Had enough of the rellies already? Sick of turkey? Fed up with Granddad hogging the TV remote and having Only Fools & Horses re-runs on at full volume? We have the antidote. Grave Errors. Play. very. loud. Indeed. Reclaim. Your. Home. It is grungy, stoner rock of the highest quality. Have a listen. a a a Continue reading MM Shorts 66: Grave Errors
We’re desperately cramming in as much as we can this month – new stuff, our Twelve Days of Christmas feature, festive tunes, and shortly our Best Of The Year lists and guest posts. Consequently, all these tunes are deserving of more time and more space than we’re giving them in this post, but rest assured there is a veritable feast of musical delights to get … Continue reading Quick & Dirty Round Up
Despite the end of the year fast approaching, thankfully the quality of new music shows no signs of slowing. Here are the best of our November offerings, together with some tasty new tracks to round off the mix.Over thirty great songs – just right for the roaring fire and the cocoa! Download Siskiyou – Twigs And Stones mp3 (from Keep Away The Dead) Brilliantly judged … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2011
Here is another collection of tunes we’ve gathered from our in-box and the internet – we’d like to have more time to do them justice, but nevertheless a cornucopia of pleasures awaits you we promise! First up is the consistently wonderful Damien Jurado with some authentic, strummed desert blues. Nothing Is The News is the first taste of his forthcoming album Maraqopa. Download Damien Jurado – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Mega Round Up
It’s been an unfortunate week on the domestic front. Water continues to leak. Holes have been dug. In the right place and deep enough, who knows? If it carries on much longer I may jump in too. I wish Colin from Thames Water would understand that I simply don’t understand the mechanics and really have no desire to do the wrong thing. And football. I … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (30th September)
Another month, another free digital mix from Insound. This time there are tracks from Zola Jesus, Ganglians, the wonderful Case Studies, WU LYF, Nurses and many more. As usual we’ve picked a couple of our favourites below or you can grab the whole thing for free just by clicking here – but only for the next week or so. Download The Regents – Cinder Machine … Continue reading September’s Free Digital Mix From Insound
It is true to say that our first visit to the End of the Road Festival last year was without doubt the best music event (bar SxSW) we had ever attended. A superb line-up, brilliant layout, and festival goers who were there for the music rather than the ‘experience’ ensured three days of superb entertainment. It meant we bought tickets immediately they went on sale … Continue reading The End of The Road Festival: A Review
The perfect companion track to our earlier post today about Diarrhea Planet comes in the form of Marijuana from Black Pussy. Another slightly iffy band name, and another track crying out for the open road, beer, and a bag of weed. This one comes barrelling down the road a whoopin’ and a hollerin’, wearing a shit-eatin’ grin and its anthemic heart firmly on its sleeve. … Continue reading Introducing…Black Pussy
Not sure what to make of the name, but Diarrhea Planet are faves of the brilliant Jeff The Brotherhood and have signed to their Infinity Cat label. Debut album Loose Jewels is released on the 20th September and taster track Warm Ridin’ is a magnificent cacophony of guitars, pounding bass, thundering drums and begs for an open road, a booming car stereo and a warm … Continue reading Introducing…Diarrhea Planet
The Spills are a 4-piece from Wakefield in the good old north of England, who met at school and bonded over a love of all things noisy and six-stringed. This autumn sees the release of their debut album Occam’s Razor. The album deftly blends youthful rawness with polished guitar pop sensibility ranging between the infectiously hazy glaze-pop of Summer Vibes and Oh Say Do – the darker, atmospheric moments of White Flag … Continue reading Introducing…The Spills
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