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
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
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
Sufjan Stevens – Tonya Harding Jim White – Silver Threads Strand of Oaks – Passing Out Ty Segall – Every 1’s A Winner (Hot Chocolate cover) Kal Marks – Loosed Windhand – Old Evil Long Neck – Mine/Yours Lionlimb – Maria Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Our sixth Festive offering is a cracking version of Wham’s Last Christmas by Sera Cahoone. Top banana. Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 7: Sera Cahoone
Kevin Morby has offered up his moody take on Blue Christmas for Amazon’s Indie for the Holidays playlist. It is sparse and longing, anchored by a slow-moving bass line, the kick beat of the drum, and Morby’s signature croon. Listen below. Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 5: Kevin Morby
Breakthrough country star, Courtney Marie Andrews has recorded her own acoustic version of the holiday classic I’ll Be Home For Christmas, which will be featured on Amazon Music’s Acoustic Christmas playlist, along with new songs from Josh Ritter, Noah Gunderson, Kevin Morby and many more. Listen below. Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 3: Courtney Marie Andrews
Amazon Studios have announced the release of Click Clack Moo: Christmas at the Farm, a new holiday special inspired by the acclaimed children’s book series from New York Times bestselling duo Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. Okkervil River have contributed the theme song titled What Friends Do, of which Will Sheff says, “I listened intently and repeatedly to my favorite kids’ songs by writers like Joe … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 2: Okkervil River
First Aid Kit – Fireworks No Age – Drippy Alela Diane – Émigré’ Calexico – Voices In The Field Olden Yolk – Takes One To Know One Craig Finn – Fault Lines (Mountain Goats cover) Ty Segall – The Main Pretender The Orwells – Vanilla The Soft Moon – It Kills Graham Coxon – Falling Continue reading Ten (Count ’em) Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Martha – The Winter Fuel Allowance Ineligibility Blues Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift W.H. Lung – Want Jim James – The World Is Falling Down (Abbey Lincoln cover) Madeline Kenney – Medusa’s Outhouse (Cass McCombs cover) Robert Earl Thomas – Another Age White Room – Twisted Celebration Jane Weaver & Virginia Wing – I Feel It Starts Again … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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