Here we are again, and another fine selection of new tunes from the past week for you to savour… Matthew E. White – Cool Out (Featuring Natalie Prass) Spookyland – God’s Eyes DIIV – Is The Is Are Adia Victoria – Dead Eyes Laura Gibson – The Cause Audacity – Dirty Boy Public Access T.V. – On Location Naps – Social Skills … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
As always we round off our best of the year posts with the individual contributions starting with the newly manacled wed Dr Roddy and his personal top ten of 2014. …This year has seemed to fly by, I got married, we had a little boy and we are now in the middle of building works involving having our roof off in mid-winter. So it has been … Continue reading Best of the Year – Dr Roddy’s Top Ten
Day four of five – reaching the top of the MM charts for 2014. Here are our favourites from 40 down to 21. 40 Natural Child – Dancin’ With Wolves . 39 Dead Fingers – Twisted . 38 Alt J – Left Hand Free . 37 Screaming Females – Ripe . 36 Sleaford Mods – Tiswas . 35 Sun Kil Moon – Dogs . 34 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014: 40 -21
Quirky, off-kilter singer-songwriter Spookyland has a way with song titles. Having posted The Silly Fucking Thing previously, we have another track from his debut EP (released today). This is the title track Rock and Roll Weakling… . Continue reading Another From Spookyland
We’ve got no idea what to make of this, other than this track from Sydney’s Spookyland has a peculiar rawness and melancholy that is impossible to resist. Vocalist Marcus Gordon has a unique voice that matches the twisting cacophony of harmonica, folk guitar and reverberating feedback of the song (and the video) perfectly. . . . Continue reading Video: Spookyland – The Silly Fucking Thing
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