Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

The Moondoggies – Sick In Bed Margaret Glaspy – Before We Were Together Spielbergs – We Are All Going To Die Yo La Tengo – For You Too Iceage – Pain Killer (feat. Sky Ferreira) Wand – The Gift Laura Veirs – Watch Fire (feat. Sufjan Stevens) The Voidz – All Words Are Made Up A Place To Bury Strangers – There’s Only One Of Us … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Hookworms – Static Resistance Thurston Moore – Mx Liberty Olden Yolk – Vital Sign King Tuff – The Other Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs Alexis Krauss & The Our Land Collective – Our Land Charly Bliss – The Way You Wear Your Head  (Nada Surf cover) A Place To Bury Strangers – Never Coming Back The Messthetics – Serpent Tongue … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Dear friends, here is our weekly selection of fine new tunes you really should have already heard by now… …but if not! 1. Steve Earle & The Dukes – You’re The Best Lover I Ever Had 2. Colleen Green – Pay Attention 3. A Place To Bury Strangers – Straight 4. Elvis Perkins – Hogus Pogus 5. Marissa Nadler – Pitseleh (Elliott Smith cover) 6. … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

MM Shorts 131: New Album From A Place To Bury Strangers

You Are The One is the first, bone shaking taste of the new album, Worship from dark, visceral and explosive indie rockers A Place To Bury Strangers. You can download it for free below. Worship is out on June 26th via Dead Oceans. See them live in May 08 – London, Cargo 09 – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds 10 – Manchester, Sound Control 11 – Glasgow, … Continue reading MM Shorts 131: New Album From A Place To Bury Strangers

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2011

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

Cover Me…I’m Going In

While we think that we’re not great lovers of covers here at MM, I’m beginning to suspect that this is actually a pretty long way from the reality of things. Especially, as just lately, there seems to have been a plethora of excellent cover versions hitting our iTunes playlists. So here are a few that we’ve picked up from over the net and fellow bloggers … Continue reading Cover Me…I’m Going In