegetable, having thick green or purple leaves surrounding a spherical heart or head of young leaves a person who leads a dull or inactive life politically energised, wryly observant, fast and furious indie band So it was that no. 2 (MM) having eaten no. 1, went, with middle sprat, to see no. 3 at the Oxford Academy. Despite … Continue reading Live Review: Cabbage (Oxford Academy)

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Lots and lots of good new stuff this week…lucky thirteen in fact! Courtney Barnett – City Looks Pretty Father John Misty – Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All T. Hardy Morris – Be Fidlar – Alcohol Okkervil River – Famous Tracheotomies Wavves – All Star Goth Tancred – Queen Of New York Iceage – The Day The Music Dies Mazzy Star – Quiet, … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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New Single From YOWL

Peckham five-piece YOWL have announced their new single Warm (In The Soft White Fire Of Modern Living). The band capture the frustration of the 9-to-5 London grind like few others (making Chris T Popper’s best of the year list in 2016). And in frontman Gabriel Byrde, they have someone who can spin poetry on songs about alienation and exhaustion. YOWL are often viciously loud, but on … Continue reading New Single From YOWL

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Introducing >>> Teenage Cavegirl

Austin, Texas boy/girl duo Teenage Cavegirl offer exactly what their name says they should. The tribal drums and trash-pop guitar lines combine to create a deceptively simple slab of primal garage rock. Throw in some plaintive lyrics, an anthemic chorus and wrap it all up in under two minutes. Job done! Watch the video and order from Bandcamp below.     Continue reading Introducing >>> Teenage Cavegirl

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The Dream Syndicate Announce Record Store Day Release, Share Recurring (Steve’s Dream)

We’re long standing fans of Paisley Underground pioneers The Dream Syndicate. Last year they released their first album in thirty years, How Did I Find Myself Here?,to much (well deserved) critical acclaim and this week they have announced the release of their first-ever Record Store Day exclusive piece How We Found Ourselves…Everywhere! It is a six-song  LP of outtakes, live recordings and B-sides. Today they … Continue reading The Dream Syndicate Announce Record Store Day Release, Share Recurring (Steve’s Dream)

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The Vryll Society – Andrei Rublev

Liverpool psychedelic rockers The Vryll Society have shared their latest psych-driven single Andrei Rublev. Inspired by scenes from Andre Tarkovsky’s 1996 arthouse classic film, the single is an emotive swirl of hip-hop drums, cosmic bass lines and hypnotic guitar solos. Stream it here. Their debut album will be out later in the year.   Continue reading The Vryll Society – Andrei Rublev

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Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

The Men – Shimmer n’ Shine Pop 1280 – When No One Cares Half Waif – Back In Brooklyn Wand – Perfume Bent Denim – Idiot Cherry Glazerr – Juicy Socks Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Talking Straight Neko Case – Bad Luck Juanita Stein – Forgiver                     Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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