Chris T Popper has been with MM from the very first post. Every year he produces his own list of favourite tunes and here are his selections for 2019. This year he was helped by Stan the greyhound. Next year I’m hoping we get Stan’s choices… 10. She Keeps Bees – Kinship Never got bored of that opening drum groove. Backed up by Jessica … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of 2019: Chris T Popper’s Top Ten Tunes
And here we have the final part of our favourite tunes of 2019… Discover and enjoy. 25 UV Race – Mr Blame A brash, unapologetic race through proto-punk stomp and malodorous glam-punk aesthetics. 24 Lonesome Shack – The City is a Desert Anchored by an insistent country blues refrain that has a touch of something primal about it, and sounds like it could … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Songs of 2019 (Part 3)
50 Sleaford Mods – O.B.C.T 49 Deliluh – Freeloader Feast 48 The Paranoyds – Hungry Sam 47 Cherry Pickles – Lily Is A Spy 46 The Warlocks – Disfigured Figure 45 Silverbacks – Pink Tide 44 Marika Hackman – The One 43 Lonesome Shack – Too Bad 42 FEWS – Anything Else 41 Darrin Bradbury … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Songs of 2019 (Part 2)
We’ve decided to do things a bit differently this year – too many times in the past we’ve posted our favourite songs of the year and then discovered late releases we wished we’d added! And also 2019 was a shit year for the world – Brexit, Johnson, Trump, the world burning… at least there is music. So, way after everyone else has done theirs, here … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Songs of 2019 (Part 1)
Shopping have announced details for All Or Nothing, their new album out on the 7th February via FatCat Records, and have shared the lead single, Initiative, which serves as an excellent example of their confident, elastic, streamlined grooves that crackle with energy and intention. The trio’s vision – deeply queer; political by default – place them in a radical lineage of dance, a continuum connecting … Continue reading Shopping – Initiative
It seems as we are just about to send our country spiralling down a plughole of lies, bile and stupidity, in which case as we do so, let’s raise a cheer for Catholic Action and their new single People Don’t Protest Enough. Where previous single One Of Us took aim at the billionaire-owned media and their Bullingdon Club ilk, this new track is a call to … Continue reading Catholic Action – People Don’t Protest Enough
Shame on us! We missed the news that Thomas and Alex White aka The Electric Soft Parade are back with their first new music in six years! Stages is released on January 8th on CD/LP/download via Chord Orchard. Over seven expansive tracks, the record deals with the passing of Thomas and Alex’s mother, reaching through love, loss, mourning and hope, but with their ambitious pallet … Continue reading Return Of The Electic Soft Parade
Peckham based five-piece YOWL are set to release their new six track EP Atrophy tomorrow. A release about alienation and exhaustion, the band capture all the frustration of the 9-to-5 London grind like few others. The EP veers from upbeat bouncing basslines, striking falsetto vocals, country-tinged sadness to furious, frenzied spiky alt-punk. Despite these different tones, Atrophy doesn’t have a single false step, never loses its identity, … Continue reading YOWL – Atrophy EP
Tennessee residents The By Gods have announced that their fifth album Goldy will be released on 21st February. The record is preceded with a new single Black Wave – a satisfyingly crunchy blend of indie rock, grunge, post-punk and honest to goodness rawk’n’roll. Stream it here. Continue reading The By Gods – Black Wave
Silverbacks are one (of quite a few it must be said) of our favourite Irish bands of the moment. They have a new single planned: Sirens, backed with Drool, which will be available as a limited edition double A side 7″ from the end of January. You can stream the lead track here – a wonderfully taut and spindly track that bristles with sardonic intent and its … Continue reading Silverbacks – Sirens
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