Eels – The Deconstruction The Decemberists – Severed No Age – Send Me Haley Heynderickx – Untitled God Song Hot Snakes – Six Wave Hold-Down Bonny Doon – I Am here (I Am Alive) Radkey – Not Smart Micah P. Hinson – Beneath The Rose ((Marc Riley BBC 6 Music Session 06/11/2012) Jack Cooper – Fat Old Sun (Pink Floyd cover) The Soft Moon – Choke … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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
100 Anna St. Louis – Fire 99 Deep State – No Idea Pt. II 98 Ron Gallo – Really Nice Guys 97 Wooden Wand – Aurora 96 Diet Cig – Sixteen 95 Prism Tats – The Liar 94 Julie & The Wrong Guys – Love And Leaving 93 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Continental Breakfast 92 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks of the Year 100 – 76
We’ve already shared tracks from Micah P. Hinson’s new album The Holy Strangers, but nothing that compares with this! Micah Book One, is the centrepiece of the record and at almost 8 minutes long, finds our man reading from the chapter of the same name. A sparse, compelling and sometimes downright uncomfortable tale of gluttony and religion wrapped up in almost apocalyptic despondency. Listen below and … Continue reading Micah P Hinson – Micah Book One
The marvellous Micah P. Hinson has shared new track Oh, Spaceman, taken from his new album Presents The Holy Strangers, out on Full Time Hobby on 8th September. He’ll also be playing a lot of dates in the UK and Ireland in the autumn. About the song, he says “It was the first song I wrote for my boy, Wiley Tex, after he was born, … Continue reading More From Micah P. Hinson & UK Tour
Micah P. Hinson’s new album Presents The Holy Strangers is described by the artist as being a “modern folk opera”. Telling the story of a war time family, going from birth to love, to marriage and children, to war and betrayal, murder to suicide – spanning all of the strange and glorious places life can lead. We follow their story, we see their decisions, we … Continue reading New Album From Micah P Hinson
Song By Toad Records have shared details of Volume 6 in their series of split 12″ releases, and this is a cracker, featuring no lesser lights than Willard Grant Conspiracy and Micah P. Hinson from over the water and Scotland’s own Tissø Lake and Kitchen Cynics. It is a fabulous 12 track collection and will be released on the 6th March on limited edition clear orange vinyl. … Continue reading Song By Toad’s Split 12″ Series Vol 6
Today Barry-Sean and I head off, pop up tents in tow, to the marvellous End of the Road festival in lovely Dorset. Once again sold out, last year’s inaugural trip turned into the best festival visit we’ve ever had, and we’re looking forward to more of the same over the next few days. Even the weather forecast is good! Once again we have a huge … Continue reading Free End of the Road Festival Mix
Well, what a week. There really is nowt so funny as folk: if a few more of the adult population learned how to expunge a meaningful mea culpa once in a while, wouldn’t we all rub along a bit better? Is this resistance to accepting responsibility for one’s actions something we learn with age? Vulnerability is not a sign of weakness, nor is making the … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
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