50 Hiccup – Teasin’ 49 Nervous Dater – Bad Spanish 48 Sun Abduction – Acid Pyramid 47 Roadhouses – Drinkin’ 46 Dream Police – Revenge 45 BAIT – Push The Elephant 44 Meat Wave – The Incessant 43 Young Fathers – Only God Knows 42 Ty Segall – Big Man 41 The Sugarmen – Our Gallows … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 50 – 26
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
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
Lauran Hibberd hails from the Isle of Wight, a place that us mackerels have many, many happy memories of, and so it is a pleasure to share her utterly charming new single Hunny, Is This What Adults Do? It is a brilliant slice of outsider, indie-pop with just the right amount of fuzz and shot through with a touch of Ingrid Michaelson or even Courtney … Continue reading MM Shorts 987: Lauran Hibberd
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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