World Goth Day: A Nostalgic Mix!

The tunes playing on Radio 6 this morning in tongue-in-cheek honour of National Goth Day made us all nostalgic for our very own black and purple tinged youth, when Wayne Hussey and Andrew Eldritch ruled the airwaves (sort of) and Fields of the Nephilim kept Homepride in business. Here then for your listening and reminiscing pleasure, as the witching hour approaches, a 13 song mixtape … Continue reading World Goth Day: A Nostalgic Mix!

More From Hurray For The Riff Raff

Following on from yesterday’s post on Hurray For The Riff Raff’s Daytrotter session, the band have now made a second track available from their excellent new release Look Out Mama. The story behind Ode to John And Yoko written by Alynda Lee Segarra is somewhat autobiographical, being inspired by growing up in a Puerto Rican household in the Bronx that never played the Beatles. Despite … Continue reading More From Hurray For The Riff Raff

Monday Means Eight Of The Best

It has been a while since we’ve had a round-up from round the web and our favourite blogs. These are some of the tunes that have been monopolising the MM stereo recently and should get your week off with a snap, crackle and pop! We have a new track from The Crocodiles with the snaking, noise-pop of Endless Flowers from forthcoming album of the same … Continue reading Monday Means Eight Of The Best

Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Agnostic-Phibes Rhythm & Blood Conspiracy

We have been fans of The Agnostic Gospel Mountain Choir since we first heard the rollicking, raw, country-blues stomp of Ten Thousand a few years ago. They seem to have been relatively quiet since then so it was a great delight to discover that they had linked up with Jackson Phibes frontman of garage-punk, underground legends Forbidden Dimension to form The Agnostic-Phibes Rhythm & Blood Conspiracy. Back in … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Agnostic-Phibes Rhythm & Blood Conspiracy