Deer Tick – White City  (Pogues cover) Mekons – Lawrence of California Bear’s Den – Fuel On The Fire Ritual Howls – Alone Together JAWS – Do You Remember The Mountain Goats – Younger Interpol – Fine Mess Lucy Dacus – La Vie En Rose  (Edith Piaf cover) Sophie Morgan – Bloodbuzz Ohio  (The National cover) Martha – Love Keeps Kicking … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Conor Oberst – No One Changes Deer Tick – White City  (Pogues cover) Deer Tick – Strange, Awful Feeling Sufjan Stevens – Lonely Man Of Winter The Good, The Bad & The Queen – Gun To The Head Drenge – Bonfire Of The City Boys Cherry Glazerr – Daddi J Mascis – Elastic Days Iceage – Balm Of Gilead Nancy – I’m Not Getting Sober, … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Dodos – Center Of Cass McCombs – Noise Suite For The Green Party Deer Tick – Hey! Yeah! Kurt Vile – Learning To Fly  (Tom Petty cover) The Smoking Trees – Who Is The Villain? American Pleasure Club – Oranges Magic Potion – Foamy Lace Girlpool – Lucy’s Strange Ranger – The Wires Continue reading Nine More Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Day four of our countdown of our favourite 200 songs of the past 10 years. 140 Chelsea Light Moving – Groovy & Linda (2012) A distorted, bloody jam in tune with the bloody, violent nature of the 1960s shooting it narrates. Any Sonic Youth undertones? What do you think.  139 Dan Auerbach – Heartbroken, In Disrepair (2009) The gritty guitar sound sets up a soulful, dirty … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 4)
Each year we share MM’s contributors’ personal favourites of the year. Kicking us off is a fine selection from the Italian Job. Buon Lavoro. 20. Lød – Folder 19. BAIT – Push The Elephant 18. The Gay Blades – Hurricane Boys 17. Sun Abduction – Acid Pyramid 16. Beaches – Void 15. War On Drugs – Holding On (Edit) … Continue reading MM’s Best of 2017: The Italian Job
30 Meat Wave – The Incessant 29 L.A. Witch – L.A. Witch 28 Oh Sees – Orc 27 Pissed Jeans – Why Love Now 26 Deer Tick – Deer Tick Vol. 1 25 Ty Segall – Ty Segall 24 Public Service Broadcasting – Public Service Broadcasting 23 Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger In The Alps 22 Alvvays … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year
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
Ten new songs for you collected from the week’s new releases. Lots to discover including two stunning covers by The Tallest Man On Earth and Marie Danielle, snotty punk done to perfection by Amyl & The Sniffers, tracks from Americana heavyweights Deer Tick and Blitzen Trapper and classic country from Margo Price. Plenty more besides… enjoy. The Tallest Man On Earth – Both Sides Now … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
For the first time in four years much loved MM faves Deer Tick have announced the September 15 release of a long-awaited new album…actually, two. Never a group to stand by conventional protocol, the Providence, RI quartet will release two separate albums of original material, Deer Tick Vol. 1 and Deer Tick Vol. 2. Deer Tick Vol. 1 showcases the folk-driven, roots/rock style with just the … Continue reading The Return Of Deer Tick
On the 4th December Bloodshot Records will celebrate turning 21 with their first six-pack single release, Bloodshot Six Pack to Go: Working Songs for the Drinking Class, a limited edition run of 1,000 and as the title suggests,  all themed around drinking songs. There are plenty of covers amongst them including JP Harris & the Tough Choices having a go at Merle Haggard’s Drink Up and Be … Continue reading Deer Tick Cover The Pogues
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