Without wishing to dwell on the enormity of the wider social subjects of this week, I’m looking elsewhere for some lighter discussion points. Well the football season has begun. Another eight months of disappointment; of blame from the sprats (“Why did you have to be born in Sunderland and not Manchester?”); of wanting to put my hands around Steve Bruce’s throat. And squeeze VERY tightly. … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Saturday (13th August)
Tomorrow we head down to the first Wilderness Festival, taking place on our back door in the beautiful Cornbury Park Estate. Previously this lovely venue has hosted the Cornbury Festival, which has thankfully now moved elsewhere as (trust us) it has the worse possible line-up you could ever imagine for an event of this type. Anyway, the Wilderness is, as we say, a different kettle … Continue reading Wilderness Festival – Free Mix
Wicked Will is the fifth studio album from The Ettes and came out at the start of the month. It is another excellent excursion into the realms of beat-punk and garage sleaze with a healthy dose back porch blues swagger and fuzzed up reverb. Much to like then. Check out this taster from the album, which you can get it from eMusic here. Download The … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Ettes
Here is a second track from Amen Dunes forthcoming album Through Donkey Jaw. More reasons to anticipate the official release this month via Sacred Bones. Download Amen Dunes – Bedroom Drum mp3 (from Through Donkey Jaw) Download Amen Dunes – Lower Mind mp3 (from Through Donkey Jaw) Continue reading More from Amen Dunes
Weird Freedom, the second full-length from Brooklyn’s Little Gold, sounds like a celebration, and with good reason. It is the inaugural release for the bands own Loud Baby imprint, and its Little Gold’s first LP as a proper band. Shortly following his departure from folk feral enthusiasts Woods, Christian DeRoeck assumed the Little Gold moniker and in 2009 released the wayfaring bridge-burner On the Knife. In stark contrast to the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Little Gold
Just like London buses, you wait for one and then get a plethora of arrivals all together. So it is with some of our favourite bands who are releasing tracks into the blogosphere at much the same time. You may have some/all of these already, but if not every one is worth having. First up is Blitzen Trapper and Love The Way You Walk Away … Continue reading More From Some Of The Big Guns
Here at MM we get a lot of songs to listen to as streams and it always takes us much longer to get round to these than downloads for obvious reasons (the iPod being the main one) and so we’ve had a concerted effort to listen to, and pick out, some of the better tunes we’ve received recently in this format. Having done that, the … Continue reading New Singles Round-Up
We moved MM to WordPress in April 2010, after being one of the many blogs to get screwed by Google Blogspot. We noticed that this is our one thousandth post since that time and so we have marked the occasion (for such that it is for us) with an appropriately themed mix for your enjoyment. So, from the classic sound of Tenpole Tudor’s new wave … Continue reading One Thousand Posts – A Celebratory Mix!
It is always a joy to receive a new song from MM faves Howling Owls, and it is no different with this one. Craig from the band simply told us “I worked on this one solo using mostly an old purple keyboard from the 90s. An attempt at more positive songwriting. You may enjoy.” Spirits To Lift My Spirits is the track. Probably goes without saying … Continue reading New Song From Howling Owls
We were big fans of Peggy Sue’s excellent debut long player Fossils And Other Phantoms, and recently had our appetites whetted for the forthcoming new album Acrobats on Marc Riley’s 6 Music show when he played out one evening with the six minute, slow brooding burn of Cut My Teeth. While the darkness of the first album clearly remains intact, this has a heavier, more viscous … Continue reading New Album From Peggy Sue
