As well as the nice videos that have been coming our way, there have been some decent cover versions too. Always a dangerous occupation we think, especially if you murder the song (looking at you Paul Young), but here are four worth some ear time that have been floating around… Add It Up is a stonewall classic, one of those songs that gets those of … Continue reading Cover Me…MM’s Going In
We seemed to have received a whole bunch of interesting, oddball, sweet, and unusual videos recently. Here’s the pick of the bunch… Fresh from supporting Frankie & The Heartstrings and Summer Camp and receiving praise from the likes of The Guardian, Snipe and NME, Big Deal’s debut single Homework is finally out this week on limited 7” through Records, Records, Records, Records. They have released … Continue reading Video Round Up
In 1987, when I was just a callow, spotty youth (though still very intelligent and good looking obviously) I went to see Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians play at the Town & Country Club in Kentish Town. While they were great, I was completely bowled over by the support band The Cardiacs and in particular the insane antics of lead singer Tim Smith. Ever since … Continue reading Leader of the Starry Skies – Tim Smith Tribute Album
What Would Jesus Drive have released a new free mp3, Your Awful Kids, which is a little change in direction from last month’s The Girls Are In Charge EP (which is currently standing very near the pinnacle of Mr Popper’s top ten of 2010). The electro-punksters take a darker indie-pop edge, this song displays the band’s rockier influences and really shows they’ve got balls with … Continue reading New track from What Would Jesus Drive
The chief export of Leeds’ Whole Sky Monitor is sonic shock. Their latest effort, Twisted Little Piggies, released at the start of November, is a brilliantly discordant and vaguely political body of energetic (and possibly upsetting) rock and roll blasts that smokes and sweats bullets. They boldly come wearing influences such as The Fall, Wire and The Wedding Present on their sleeves, and replete with … Continue reading Introducing…Whole Sky Monitor
Here is our regular round-up of the very best of October’s postings. Twenty great tracks for a great mix, plus three new ones to enjoy too. You can check out all of our previous best of the month mixes just by clicking the links for April, May, June, July. August and September. No Age – Fever Dreaming mp3 (from Everything In Between) A full on, … Continue reading MM’s Best Of The Month: October
We don’t usually do themed mixes, but Halloween is different. So many great songs lend themselves to a night of ghoulish wrongdoing and sorcery. So to get you in the mood, download a marvellous combination of folk, punk, psych-rock, paisley jangle, experimental, indie, and straight up rock ‘n’ roll. Fifteen great songs, all treats and no tricks. Download The Dream Syndicate – Halloween mp3 (from … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Halloween Mix
We’ve already posted one superb Ramones cover recently (by Port O’Brien), but there is always room for another. And it might not be quite the usual MM fare either. After releasing two successful indie hiphop records and becoming one of the bigger names in the LA underground hiphop scene, Lexicon became frustrated. At first they were content in simply being a part of the scene … Continue reading Introducing…Lexicon
While remaining true to the cannon of shoegaze and dream pop, Alabama’s The Sunshine Factory happily add their own ingredients to the mix with some good old fashioned DIY punk and some mellotron-heavy elements of the paisley underground. And, in doing so, The Sunshine Factory makes older music sound newer again, with juicy sonic assaults, fuzz thick enough to drive a truck through, and some light electronic … Continue reading Introducing…The Sunshine Factory
We’re still trying (and failing) to do justice to all the good stuff, the new stuff, the different stuff and the plain mad stuff that comes into our inbox or through the mail. So, with apologies to the bands involved, all of whom should really have had more than a couple of lines, here is another quick round-up for you covering everything from hardcore to … Continue reading Another Round-up
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