Category: Rock

Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

MM Shorts 275: Free Swim’s Christmas Offering

It’s December, so the Christmas specials can begin…and first up is A Rip-Roaring Christmas, a hearty portion of musical Christmas Pudding served up by Surrey’s finest pop-fantasists, Free Swim. Featuring a host of guest appearances from folk they have met on their travels over the past year, this Stollen-esque slice of Rock n’ Roll includes an all-female choir, dueling Fender Stratocasters, and a classic Free Swim … Continue reading MM Shorts 275: Free Swim’s Christmas Offering

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Metal, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2012

Even though Christmas is looming and the deluge of end-of-year best of lists are starting to appear on the horizon, November still gave us plenty of cracking new tunes to enjoy. Here are our pick of the best of the downloads from November’s posts, together with a few newbies to tickle the earbuds too. Dive in. Download Crushed Out – Push Down & Twist mp3 (from Want … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2012

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Acoustic, Alternative, Ambient, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Industrial, Jazz, Music, Pop, Punk, Rock, Soul

The Blog Sound Of 2013: Long List Announced

Shortlist and winner announced 3rd January 2013 The Blog Sound Poll was first published in 2011. The concept of the poll wasn’t to criticise the established BBC Sound of list, but simply an experiment to see if UK music bloggers could come up with its own list of emerging artists that was more representative of their community and give the artists that were nominated some extra … Continue reading The Blog Sound Of 2013: Long List Announced

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Alternative, Garage, Music, Punk, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Plateaus

We first became aware of the retro-garage punk of Plateaus via their excellently titled Beach Coma track and subsequent 7″ releases on the Art Fag and HoZac labels. They model their sound after the production techniques of Spector, Meek and Wilson, but employ a modern punk edge utilising catchy hooks and primal, raw energy. Thick, distorted guitars and layers of blown-out vocals swim in a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Plateaus

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Americana, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Rock

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (30th November)

It’s been a year of two halves, metaphorically speaking, and Dan Mangan has had my ear for most of the second half. So there we were, Movie Mate and I, in Kings Cross on a Tuesday night, feeling like we’d slipped into some sort of Canadian enclave. Dan Mangan has the most remarkable baritone voice that cuts through to the rather bruised bit below my … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (30th November)

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Metal, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Free SEXBEAT Records Sampler 2012

With Christmas and New Year fast approaching the excellent SEXBEAT label have compiled this free mix of songs from each band they’ve released each year. The download includes tracks from Virals, Fear Of Men, Virginia Wing, White Fence, Sharm El Shakes and Eagulls. Click below to stream and download. Or just click here for the zip file of all six tracks. Continue reading Free SEXBEAT Records Sampler 2012

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