Here is the second instalment of our countdown of our favourite 100 tunes of the year. Enjoy and check back tomorrow for numbers 60 down to 41. 80 Greylag – Yours To Shake . 79 Ty Segall – Feel . 78 The War On Drugs – Under The Pressure . 77 Jessica Lea Mayfield – Party Drugs . 76 Tweak Bird – Greens . 75 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014: 80 – 61
Today the countdown begins of Mad Mackerel’s favourite 100 songs of 2014. From Monday to Friday check back to see what tickled the earbuds of MM’s contributors, followed by our Albums of the Year at the weekend and then our individual contributors’ choices. So without further ado…. 100 Micah P Hinson – The Same Old Shit . 99 Wooden Wand – Dambuilding . 98 Juan … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014: 100 – 81
Roses & Revolutions’ new Christmas single, It’s Christmas Time is a lovely piano led slice of festive cheer – sweet without being saccharine – and skilfully avoiding the usual cheesy pitfalls that abound at this time of year. Have a listen. . Continue reading Festive Post No 11: Roses & Revolutions
For the penultimate time this year, here is our weekly round up of songs that you really should have wrapped your ears around by now. 1. Male Bonding – A Kick To The Face 2. Girlpool – Alone At The Show 3. Of Montreal – Bassem Sabry 4. Lady Lamb The Beekeeper – Billions Of Eyes 5. Dirty Dishes – Red Roulette 6. Gorgeous Bully – … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Dent May has delivered a Christmas psych-pop treat in the shape of I’ll Be Stoned For Christmas – a tale of partying and stealing your cousin’s stash… ‘Tis the season to be high” Indeed! . Continue reading Festive Post No 9: Dent May
For a little while now our in-box has started to fill up with festive tunes, Christmas covers and other seasonally themed songs, and given that we are in December and WordPress have turned on the snowflakes again it seems appropriate to start posting some of the better ones. So let us begin with all-girl doom-pop rockers The Courtesans and their cover of Frankie Goes To … Continue reading Festive Post No 1: The Courtesans Cover Frankie…
Gorgeous Bully have announced a new single – Love Song For Someone Else – which is available as a free download. Grab it below, another excellent slice of strummed indie melancholia. . Continue reading Gorgeous Bully – Love Song For Someone Else
Melbourne newcomers Crepes serve up toothsome slacker-pop, bringing breezy pop ditties fed through infectious, guitar-laden arrangements. Debut single, Ain’t Horrible boasts a potent pop-fuelled finesse, revolving around a frustratingly catchy chorus. Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 638: Crepes
Having only formed in late 2013, Tasmanian psychedelic pop sextet Violet Swells have carved their own unique Sgt Pepper via Pet Sounds style within the psychedelia explosion that is gripping Australia currently. Take a listen to Here Comes Yesterday, their first official UK single release. . Continue reading MM Shorts 637: Violet Swells
Here are 5 tunes that you should have heard already, but if not… 1. Sun Kil Moon – The Possum 2. Strand Of Oaks – My Wrecking Ball (Ryan Adams cover) 3. Kal Marks – Don’t Pussy Foot With A Pussyfooter 4. HOLY – Golden Fog 5. Swearing At Motorists – Groundhog Day (Damn The Piper) . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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