The Mountain Goats – The Slow Parts On Death Metal Albums

Dark in Here, the forthcoming album from the Mountain Goats is a quieter and smokier batch of songs when compared to the rich and vibrant hues of last October’s Getting Into Knives. Perhaps no song better functions as the album’s sonic and emotional cornerstone than The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums, which you can stream here. The album is out on June 25th, click … Continue reading The Mountain Goats – The Slow Parts On Death Metal Albums

Mad Mackerel’s Best Songs of 2019 (Part 2)

  50 Sleaford Mods – O.B.C.T    49 Deliluh – Freeloader Feast   48 The Paranoyds – Hungry Sam   47 Cherry Pickles – Lily Is A Spy   46 The Warlocks – Disfigured Figure   45 Silverbacks – Pink Tide   44 Marika Hackman – The One   43 Lonesome Shack – Too Bad   42 FEWS – Anything Else   41 Darrin Bradbury … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Songs of 2019 (Part 2)

Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard Last Week And Already This Week…

We never quite finished off our regular weekend post and already we have had new songs from the wonderful Felice Brothers, Mountain Goats and Mac DeMarco amongst others this week. So what the heck, why not mash ’em all into one (lazy) post of some great new tunes from the last 10 days. So we have. Cabbage – Torture Felice Brothers – Poor Blind Birds Big … Continue reading Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard Last Week And Already This Week…

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Mountain Goats – Song For Sasha Banks Saintseneca – Frostbiter Purling Hiss – Out Tonight Marissa Nadler – Where Do I Go  (Happy Rhodes cover) Beak> – Alle Sauvage Tuung – Crow Henrik Appel – Struggle Dirty Nil – Bathed In Light                   Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Mountain Goats – Shirtless In Hamburg OCS – The Fool U.S. Girls – Mad As Hell Patsy – Tommy, Bobby, Johnny Gun Outfit – Landscape Painter Nots – Anxious Trend Evan Stephens Hall – Burnout  (Green Day cover) Adults – MSN Silver Torches – Bartender                     SaveSave Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Mountain Man – Love Hurts  (Nazareth cover) Dan Auerbach – Shine On Me Mountain Goats – Etruscans Whitney – Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)  (Dolly Parton cover) Los Angeles Police Department – If I Lied Moon Duo – Sevens Peacers – Jurgen’s Layout Sam Amidon – Juma Mountain Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else – Wrong Turn The Wooden Sky – Black Gold     … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Nine songs for your listening pleasure gathered from the week’s new releases. We have Mountain Goats showing that even with a throwaway song, composed off the back of a jokey Twitter conversation, John Darnielle can better 95% of what is out there, whilst Molly Burch and Tara Jane O’Neil’s beautifully composed songs are at the other end of the pendulum’s swing. We also have some brilliant fuzzy, … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week