Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: October 2011

Another month, more than 20 great tracks selected from our October posts and five new ones too. Download and dive in. Download The Minks – Araby mp3 (from Araby 7″) Endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Download The Bloody Hollies – Dirty Sex mp3 (from Yours Until The Bitter End) The dark side of raw garage punk with touches of organ, violin and xylophone. Download Bare Bones – Hope & Feather … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: October 2011

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2011

Another bonanza month of top tunes, all rounded up for you in one perfect download mix. Here are the September highlights together, as always, with a couple of top-notch new tracks too. Download The Migrant – The Hurricane mp3 (from Amerika) Distinguished by a slow blues refrain, handclaps and a mournful vocal, it is one of those tunes that sounds like it has been around forever. Download … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2011

More From Brown Bird

We’re looking forward immensely to the new Brown Bird album Salt for Salt, due out on the 18th October. We’ve posted the excellent Fingers To The Bone previously, and here is a second track to savour, the darkly dramatic Thunder And Lightning. Download Brown Bird – Thunder And Lightning mp3 (from Salt for Salt) Download Brown Bird – Fingers To The Bone mp3 (from Salt For Salt) Continue reading More From Brown Bird

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2011

Oh yes, it is that time again. Here is a round up of the very best of what we posted in July, plus a couple of new ones to add to the mix. Enjoy. Download Dennis Hopper Choppers – Good To Me mp3 (from Be Ready) Morricone inspired spaghetti western feel and Tijuana style horns combine to give an authentic dusty desert twang. BTW: Whichever knob alleged … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2011

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March

Another bonanza month. Another round up of the very best tracks we posted in March. Another selection of new tunes to get your teeth into too. So without further ado… Download White Denim – Drug mp3 (from D) First taste of rockers new album. Bodes well. Very well. Download The Everymen – Ballad Of Sarin mp3 (from Hello, Nice Evening. We Are The Everymen) Cocksure but not … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March

New from Brown Bird…MM Rejoices

Brown Bird’s 2009 album The Devil Dancing was an unheralded, under-rated classic bursting with sparse, haunted folk tunes, outlaw country and gypsy riots. In the brilliant and menacing Wrong Black Mare was a tune that turned up in plenty of the MM contributors end of year best of lists. So cue much rejoicing and metaphorical high fives when we discovered Brown Bird had a new 4 track … Continue reading New from Brown Bird…MM Rejoices

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (21st Jan)

Actually, it’s been a week I’d rather forget in many respects.  I’m losing heart in what I do because some of the people I deal with. Even going all legal does not seem to discourage their propensity to lie. So, to lighten the sombre mood, I asked MM: me versus Genetic experiment Mark 2 – who wins? Sometimes a virtual vigilante is what’s needed; it’s … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (21st Jan)

Free sampler from Peapod Recordings

Nice free summer sampler available from Peapod Recordings just by clicking here. It includes an unreleased track from MM faves Brown Bird amongst others. And if you don’t know how good Brown Bird are just check this out – no. 6 in our top ten of 2009. Get more of their stuff from eMusic here. Visit MySpace here. Download Brown Bird – Wrong Black Mare … Continue reading Free sampler from Peapod Recordings