Our favourite fucked-up Aussie muckers are back with a new record! The mighty Dune Rats have shared Rubber Arm, and happily they have shown absolutely no musical progression at all, sticking with their tried and tested hyperactive, stoned punk rock with another mighty shout-a-long chorus. Great video too. Welcome back boys. Continue reading Dune Rats – Rubber Arm
Mad Mackerel has been around for ten years now. We’ve come a long way. Early days using Google’s blogspot where our posts were regularly and erroneously taken down through DMCA notices until the moment when Google just erased us completely, our move to WordPress in April 2010 where Kurt Vile, Beach Fossils, Johnny Flynn and Band of Horses were among our first posts. Those were … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 1)
Part 2 of our rundown of our favourite tracks of the year. Today we have tracks 75 through to 51. 75 The Julie Ruin – Mr. So And So 74 Beach – Donuts 73 exmagician – Job Done 72Â W.H. Lung – Inspiration 71Â Wilco – If I Ever Was A Child 70Â Dune Rats – Bullshit 69Â Meatbodies – Valley Girl … Continue reading MM’s BEST TRACKS OF 2016: 75-51
The marvellously entertaining Dune Rats have shared a new track. Scott Green is two minutes of wonderfully dumb-ass punk rock that hits the sweet spot. Has anybody seen Scott Green? (Scott Green) I been lookin for that fucker all week He owes me twenty And I can’t call the police He blew it all away And now there’s nothin left for me Listen below. Continue reading New From The Dune Rats
It has been far too long since we heard from Brisbane’s Dune Rats – and we’re ashamed to say we completely missed this when it was released back in May! Anyway, here is Bullshit, a typically thoughtful and considered piece of work from the stoned surfer-punks. Continue reading The Dune Rats – Bullshit
Following our countdown of favourite songs of the year, here is part one of MM’s selection of the forty albums we most enjoyed throughout 2014. 40 The Orwells – Disgraceland . 39 Iceage – Plowing Into The Field Of Love 38 The Cult Of Dom Keller – The Second Bardo . 37 Mark Lanegan Band – Phantom Radio . 36 Hamilton Leithauser – Black Hours … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Albums Of 2014 (Part 1)
Day three of our countdown – tracks 60 through to 41 of our favourite songs of the year. 60 Cate Le Bon – He’s Leaving . 59 Jamie T – The Prophet . 58 Mark Lanegan Band – Sad Lover . 57 The Districts – Funeral Beds . 56 The Amazing Snakeheads – Here It Comes Again . 55 Sleaford Mods – Routine Dean . … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014: 60-41
The Dune Rats expose the cartoon-like existence of their day to day lives and take you on a lolloping, hairy ride through open spaces and cities on a quest to find and perhaps locate, their spiritual mecca. Their hazy soul-searching journey powered by marijuana, fed by bananas and reaffirmed by the Dalai Lama. Of all the songs we have seen performed live this year, this track … Continue reading New Video: The Dune Rats – Dalai Lama, Big Banana, Marijuana
The longest day has come and gone, and halfway through the year we are. It seemed a good point to reflect and share thirty of our favourite albums of 2014 so far, and so here they are, in strictly alphabetical order of course… . The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads . Amen Dunes – Love . Avers – Empty Light . Dan Baker – Pistol In … Continue reading Favourite Albums of 2014 (So Far)
1. Avi Buffalo – So What 2. Greys – Pretty Grim 3. Traams – Giddy 4. Tennis – Never Work For Free 5. The Dune Rats – Dalai Lama Big Banana Marijuana . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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