Buffetlibre & Amnesty’s Peace Project – 180 tracks for not very much

We may be late in coming across Buffetlibre and Amnesty International Catalunya’s Peace Project, but that’s no reason not to give it a bit more publicity. Basically, for a donation of anything upwards of five Euro’s (that’s about £4 or $6) you get to download 180 tracks from artists all around the world. It covers all the continents and features artists from more than fifty … Continue reading Buffetlibre & Amnesty’s Peace Project – 180 tracks for not very much

MM’s Best Of The Month: May

Here is our usual end of the month round up of the very best tracks posted on Mad Mackerel, with a couple of new ones too. A perfect mixtape for May. Wilderness of Manitoba – Hermit mp3 Intimate and gorgeous, with haunting guitar lines and beautiful harmonies. Buffalo Moon – Beach Boy mp3 Summery pop, beach references, breezy beats and sweet lounge vocals. Sun Kil … Continue reading MM’s Best Of The Month: May

Check out our new site…for writers

Being laid up on a week’s bed rest means at we’ve at least managed to finally get our longstanding idea for a blog/website for wannabe writers up and running. Roundthecampfire.wordpress.com is a new idea where we regularly give you a couple of titles, and you use that stimulus and your imagination to write something. You can write whatever you like, in any genre and any … Continue reading Check out our new site…for writers

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Wild Nothing

Wild Nothing is to all intents and purposes Jack Tatum. He mines a rich seam stretching from Cure-like synths to the catchy ultra-hip rhythms of The Drums. His debut album Gemini is imminent and is bursting at the seams with blissed out pop and classic indie melodies – just check out this advance taster called Chinatown – it is about as summery as you can get … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Wild Nothing