The free Mojo magazine cover CD this month is a reworking of New Order’s classic Power, Corruption & Lies album. It features artists such as Fujiya & Miyagi, The Golden Filter, Errors and Tarwater amongst others, with their covers of the eight tracks that made up the original album. As a bonus the Blue Monday 12″ is also revisited and includes covers of the five … Continue reading Mojo’s New Order Covers CD
Carrying on from where we left off yesterday… 30 Josh T Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen Download Josh T Pearson – Woman When I’ve Raised Hell…(Alternative Version) mp3 a 29 Real Estate – Days Download Real Estate – Green Aisles mp3 (from Days) Download Real Estate – It’s Real mp3 (from Days) a 28 Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest Download Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year: Part 2 (30 – 11)
Shortly before Christmas The Lower 48 released their new album Where All Maps End, a beautifully judged album of warm, organic folk that joyfully takes its main influences from the 1960s. Having already given you The End, the band have made a second track, the good-natured acoustic strum of Into The Woods available for download. Buy from cdbaby here. Download The Lower 48 – Into The … Continue reading The Lower 48 Release Where All Maps End
Wowser Bowser specialise in the kind of billowing psych-pop that lifts the spirits and sets the heart soaring. Their self-titled debut album is out next month and if the evidence so far is anything to go by we can expect a record that is playful and energetic mixing synths with jittery, brittle drums and exhilarating vocals. Imagine something hovering on the cusp of the oft-quoted … Continue reading Introducing…Wowser Bowser
The Flow Machines have covered Saint Etienne’s Born On Christmas Day as their contribution to the year’s festivities. The track can be downloaded below with an option to donate a bit to charity too. So why not show a bit of festive spirit too. a Continue reading Christmas Post 14: Flow Machines
Our final Top Ten selection comes courtesy of the lovely, and ever radiant, Mrs Mackerel. Over to you girl! It’s been a great musical year. But such a plethora of riches always presents a problem – what’s a girl to choose? Fortunately some fine contributions in the preceding week means most bases are covered. Live gigs, although few and far between this year, have been … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 9 Mrs Mackerel
Ho ho ho. Here’s something special to play you into Christmas Eve. The man with the golden tonsils: a little piece of seasonal Sheffield smooth from the mighty Richard Hawley. Merry Christmas fishy friends. Mrs Mackerel x PS Thanks to Bruce Trudgill, our mate in Colorado, for providing me (unbeknownst to him) with an idyllic Christmas scene. Download Richard Hawley – Silent Night mp3 Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (23rd December)
So, the penultimate entry before Mrs Mackerel finishes off this year’s set of Top Ten postings tomorrow is my very own. Without further ado… 10. Milk Music – Beyond Living Although it was released early in the year, I only discovered it recently. A full on, no holds barred, nihilistic 70s punk attitude and the very best of the heavyweight riffs of the grunge era is … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 8 Mad Mackerel
For our first ever Festive Feature on Mad Mackerel, we asked twelve of our favourite bands and artists of 2011 to answer twelve questions and we will publish them over the next twelve days taking us up to Christmas Eve. Every so often a song comes out of nowhere and hits you right between the ears. It is those moments that make having a blog … Continue reading (FESTIVE FEATURE) THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS No 11: THE ROYAL SEA
Scottish Kate is a great friend of this blog and has often offered her (sometimes pithy) opinions on the world of music – and very good taste she has too. She also runs the always excellent (sometimes pithy), and often provocative blog A Burdz Eye View for all things Scottish (of course), political and musical. Here are her aural selections for 2011. The Burd’s Best … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 7 Scottish Kate
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