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Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2011

Another bonanza month of top tunes, all rounded up for you in one perfect download mix. Here are the September highlights together, as always, with a couple of top-notch new tracks too. Download The Migrant – The Hurricane mp3 (from Amerika) Distinguished by a slow blues refrain, handclaps and a mournful vocal, it is one of those tunes that sounds like it has been around forever. Download … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2011

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Alternative, Blues, Indie, Metal, Music, Pop, Psychedelic

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (30th September)

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)

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Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

Another From Hypocrite In A Hippy Crypt

Here is another track of lo-fi folky goodness from Hypocrite In A Hippy Crypt’s album Tweaker In The Park – 11 tracks about crazy people, oceans, and murder. Order the CD here. Download Hypocrite in a Hippy Crypt – The Down mp3 (from Tweaker In The Park) Download Hypocrite in a Hippy Crypt – The Town Crazies mp3 (from Tweaker In The Park) Continue reading Another From Hypocrite In A Hippy Crypt

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Sick Figures New Album Released

We posted last month about Sick Figures new album – a morbid tale of two lovers, titled Two Ghosts. The album got its official release yesterday and here are two more tracks for you to sample. The brilliantly off-kilter Whiskey Song with its military beat, chaotic sounds and chanted lyrics that calls to mind a nursery rhyme composed by Charles Bukowski at his most pissed … Continue reading Sick Figures New Album Released

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Alternative, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Excellent Uncut Cover Disk

Hot on the heels of the superb George Harrison cover disk from Mojo magazine comes Uncut magazine’s Brian Wilson tribute. Rather than cover versions, it has collected together a group of tracks from bands that can all tip their hat to the influence of Mr Wilson. Artists include Panda Bear, Sufjan Stevens, Gruff Rhys, Volcano Choir, Girls and Caribou among others, and here are two … Continue reading Excellent Uncut Cover Disk

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Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (September 23rd)

It’s a wash out. Bloody water everywhere. Surely someone, somewhere, realised that “Mackerel” was a pseudonym? Hurumph. Thanks go to the Young and Lost Club this week who sent me a very nice tote bag via MM. I like bags. A lot. And I’m often lost. Sadly, I’m no longer young. Sniff. But 50 per cent ain’t bad; it’s a bag of two halves anyway. … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (September 23rd)

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Free Album Download From The Skeleton Dead

Folkish London duo The Skeleton Dead were originally a discovery of the esteemed Mrs Mackerel, and their brand of often malevolent, and occasionally macabre, lyrics contrast wonderfully with their sparsely delicate instrumentation. We previously described them as genuinely haunting – in the best sense of the word of course. Now they have completed their self titled debut album and made it available for free download via … Continue reading Free Album Download From The Skeleton Dead

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Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Blind Pilot

As I recall Blind Pilot were the support band for the Decemberists gig we went to earlier this year in Birmingham. And, to be honest, I didn’t take enough notice of them to form an opinion either way as to their merits or otherwise. However, last week they released their new album We Are The Tide and taster track Keep You Right is a lovely … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Blind Pilot

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