Here are a few tasty covers that are worth more than a moment or two of your time. We have MM faves Deer Tick taking on ZZ Top’s Cheap Sunglasses, Asobi Seksu’s hazy version of the Walkmen’s Little House of Savages and lastly rising folk troubadour James Vincent McMorrow who has covered Chris Isaak’s classic Wicked Game. Download Deer Tick – Cheap Sunglasses mp3 (ZZ Top … Continue reading Some Tasty Covers
Our usual round up of the very best of our August posts and some new tracks too. Dip in – every one a winner as they say. Download The Cabin Dogs – High Falls mp3 (from Midnight Trail) Invites you to kick off your boots, pour a stiff one and sit on the porch to watch the sun go down – a song for when you’re busy … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2011
Deer Tick are one of those bands that are right at the zenith of MM’s affections, and it is true to say that a new record from them is as eagerly anticipated as just about any band’s could be. And so it was that we were very happy to discover that Deer Tick’s new album Divine Providence (their fourth in five years) will be released … Continue reading New Album From Deer Tick – Give Away Miss K.
It is a bonanza month from Insound and their regular free monthly digital mix. For July they have no less than three offerings teaming up with Hudson RiverRocks, The Beach Party and Sound Bites to bring you samplers featuring artists from all three series. They feature a whole bunch of artists dear to MM’s heart including Deer Tick, Metronomy, The Raveonettes, Psychedelic Horseshit, My Teenage Stride, … Continue reading Insound’s Free Digital Mixtapes x 3
For some reason everywhere we’ve turned recently has brought us into contact with cover songs, so we figured we ought to do our duty and collect the best of them together in one convenient place just for you. So here you’ll find Deer Tick’s surprisingly faithful cover of an Eddie Cochran classic, Okkervil River taking on the White Stripes, Bat For Lashes doing The Eurythmics, Middle Brothers Daytrotter version … Continue reading Covers Up!
It’s Friday again and it’s been a busy week. Little Joe, youngest sprat, caught Lyme’s disease from a tick while mini-beast-safari-ing in the wilds of the North. Joe is recovering but the tick met with an unpleasant end at the hands of MM. I’ve also been mixing it with the other half (or perhaps that should be five per cent) on a counselling course. Methinks … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (4th March)
So after much deliberation, head scratching, discussion, and more head scratching, we have MM’s favourite albums of 2010. And we choose our words very carefully here, because we would not presume them to be the best, only those that have given us the most pleasure and enjoyment, records that we have returned to again and again, and for whatever reason have captured a moment or … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums of the Year
It was to the very intimate venue of Taylor John’s House in Coventry last night (stupidly without my camera, so the above is nicked for artistic merit and aesthetic pleasure and nothing else) to see Caitlin Rose and MM faves Deer Tick play the latest leg of their short UK tour. Holding barely more than 100 people and feeling more like a front room dropped … Continue reading Live: Caitlin Rose & Deer Tick
Welcome to our longest ever post, and a whole bucketful of great songs. Last weekend, Barry-Sean came with me to the End of the Road Festival and outside of the musical orgy that is SxSW, we agreed it is the best festival we’ve ever had the pleasure of attending. In fact he’s been writing about it ever since. Here’s what he has to say…. Having … Continue reading The End of the Road Festival – A Review
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