With probably the longest entry of 2011 we give the floor to regular MM contributor and top ten compiler…Dr Roddy. Well it seems to be that time of year again. I always spend 340 days looking forward to doing this and 25 agonising over it. This year especially though, as I think there has been a bumper harvest of great songs. When I looked at … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 4 Dr Roddy
The new single from the always wonderful, always oddball, and lyrically acerbic Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences is out now. A double A side, it features You Can’t Make Somebody Love You and Of Course I Stole The Train. Have a listen and purchase from the Audio Antihero Bandcamp page here. Continue reading MM Shorts 61: New Single From Paul Hawkins
MAD MACKEREL’S TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS For our first ever Festive Feature on Mad Mackerel, we asked twelve of our favourite bands and artists of 2011 to answer twelve questions and we will publish them over the next twelve days taking us up to Christmas Eve. Since starting Mad Mackerel it would probably be true to say that James Jackson Toth aka Wooden Wand has … Continue reading (FESTIVE FEATURE) THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS No 7: WOODEN WAND
Our third top ten contributions come from Starbar and JaMS who job share in the office. This is JaMS first entry in to the guest top ten spots, but first up is Starbie… 10. Laura Marling – I Was Just A Card 9. Slow Club – If we’re Still Alive a 8. The Decemberists – This Is Why we Fight 7. Lana Del Ray – … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 3 Starbar & JaMS
For the second of our ‘guest’ top ten posts we are pleased to welcome the finger-choppin’ Banner to the roster with his first contribution to the end of year best of lists. “It’s been a great year musically and especially as this year I became a dad. I’d like to thank Doctor Roddy and Chris T Popper for their steady supply of CDs this year … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 2 Banner
Scott H. Biram and Lydia Loveless are touring together in early 2012. The aptly titled Bad Machine Tour follows the release of outstanding new albums in Biram’s Bad Ingredients and Loveless’ Indestructible Machine and brings together the two Bloodshot Records label mates. The tour begins in Dallas, TX on January 26 and circles around the Southeastern US before looping back to Houston, Texas (venue to … Continue reading Bad Machine Tour
As with previous years we will be posting over the next few days the Top Ten track selections for 2011 of various MM friends and contributors, as well as our Best Albums of 2011 and own best of the year list. To kick us off we have Polly Pocket. 10. Friends – I’m His Girl A great getting ready to go out kind of a tune. … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 1 Polly Pocket
For our first ever Festive Feature on Mad Mackerel, we asked twelve of our favourite bands and artists of 2011 to answer twelve questions and we will publish them over the next twelve days taking us up to Christmas Eve. The back story behind Alynda Lee Sagarra the creative force behind Hurray for the Riff Raff is one of running away from home at 17, … Continue reading (FESTIVE FEATURE) THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS No 4. HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF
Those who read our End of the Road Festival review will know that Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny was a highlight of the weekend. Now, following on from previous singles Dodecahedron and the beautiful Liliputt, Sweet Tooth Bird is the latest track to be taken from their debut album Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose, which is released on 6th Feb next year. Watch the video. … Continue reading MM Shorts 60: New Beth Jeans Houghton Video
MAD MACKEREL’S TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS For our first ever Festive Feature on Mad Mackerel, we asked twelve of our favourite bands and artists of 2011 to answer twelve questions and we will publish them over the next twelve days taking us up to Christmas Eve. Grass House first appeared on our radar in 2010 with the brooding, lyrically sharp Cockroach from their debut EP … Continue reading (FESTIVE FEATURE) THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS No.3 GRASS HOUSE
