Today the countdown begins of Mad Mackerel’s favourite 100 songs of 2014. From Monday to Friday check back to see what tickled the earbuds of MM’s contributors, followed by our Albums of the Year at the weekend and then our individual contributors’ choices. So without further ado…. 100 Micah P Hinson – The Same Old Shit . 99 Wooden Wand – Dambuilding . 98 Juan … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014: 100 – 81
Maps – aka James Chapman – has collaborated with Mute label-mate Polly Scattergood to create a shimmering and melancholic cover of In The Bleak Midwinter. Watch the suitably evocative, monochrome video and download for free below. . . Continue reading Festive Post No 10: Maps Featuring Polly Scattergood
Here are our selections of new tunes from this week that you really ought to have heard by now. 1. Sleater-Kinney – Surface Envy 2. The Soft Moon – Black 3. Elephant Micah – Slow Time Vultures 4. Strand of Oaks – Alex Chilton (Replacements cover) 5. The Dodos – Goodbyes And Endings . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is the new warped video from The Ukiah Drag for Drip From The Fang coming from their recent, critically acclaimed and thoroughly unsettling debut LP In The Reaper’s Quarters. . Continue reading New Video: Ukiah Drag – Drip From The Fang
For a little while now our in-box has started to fill up with festive tunes, Christmas covers and other seasonally themed songs, and given that we are in December and WordPress have turned on the snowflakes again it seems appropriate to start posting some of the better ones. So let us begin with all-girl doom-pop rockers The Courtesans and their cover of Frankie Goes To … Continue reading Festive Post No 1: The Courtesans Cover Frankie…
Tragically it has been announced that Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst has passed away aged just 37. His record label Warp said, “We are shocked and saddened to share the news that Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst has passed away aged 37. An immensely talented singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and journalist, he will be hugely missed. Nick’s family and friends request privacy at this difficult time.” Chris T … Continue reading RIP Nick Talbot AKA Gravenhurst
MM’s very own Chris T Popper packed his rucksack and his slightly worse for wear sleeping bag to head off to Amsterdam last weekend to catch his new favourite band The Sleaford Mods… When I saw that The Sleaford Mods were playing a gig in Amsterdam it was a done deal. I booked the flight and landed at Schiphol airport with time to spare. Luckily … Continue reading Live Review: The Sleaford Mods (Melkwig, Amsterdam)
Ruby Fray is the moniker of Austin-via-Olympia songwriter Emily Beanblossom, who released her sophomore album Grackle this fall on K Records. Dubbed “psychedelic witch wave,” her sound is dark & dissonant, with haunting vocals that have been likened to Nancy Sinatra, Lana Del Rey, Hope Sandoval and PJ Harvey. Watch the chilling video for Barbara… . . Continue reading New Video: Ruby Fray – Barbara
Viet Cong have released their new video for their savagely jagged track Continental Shelf, the first song from their self titled debut record out on the 20th January via Jagjaguwar. Uncanny and foreboding, the video draws inspiration from a wide range of sources, directly referencing moments from classic horror films, arthouse cinema and the work of painter Michaël Borremans. . . Continue reading New Video: Viet Cong – Continental Shelf
Red Light Museum is the third installment of home recordings from Grace Sings Sludge (Grace Cooper of The Sandwitches). Following two limited edition cassette releases with San Francisco’s Secret Seven Records, This Time It’s Personal and Last Year’s Friend, Red Light Museum stands out for its stunning vocals accompanied by sparse layers of guitar, piano, samples and drums. Each of the ten emotionally captivating songs giving us an … Continue reading Introducing >>> Grace Sings Sludge
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