Video of the Day: Wool On Wolves || Cemeteries
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Guest Post: Big Sair’s TFI Friday (5th October)
Mrs Mackerel has decided to take a short sabbatical and invite some friends, relatives and countrywomen to takeover her Friday night post, a Friday routine as regular in this household as a G&T with lime, or pizza Margherita for the sprats. For week three, we hand over the reins to Big Sair… And with a flourish of my long fishtail, I take the baton for … Continue reading Guest Post: Big Sair’s TFI Friday (5th October)
Streaming Round Up: New Releases
Here are a stack more of cracking new releases that you need to hear! Marching Church is another new project from Iceage’s Elias Bender Rønnenfelt – this time the music is nothing short of spectral – glacial goth anyone? a Flock of Dimes is the solo project of Wye Oaks Jenn Wasner, (This Is Why) I Can’t Wear White is the new single and pretty good it … Continue reading Streaming Round Up: New Releases
MM Shorts 227: New Bat For Lashes Single
Here is the new Bat For Lashes single, All Your Gold, that we caught a first play on Radio 6 last night. Nice! It is the second single taken from The Haunted Man, released on 15th October . a Continue reading MM Shorts 227: New Bat For Lashes Single
Introducing >>> Jaggery
Inspired by the murders and murderers depicted in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, Boston quintet, Jaggery has created Private Violence, a haunting EP that specifically draws close to misunderstood murderer Perry Smith. Frontwoman, pianist and songwriter Singer Mali explores what it’s like to identify with “someone who did something terrible” with her powerful voice and an intoxicating blend of darkwave, jazz, classical, ethereal avant-rock, and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Jaggery
Video of the Day: DRMS
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Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (6th July)
Well, Jesus may not want me for a sunbeam, but Beth Jeans Houghton has made me an honorary Hoof of Destiny. That tops all previous great life achievements, barring children/childbirth I think. I have been balancing on four coconut shells ever since, eating from a nosebag, rejecting my piscine ways and embracing the equine style. There are now plenty of flies on me, but none … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (6th July)
The Smoke Fairies Cover The Cult
She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult surely has one of the most recognisable guitar intros ever and is still a staple of any self-respecting indie disco night. The Smoke Fairies, on the back of their really rather good new album Blood Speaks (which foregoes some of the whimsy for a darker, altogether more purposeful feel to it) have put together an EP of covers called … Continue reading The Smoke Fairies Cover The Cult
Mad Mackerel Recommends…Daughn Gibson
Every so often an artist comes along that just blows every expectation you have out of the water. This is Daughn Gibson. We may be late to post about this, but no matter that his album All Hell came out back in April. This is most certainly a case of better late than never. Previously he was in stoner rock band Pearls and Brass, but … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Daughn Gibson
Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: May 2012
Another crackerjack month of new tunes on MM, all lovingly compiled and packaged up for you in one sweet playlist ready to download. Here are 33 of our favourite tracks from our May postings and 6 new songs too. No need to thank us. Download Virals – Gloria mp3 (from Coming Up With The Sun EP) Shines bright with an insanely hooky vocal and charged guitar riffs, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: May 2012
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