Song By Toad Records have released a double A-side Christmas single with Jonnie Common and long-time MM faves eagleowl featuring two songs based around the plot of what they claim to be the greatest Christmas story ever told (Die Hard, apparently), and not only that, but they’re releasing it as a hand-made snow globe containing a Lego John McClane. And why wouldn’t they? And as they … Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are eagleowl
Communal Bathroom’s have offered us a wry festive folk song about family disharmony around the dinner table on Christmas Day. Apparently the single is musically influenced by Bob Dylan & The Band and the South Yorkshire carolling tradition! Give it a spin. Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are Communal Bathroom
Our final Best of post of 2016 is MM’s own selections. You can also listen via Spotify here. 20 TRAAMS – A House On Fire I always think I don’t really like long songs and yet they always seem to end up in my favourite tracks of the year. This TRAAMS song is nearly nine minutes long yet hurtles along in a blur of krautrock … Continue reading MM’s BEST OF 2016: MAD MACKEREL
The country tinged Americana of Old Sea Brigade popped up in our Best of 2016 lists and the Atlanta band have now shared a festive tune with the simply named Christmas Dream. Listen here. Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are Old Sea Brigade
Our third Best Of listing comes from the ever lovely Mrs Mackerel. Listen on Spotify here. 2016 turned out to be fairly music-light by my standards in that I didn’t listen to nearly as much as I usually do, partly in response to spending so much time driving up and down the country. For this, I need the spoken word rather than the sung one, … Continue reading MM’s BEST OF 2016: MRS MACKEREL
Our second individual listing comes from long-standing contributor Chris T Popper, he of the creaking joints and club foot (and yet still the second-best footballer in his family). Another cracking collection of tunes, and you can always listen on Spotify here. 20 Big Thief – Paul 19 Mind Spiders – Running 18 Hooded Fang – Dead Battery 17 Van William – Revolution … Continue reading MM’s BEST OF 2016: CHRIS T POPPER
We’re interrupting out Best of Countdown and festive tune postings to share the news that Scott H. Biram will release a new album, his tenth overall, entitled The Bad Testament, via Bloodshot Records on 24th February 24. It his first release since 2014’s Nothin’ But Blood and lands somewhere west of the Old Testament and south of the AA handbook, straddling the chasm between sin and redemption. It’s … Continue reading New Album From Scott H. Biram
The first of our four individual listings comes from The Italian Job – she of the detailed spreadsheets and punk rock outlook. Listen on Spotify here. 20. Underworld – I Exhale 19. The Wave Pictures – Pool Hall 18. Arborist – I Heard Him Leaving 17. Kyle Craft – Before The Wall 16. Terry Malts – Used To Be … Continue reading MM’s BEST OF 2016: THE ITALIAN JOB
Here are our favourite albums of 2016. We have to go against the flow a bit and say up front there is no place for David Bowie. Great though he was, and tragic that he died two days after the release of a good album, for us that was what it was, a good album, but not a great one. And besides he is topping … Continue reading MM’s BEST ALBUMS OF 2016
And so here we are, our favourite tracks of the year counting down from 25 to number 1. Enjoy… 25 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Gamma Knife 24 Little Barrie – I.5.C.A. 23 She Drew The Gun – Since You Were Not Mine 22 Car Seat Headrest – Fill In The Blank 21 Communist Daughter – Balboa Bridge … Continue reading MM’s BEST TRACKS OF 2016: 25-1
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