And so here we are, our favourite tracks of the year counting down from 25 to number 1. Enjoy… 25 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Gamma Knife 24 Little Barrie – I.5.C.A. 23 She Drew The Gun – Since You Were Not Mine 22 Car Seat Headrest – Fill In The Blank 21 Communist Daughter – Balboa Bridge … Continue reading MM’s BEST TRACKS OF 2016: 25-1
Our third festive offering comes from hardcore rocking stalwarts Melvins and their version of Carol Of The Bells, which is part of Amazon’s Indie for the Holidays playlist, released at the end of last month on Amazon Music. The band simply say, “the song has scared us since we were children, that’s why we wanted to do it.” Good enough for us! Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are The Melvins
Arriving in a haze of mystic fuzz and tangled dirge-pop, Brighton trio Gang will release their wonderfully macabre new 7” single, Dead / Enough Nothing, on November 25th via Ra-Ra Rok Records. There are echoes of everything from Sabbath’s portentous doom-metal to Dinosaur Jr’s brawny distortion and Wand’s sludgy psych rock, but deconstructed and reapplied in a new, uncompromising and somewhat ferocious way… Have a listen. Continue reading Introducing >>> Gang
Time for our irregular, but still brilliant, instalment of Nickel in the Jukebox. A collection of ten tunes of varying guises and ages for your listening pleasure. So whatever your particular pleasure there will be something for you here. Your job is simply to sift through and find your own personal hits and misses. Port Juvee – Double Vision [RIYL: Post-punk, The Hives, The Strokes] … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 24)
Ambulance is the debut single from Brooklyn’s Russian Baths. It is a powerful slab of noise-rock that undulates and rolls under the spell of swelling guitars and pummelling percussion. Most gratifying. Listen below. Continue reading MM Shorts 829: Russian Baths
Another bumper round-up of new releases for you this morning. From the return of The Kills to Sturgill Simpson to the always brilliant Black Mountain by way of BEAK>. Ten new tracks – enjoy! Sturgill Simpson – Brace For Impact (Live A Little) Black Mountain – Florian Saucer Attack BEAK> – Timeshare Mitski – Your Best American Girl The Kills – Doing It To Death Fear Of Men – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is the selection from the Mad Mackerel jury for our choice cuts from the past seven days. Enjoy. Black Mountain – Mothers Of The Sun Rogue Wave – What Is Left To Solve The Castillians – Come What May Witching Waves – Pitiless La Sera – I Need An Angel Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – Astonished Man Purling Hiss – My … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
“Very basic music – loud, fast, city, raucous, arrogant, paranoid, speed-freak rock n roll. It will be so loud that if we move in next door to you, your lawn will die”. Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister || 1945 -2015 || Born to lose, lived to win. Continue reading RiP: Lemmy
Our final round up in 2015 of all those newly fresh and minted tracks that we’ve gathered up from the past week is one of the best of the whole year. Here are twelve songs which you really need to hear.. Kurt Vile – Pretty Boy Ezra Furman – The Prisoner Those Darlins – Female Trouble (Divine cover) Cian Nugent – Lost Your Way Thao & … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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