The Hundred in the Hands is Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman. The two live in Brooklyn and discovered their shared sensibility for early hip hop, French house and disco, ska and dub, post-punk, British invasion-mod and girl pop from the 60’s through the 80’s and decided to form a band. Their first song—the post-punk rave-up Dressed in Dresden — was written and recorded in a … Continue reading New video from Hundred In The Hands
There is an increasing amount of really good music being given away by artists via Bandcamp and Soundcloud. A couple of our more recent discoveries are below. Ghost Animal offer a twisted, haunted take on surf-pop. They have a number of free EPs available from their Bandcamp page and all are well worth adding to your iTunes library. We also have their latest track for you, In … Continue reading Recommended Freebies: Ghost Animal, King Post Kitsch, Superhumanoids, Paul & The Patients
Here at MM we have a soft spot for The Bees (or A Band of Bees as they are known over in the States). Maybe it’s because they have a base in Ventnor in the Isle of Wight, a place we know well and love very much, and maybe it’s because of that location that they they effortlessly seem to craft some of the sunniest, … Continue reading New from The Bees
Our friend Scottish Kate is back with a new post and a new discovery. I’m not big on winsome troubadours. Odds and sods, here and there, mostly, sometimes, but not always, picked up from Mr and Mrs M. But what I like most about music is its ability to surprise, for an artist or track to come out of leftfield and grab you. Which is … Continue reading Introducing…Simon Lynge
Happy Birthday Mrs M – you are the greatest. Love you. Mr M. Download Jessica Lea Mayfield – Kiss Me Again mp3 (from With Blasphmemy So Heartfelt) Download Altered Images – Happy Birthday mp3 (from Happy Birthday 7″) Download The Sugarcubes – Birthday mp3 (from Life’s Too Good) Continue reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS MACKEREL
We have mentioned the fantastic Buffetlibre / Amnesty PEACE project on MM a couple of times since we discovered it. The mammoth collection of 180 mp3s from all over the world and including some fantastic bands will only be available until July 12th, so head over there now and spend $5 (or more) to get them. In the meantime they have furnished us with some special … Continue reading Bonus from Buffetlibre’s PEACE Project
Here is our regular monthly round up of 25 of the best tracks posted on Mad Mackerel in the past month, and three new gems too. That’s a more than decent mixtape sorted even if we were crap in the World Cup! The Futurebirds – Battle For Rome mp3 Glorious, up-tempo alt-country gem that recalls Neil Young at his finest Puro Instinct – California Shakedown … Continue reading MM’s Best Of The Month: June
This year, one of MM’s fave labels, Young & Lost Club have put out a whopping fifty singles. They are celebrating by whittling thirty four of them down to a compilation of the greatest hits and misses! And it is a cracker. The compilation includes Noah & The Whale, Vincent Vincent and the Villains, Larrikin Love, Johnny Flynn, Bombay Bicycle Club and many, many more bands that have gone … Continue reading Free Mixtape from Young & Lost Club
California Shakedown comes from a new Pearl Harbor/Puro Instinct EP simply titled Puro Instinct. This track is an oh so dreamily seductive slice of icy pop, and has effortlessly wrapped MM around its little finger. We suspect the other three tracks on the EP are as equally likely to play the femme fatale and leave you a quivering jelly in no time at all. You … Continue reading Seduced by Puro Instinct
It’s hard keeping up with all the new releases and good stuff that is coming our way. Here is a quick and dirty round-up of some of the tracks that have been tickling our ears recently. The Sandwitches have been MM faves ever since we got hold of their excellent How To Make Ambient Sadcake album last year. They now have a new one-sided 12″ … Continue reading MM’s Weekend Round Up
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