Despite the end of the year fast approaching, thankfully the quality of new music shows no signs of slowing. Here are the best of our November offerings, together with some tasty new tracks to round off the mix.Over thirty great songs – just right for the roaring fire and the cocoa! Download Siskiyou – Twigs And Stones mp3 (from Keep Away The Dead) Brilliantly judged … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2011
Punk-blues-rock trashman James Leg of The Black Diamond Heavies will be closing out 2011 with a series of live dates – to mark the tour he has made another track from his excellent solo album Solitary Pleasure available for free download. Get the tour dates from his Facebook page here. Download James Leg – Do How You Wanna mp3 (from Solitary Pleasure) Download James Leg – Drowning … Continue reading MM Shorts 49: More From James Leg
A while back we posted about a wonderful 7″ single by a band called Salesman. Devin James Fry of the band has been back in touch to tell us about a recent Daytrotter session with the legendary Wayne Kramer of MC5. More importantly it also concerns a brilliant charity Jail Guitar Doors which our own bard of Barking, Billy Bragg has been heavily involved in setting … Continue reading The Salesman & MC5’s Wayne Kramer – Daytrotter Session
Last Friday Mrs M reviewed the new film, Anyone Can Play Guitar, documenting the Oxford music scene from Talulah Gosh through to the Foals via Radiohead, Supergrass and more. So it seems appropriate this Friday to bring you some more music from our own doorstep in the shape of three piece The Dead Jerichos, being as they are, one of the hottest properties of the current … Continue reading Introducing…The Dead Jerichos
When we last posted about Saint Motel, it was to give you the swaggering indie pop of Puzzle Pieces. The band describe new track At Least I Have Nothing as a contrast to that last song, being as it is, “a fucked up look at the bright side of utter despair. When you have nothing, maybe that nothingness is actually something…freedom.” Have a listen. Download Saint Motel – At … Continue reading New Single From Saint Motel
After a short adjournment from the Mrs Mackerel mantle, it’s back to business this week with a blast from the musical past. Anyone Can Play Guitar had a one-off showing at my beloved Phoenix Picturehouse in Oxford this week. It’s always a pleasure to go the Phoenix and I have to admit, I didn’t really know what I was going to see other than a … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (18th November)
Here are a few more of the videos that we have been sent recently that have appealed to our eyes and ears. First up is Monument Valley whom we posted about recently. This is the off kilter video for Round And Round together with a download for Dear John Letters from the forthcoming Tongues EP. Download Monument Valley – Dear John Letters mp3 (from Tongues … Continue reading Video Round Up
Vagabondage is a Bay Area, California based folk-punk band that was born over nachos and wine on a tiny stage in an empty theater in San Francisco’s Mission District. They have been getting people up on their feet, yelling, drinking and singing along to their songs since 2008. Their new album was conceived at San Francisco’s Secret Studios over a bottle of cheap bourbon – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Vagabondage
We’ve long enjoyed LA’s Wounded Lion and their unique yet completely compelling take on classic Garage rock. In fact it has been more than a year since we posted anything from them, but new track Roman Values from forthcoming album IVXLCDM (released this coming week) proves it has been more than worth the wait. It is two and a half minutes of insane garage punk that is … Continue reading New Wounded Lion Album
This rocks. Put the ear muffs on Granny and play loud. If you like it (you will), you can download for free from Wet Nuns website in exchange for an e-mail…if you dare. Also includes a remix by Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys). Recommended if you like women, death, beards, skulls or whiskey. Continue reading MM Shorts 37: Wet Nuns
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