25 The Moonlandingz – Black Hanz 24 FEWS – La Guardia 23 The Coathangers – Captain’s Dead 22 Cherry Glazerr – Nurse Ratched 21 Beaches – Void 20 Lo Tom – Covered Wagon 19 Trevor Sensor – High Beams 18 Mark Lanegan – Beehive 17 Sun Seeker – Won’t Keep Me Up At Night 16 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 25-1
50 Hiccup – Teasin’ 49 Nervous Dater – Bad Spanish 48 Sun Abduction – Acid Pyramid 47 Roadhouses – Drinkin’ 46 Dream Police – Revenge 45 BAIT – Push The Elephant 44 Meat Wave – The Incessant 43 Young Fathers – Only God Knows 42 Ty Segall – Big Man 41 The Sugarmen – Our Gallows … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 50 – 26
75 Sleaford Mods – Moptop 74 Silver Torches – If I Reach 73 Idles – Divide And Conquer 72 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Rattlesnake 71 King Krule – Dum Surfer 70 Naomi Punk – Chapter II 69 The Reptaliens – If You Want 68 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – French Press 67 Ron Gallo … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 75 – 51
100 Anna St. Louis – Fire 99 Deep State – No Idea Pt. II 98 Ron Gallo – Really Nice Guys 97 Wooden Wand – Aurora 96 Diet Cig – Sixteen 95 Prism Tats – The Liar 94 Julie & The Wrong Guys – Love And Leaving 93 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Continental Breakfast 92 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks of the Year 100 – 76
From A Charlie Brown Christmas, here is Wavves cover of the Vince Guaraldi classic Christmas Time Is Here. Enjoy. Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 13: Wavves
Our final weekly round-up of the year… King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – All Is Known Decemberists – Ben Franklin’s Song Ron Gallo – Really Nice Guys Van William – Before I Found You A Savage – Linger (Cranberries cover) Purling Hiss – My Dreams S. Carey – Still, Still, Still. NØMADS – Xenophobia Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Time to change the pace of our festive offerings a little… Several of the newly convened punk supergroup Wartoad are rumoured to be spectacularly well-known rock musicians from the US, but have adopted pseudonyms for this, their first release – a riotous cover of Noddy and co’s Christmas staple, Merry Xmas Everybody. Fusing their love of classic punk and rock bands with sleazy keyboard and … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 10: Wartoad
First Aid Kit – Fireworks No Age – Drippy Alela Diane – Émigré’ Calexico – Voices In The Field Olden Yolk – Takes One To Know One Craig Finn – Fault Lines (Mountain Goats cover) Ty Segall – The Main Pretender The Orwells – Vanilla The Soft Moon – It Kills Graham Coxon – Falling Continue reading Ten (Count ’em) Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Australia’s DZ Deathrays have unveiled a surreal video for new single Total Meltdown. In typical DZ style, the ridiculous video sees the duo turned into animated characters, fresh after a night out on the town, a chaotic series of events that perfectly encapsulates the raucous, thrash-party sound of the single. Watch it below. Continue reading New Video: DZ Deathrays – Total Meltdown
Martha – The Winter Fuel Allowance Ineligibility Blues Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift W.H. Lung – Want Jim James – The World Is Falling Down (Abbey Lincoln cover) Madeline Kenney – Medusa’s Outhouse (Cass McCombs cover) Robert Earl Thomas – Another Age White Room – Twisted Celebration Jane Weaver & Virginia Wing – I Feel It Starts Again … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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