Here are the annual choices of the past year’s top tuneage from the admirable Chris T Popper. 10. Protomartyr – Processed By The Boys The first song from their new album Ultimate Success Today was everything I’d been waiting for. Loud reverb with a clumping sense of doom from the ever reliable Joe Casey. He’s singing about a future so scary it can’t be that … Continue reading Chris T Popper’s Favourite Tunes of 2020
Here is the final part of this year’s countdown of our favourite tunes of 2020. Many thanks to MM stalwarts Chris T Popper and Dr Roddy (whose personal selections will come in the next couple of days) and to anyone who has read / listened and discovered something new in a year that truly sucked. Happy New Year and here’s to a better 2021. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Tracks Of 2020: Part 4 (25-1)
Experimental Canadian trio Suuns will release a new six track EP Fiction on the 30th October via Joyful Noise. The darkly adventurous record, which precedes a new full length due next year, includes guest appearances from Jerusalem In My Heart and longtime MM fave Amber Webber, and closes with a cover of the intense (and timely) Frank Zappa track Trouble Every Day. Watch the official … Continue reading Suuns – Pray
First Aid Kit – Ruins Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain Suuns – Watch You, Watch Me Alela Diane – Ether & Wood Nap Eyes – I’m Bad Now Prism Tats – Daggers Public Access T.V. – Lost In The Game U.S. Girls – Pearly Gates Sunflower Bean – Crisis Fest Rik & The Pigs – America Frankie Cosmos – Jesse Kal Marks … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Another seven days have come and gone, although these felt infinitely more dangerous than any others. Hats off to Ewan McGregor at least this week! If nothing else it means new songs from those horrified by the new leader of the free world – so to kick us off we have offerings from Suuns, Meat Wave, Father John Misty and an update on a protest song classic … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It has to be said that despite one or two hiccups, the second official day of SXSW turned out to be a whole lot more fun. It got off to a good start when we found there was actually a shuttle that came near to our hotel and meant late night night time returns were no longer a problem. We headed off to the Pitchfork … Continue reading SXSW Day 3: In Austin No One Can Hear You Scream
Watch the dazzling black and white geometry of Suuns new video for 2020, Bear’s Den’s beautiful video for Isaac filmed at St Pancras Old Church, and the softly crafted folk of Flint Michigan’s Jeremy Quint under the moniker Small Houses, Oh, Hiding Out comes from new album Exactly Where You Wanted To Be (out 26th February, order via Yer Bird Records). a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Suuns || Bear’s Den || Small Houses
Watch Cosmic, the mind-bending new single from Cosmic Suckerpunch, watch Wait the psych-pop, shoegaze nugget from Lazyeyes and watch Edie’s Dream, the woozy, hazy new track from Suuns. a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Cosmic Suckerpunch || Lazyeyes || Suuns
Suuns have shared a new video for Red Song, one of the tracks on their new 12″ out this week on Secretly Canadian. The video is layered with images from found sources, which pull together for an eerie pastiche reminiscent of Ringu. a Continue reading MM Shorts 42: New Suuns Video
We thoroughly enjoyed the repetitive electonica and stoner grooves of Suuns debut album Zeroes QC, which called to mind the best bits of Clinic, Suicide and Slowdive in equal measure. Since the release, Suuns have built a reputation for supremely intense live shows, but this is maybe the first video that has properly captured the sheer force of their live performance. The new video comes via … Continue reading Suuns – New Video & Tour
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