It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 12: The Explorers Club
Courtesy of the wonderful Burger Records, comes Christmas Must Be Tonight, a yuletide free download from The Explorers Club. Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 12: The Explorers Club
Category: Indie
MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 25 – 1
So this is it, the final countdown of our favourite tracks of 2013… As voted for by MM luminaries: the luminous Mrs Mackerel (Mrs M), the newly teenaged Middle Sprat (MS), Marston’s Mr Big, Chris T Popper (CP), the criminally insane Dr. Roddy (Dr R), and patricide obsessive Polly Pocket (PP). A motley crew it is true, but all united by their love of a … Continue reading MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 25 – 1
Kalle Mattson – Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold
Ottawa’s Kalle Mattson will release his new album, his third, Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold on the 11th February. The new record embraces the duality of hope and death. It was written in his childhood home in Sault St. Marie and chronicles his return to the place where he began writing songs, and gradually came to terms with the death of his mother five years prior. … Continue reading Kalle Mattson – Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold
It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 11: Theatre Royal
A Christmas single from indie rockers Theatre Royal. All proceeds go to homelessness charity Crisis. Buy from Bandcamp for £1. . . Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 11: Theatre Royal
MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 50 – 26
Part three of our favourite 100 tracks of 2013. Today we’re counting down from 50 – 26. 50 Hanni El Khatib – Nobody Move In Hanni El Khatib’s biog on Wikipedia he says that his “…music is for anyone who has ever been shot or hit by a train“. I think that this is a good way to describe this tune as it hits you … Continue reading MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 50 – 26
It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 10: The Milk Race
Available only until the end of December, the Milk Race’s, Cardiff’s indie-noiseniks, take on Shakin’ Stevens’ dubious Christmas classic Merry Christmas Everyone, and it is available to download now for free from the band’s Bandcamp page here. Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 10: The Milk Race
MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 75 – 51
The countdown of our one hundred favourite tracks of 2013 continues…today we reach halfway as we bring you 75 down to 51. 75 GRMLN – Summer Days Thrashy, catchy, singalong rock’n’roll with platform shoes and ridiculous flares. Download GRMLN – Summer Days mp3 . 74 Sisters – Clearhead Here are my shoes. See how I gaze at them. It says 2013 on the label, but I’ve gone … Continue reading MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 75 – 51
New Simone Felice Single & Album
Taken from the forthcoming new album Strangers, set for release through Team Love Records in the UK on March 24th, songwriter, and longstanding MM fave, Simone Felice returns with the record’s opening single, Molly-O! It comes draped in the additional vocal talents of Wesley Schultz & Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers, and the song is described by Felice as “a song where we get to go … Continue reading New Simone Felice Single & Album
It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 9: Dr. Dog
Today, Dr. Dog will release a collection of four delightfully weird and heartfelt original Christmas songs. The EP is entitled Oh My Christmas Tree and was initially intended as a gift to the band’s family and friends. Fortunately for the rest of us, the group has decided to make the songs public. 100% of artist proceeds from this digital only benefit EP will be donated … Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 9: Dr. Dog
Mad Mackerel’s Top Tracks of 2013: 100 – 76
It is that time of year again. The votes have been polled from our MM contributors, the results collated and without further ado, here are Mad Mackerel’s favourite hundred tracks of 2013. Today, we’re counting down the first twenty five, from 100-76. 100 Woody Pines – Hobo And His Bride Classic, ramblin’ country blues, where songs are filled with characters fighting to climb up or … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Top Tracks of 2013: 100 – 76
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