Time for the MM countdown of our favourite tracks of the year to begin. Over the next few days we’ll be revealing our top 100 tracks and top 30 albums of 2015, with contributions from Mrs Mackerel, Chris T Popper, Polly Pocket and Franca. We’ll also share their personal choices with you next week. So without further ado, here are numbers 100 through to 76. … Continue reading MM’s BEST TRACKS OF 2015: 100 – 76
Seems like we’ve not done one for a little while. Here are a collection of tasty musical films to accompany some top notch tunes. Our selection includes Hinds, Sundara Karma, Alex Bleeker And The Freaks, Brooke Annibale, Spray Paint, Idles and Gold Class. Continue reading Video Round Up
Here is a new single from Spray Paint, the second taken from forthcoming new album Dopers. Signal Master is a slower, relentlessly ominous slab of brooding punk rock that is built around a discordant refrain of “it’s time to put the dog down“. Make of it what you will, but it is another intensely brilliant track that calls to mind the best of Jesus Lizard and … Continue reading Spray Paint – Signal Master
Although they have been around a little while, Spray Paint are pretty new to us and their pulsating brand of hypnotic, full-on punk rock has been one of our favourite discoveries. Having already released one album this year, now they are readying another one, Dopers, for release in October. It was recorded last August in the middle of 87 shows in 66 cities and in 12 different … Continue reading New From Spray Paint
Our weekly round up for you of some of the best songs shared in the past seven days… 1. Barna Howard – Bitter Side Of Blue 2. Theo Verney – Brain Disease 3. Spray Paint – Country Singer 4. The Wooden Sky – Our Hearts Were Young 5. Jacco Gardner – Find Yourself 6. White Reaper – I Don’t Think She Cares 7. Telegram – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
You know the drill. Our weekly gathering of new songs released this week. 1. Best Coast – Feeling OK 2. Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Gloria 3. Rose Windows – Strip Mall Babylon 4. Wolf Alice – Bros 5. Susanna – Who By Fire (Leonard Cohen cover) 6. Spray Paint – Day Of The Rope 7. Iron & Wine / Ben Bridwell – Bulletproof Soul (Sade … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Today the countdown begins of Mad Mackerel’s favourite 100 songs of 2014. From Monday to Friday check back to see what tickled the earbuds of MM’s contributors, followed by our Albums of the Year at the weekend and then our individual contributors’ choices. So without further ado…. 100 Micah P Hinson – The Same Old Shit . 99 Wooden Wand – Dambuilding . 98 Juan … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014: 100 – 81
1. Avi Buffalo – Memories Of You 2. Sam Amidon – Walkin’ Boss 3. Bass Drum Of Death – Left For Dead 4. Weyes Blood – Hang On 5. Spray Paint – Cussin 6. Los Angeles Police Department – She Came Through (Again) . . . . . . [Click through for a free download] . Continue reading Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is another collection of just some of the notable new tunes that have come our way recently…we’re still catching up, so expect some more posts like this over the next few days. Kicking off with Nightingale Floors which will be the fifth album from indie duo Rogue Wave. This is the first taste from it, a mighty fine track titled College. . We also … Continue reading Another Round Up
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