Here at MM, The Mountain Goats are a bit of a marmite band, you either love ’em (Barry-Sean) or you don’t (Mrs M) and there’s not much grey area in between. So there will probably be delight and complete indifference in equal measure at the imminent release of new album All Eternals Deck and advance taster Damn These Vampires. I actually think this horror inflected … Continue reading Mountain Goats: New Album Taster
Despite all the ‘best of’ lists, the top tens/twenties/fifties/one hundreds etc. and all the Christmas songs too, there has still been a cracking amount of new releases in December as well. So lest you missed out, here is our monthly round-up of the best tunes we’ve posted in December and, as always, a couple of new ones too. That’s the New Year’s Eve mixtape sorted … Continue reading MM’s Best of the Month: December
Here at MM we share, chat, argue, bury and praise music on a pretty regular basis…like daily. So throughout the year, the Mackerel crew (Mrs Mackerel, Barry-Sean, Christy-Popper, Dr Roddy, Polly Pocket, Starbar, MM and others) keep their own ever-changing top tens ready for publication at the climax of the festive season. Time for our fourth instalment, the meandering mind of Barry-Sean… Hmmmmmm! A few … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s 2010 Top Ten Series: No 4, Barry-Sean
Although the much lauded, lo-fi, indie DIY band The Mountain Goats have a new album, All Eternals Deck, planned for 2011, this track, Tyler Lambert’s Grave is not going to be on it. Instead it is a giveaway via John Darnielle’s Twitter account. Damn good as well. Visit the Mountain Goats MySpace here. Download The Mountain Goats – Tyler Lambert’s Grave mp3 Continue reading New from the Mountain Goats
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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