Philadelphia-based band Oldermost have announced the release of their fourth album, How Could You Ever Be The Same? (out July 13th via AntiFragile Music). As a taster they’re sharing the album’s rollicking, anthemic lead single The Danger of Belief, which was made for a long straight highway with the windows down and the volume up. We’re loving this one. So if the War On Drugs, … Continue reading Oldermost – The Danger Of Belief
Mad Mackerel is ten years old. Who would have believed it. So, thanks to everyone who has ever visited the blog, listened, commented, submitted music, sent e-mails, sent CDs, t-shirts and even vinyl, and given us a guest list pass. We really do appreciate it. Thanks too to our regular contributors over the years – too numerous to mention all, but extra special thanks to … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 15)
So here we are, the penultimate day of our countdown of our favourite 200 songs marking ten years of MM. Today, we’ve hit the top twenty… 20 The Dutchess & The Duke – Reservoir Park (2008) Wonderfully rootsy swagger of earthy, organic folk-rock set to a loose Stones like honky tonk rumble. 19 Wooden Wand – Winter In Kentucky (2011) Set against … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 14)
We’re getting towards the sharp end of our mammoth count down now. Here are songs 30-21 of our favourites of the past ten years. 30 Bear Bones – Oil And Lacquer (2010) An eight-piece folk explosion of rousing, thickly accented, swagger and swing. 29 James McMurtry – Copper Canteen (2015) Opening with the quasi-funny, possibly serious “Honey don’t you be yelling at … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 13)
T. Hardy Morris – Homemade Bliss Whispertown – Never Felt Young Phil Cook – Another Mother’s Son Devendra Banhart – Shown And Told An Horse – Get Out Somehow River Whyless – Darkness In Mind Ty Segall & White Fence – Good Boy Neko Case – Curse Of The I-5 Corridor (feat. Mark Lanegan) Fucked Up – High Rise (Trainspotters cover) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever … Continue reading Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here are tracks 40-31 in our countdown of Mad Mackerel’s favourite tunes of the past ten years. 40 Avett Brothers – January Wedding (2009) Banjo, guitar, authentic romantic country and a beautiful ballad. 39 First Aid Kit – Wolf (2012) Gorgeous folk harmonies given an almost tribal, native American feel. 38 Big Thief – Shark Smile (2017) An airy, meandering number … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 12)
The countdown of our Favourite 200 songs of the past 10 years has taken over everything over the last two weeks, so here is our (belated) round-up of some of the best new songs of the past 14 days. Parquet Courts – Mardi Gras Beads Protomartyr (featuring Kelley Deal) – Wheel Of Fortune Lumerians – Silver Trash The Plainviews – Bladerunner The Lovely Eggs – … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week & Last
We’re celebrating ten years of MM. Today we’ve reached the top 50 of our favourite songs of the past decade. 50 Discount Guns – I Heard (2012) Ass kicking blend of blues rock and country and western with big riffs, plenty of fuzz and loads of reverb. Like the Black Keys with balls. 49 Thee Oh Sees – Toe Cutter/Thumb Buster (2013) … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 11)
Countdown continues. Here are songs 60 – 51 in our favourite tunes of the past ten years. 60 Bon Iver – Bloodbank (2009) Atmospheric, cabin-folk propelled by a woodsy, acoustic strum and cooly whispered vocals. 59 Jones Street Station – The Understanding (2012) Like if the Beach Boys had played folk music – a wonderful sense of melody and intricate rhythms played with … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 10)
We’re counting down our favourite songs of the past ten years. Here are numbers 70-61. 70 Water Liars – Swannanoa (2015) A melancholy story of searching and loss, of heroin and girls with stutters, of cowardice and looking death in the face. No one does this stuff as well as Water Liars. 69 Goodnight, Texas – Jesse Got Trapped In A Coalmine (2012) … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 9)
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