Here is the final part of this year’s countdown of our favourite tunes of 2020. Many thanks to MM stalwarts Chris T Popper and Dr Roddy (whose personal selections will come in the next couple of days) and to anyone who has read / listened and discovered something new in a year that truly sucked. Happy New Year and here’s to a better 2021. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Tracks Of 2020: Part 4 (25-1)
Here is part 3 of our countdown of our favourite 100 songs of 2020. 50 Peel Dream Magazine – Emotional Devotion Creator 49 Slow Weather – Great White Male 48 Blackbird & Crow – The Witch That Could Not Be Burned 47 Frances of Delirium – Quit Fucking Around 46 Adia Victoria – South Gotta Change 45 Dream Wife … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Tracks Of 2020: Part 3 (50-26)
Here is the second part of our countdown of our favourite 100 songs of 2020. 75 Protomartyr – Worm in Heaven 74 Flat Worms – The Aughts 73 IDLES – Mr Motivator 72 Bee Bee Sea – Day Ripper 71 TRAAMS – Greyhound 70 Gum Country – Tennis (I Feel OK) 69 Songhoy Blues – Badala 68 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Tracks Of 2020: Part 2 (75-51)
Hypnotic Oxford psych-collective Mandrake Handshake have shared the rather exhilarating, stoned-indie of Gonkulator, and also announce their signing to cult indie label Nice Swan Records. Incorporating influences of krautrock, funk, Japanese animation and Latin pastoral poetry to create their own unique brand of Flowerkraut, amidst a sprawling barrage of psychedelia. Always happy to see local bands on the up. Give it a spin. Continue reading Mandrake Handshake Share Gonkulator
Glowing In The Dark is the excellent title track from Django Django’s upcoming new album. Built around a sample from one of Dave Maclean’s spoken word records but built out and plushly upholstered with Moog synths and drum loops, it soars gloriously towards the stratosphere. Watch the video here – the album will be out on the 12th February next year. Continue reading Django Django – Glowing In The Dark
Experimental Canadian trio Suuns will release a new six track EP Fiction on the 30th October via Joyful Noise. The darkly adventurous record, which precedes a new full length due next year, includes guest appearances from Jerusalem In My Heart and longtime MM fave Amber Webber, and closes with a cover of the intense (and timely) Frank Zappa track Trouble Every Day. Watch the official … Continue reading Suuns – Pray
Each week Popper, Joe Fish and me meet to discuss an album, rate it, and pick our three best and one worst selection from the record. RADIOHEAD – OK COMPUTER (1997) 8.4 Popper 6.5 Joe Fish 7.5 Mad Mackerel AVERAGE: 7.5 THREE TOP TRACKS 1 EXIT MUSIC FOR A FILM 2 LET DOWN 3 CLIMBING UP THE WALLS LEAST FAVOURITE AIRBAG Continue reading Mad Mackerel Music Club # 4
It has been more than four years since we posted anything from Scottish duo Man Of Moon. But at long last they are back with details of a long, long overdue debut album, Dark Sea, recorded in a cottage overlooking prehistoric mountain structures on Loch Fyne – it’s these monolithic structures the Scottish duo tap into on first brilliant single Strangers using heavy motorik beats, … Continue reading Man Of Moon – Strangers
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