Day three of our countdown – tracks 60 through to 41 of our favourite songs of the year. 60 Cate Le Bon – He’s Leaving . 59 Jamie T – The Prophet . 58 Mark Lanegan Band – Sad Lover . 57 The Districts – Funeral Beds . 56 The Amazing Snakeheads – Here It Comes Again . 55 Sleaford Mods – Routine Dean . … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014: 60-41
Bloodlet is the first single from Munroe’s debut EP, set for release in February on Hidden Pony. It is a chilling folk-noir ballad steeped in Southern Gothic creepiness…listen to the most hypnotic, disconcerting, and compelling two minutes you’ll spend all day. Right up MM’s street. Stream/download it below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 635: Munroe – Bloodlet
After an eleven year hiatus Eric Fifteen’s Party of One is back with a new album, Streetside Surprise, the follow up to their lone long-player Caught The Blast. The first track from it is the darkly subdued, and slightly menacing post-punk of Watch While The Heads Roll. Download it below – not too sure when the album will see the light of day…. . Continue reading Party Of One – Watch While The Heads Roll
Rivertairs are on a voyage of musical discovery, channeling influences from rock n’ roll through to psychedelia to create what they describe as “a soundscape of many colours”. Latest single is Jack, a tongue in cheek look at the imagery around the infamous Victorian serial killer, who is now firmly embedded in pop culture as well the history books. Watch it here. . Continue reading New Video: Rivertairs – Jack
The New Southern Electrikk draw inspiration from psychedelia, krautrock and post-punk, crafting dark, mesmerisingly beautiful melodies driven by gritty, pulsating basslines. They posted a demo cover of the Gun Club’s Mother of Earth and generated a whole shedload of interest. Hear what all the fuss was about… . Continue reading The New Southern Electrikk Cover The Gun Club
We’ve posted Halloween mixes in the past (see here) and here are a few random Halloween related tunes, streams and videos linked by nothing other than the time of the year and the fact they’re all pretty damn good. . . . . . . . Continue reading It’s Halloween Music Time
After a too long hiatus, we’ve resurrected our best of the month mix capturing our favourite tunes from October’s posts, plus a couple of new tracks too. So more than 25 songs to discover…dive in! The September Girls – Veneer Dark-hearted pop smothered in drenched feedback . God Damn – Horus A red-hot burning molten pot of pop hooks and grinding, bludgeoning riffs and rhythms. . … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: October 2014
Four videos to set pulses racing from Lola Colt, The Franklys, September Girls and finishing with Meat Wave’s insanely catchy punk rock. . . . . (Download the whole album on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp). . Continue reading New Videos: Lola Colt || The Franklys || September Girls || Meat Wave
The new single from Gothenburg based The Don Darlings is a masterpiece of southern gothic Americana. If You Can’t Be Good is an odyssey about the life of an infamously pathological liar who some believe was named Johnny Bode. The title is a veiled, yet precise, warning about how life can turn out through a destructive device of doing everything you can in the most … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Don Darlings
Weyes Blood is the work of Natalie Mering, one time member of experimental troupe Jackie-O Motherfucker and guest on Ariel Pink’s Mature Themes. The sound of Weyes Blood is one of folk (with elements of psych and pop) set against electronics and tape effects, multi-part harmonies, collages and melodic qualities of delay. With vocals, often compared to Nico and of a rare purity and ethereal … Continue reading Weyes Blood – Some Winters
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