Today we reach the halfway mark of our favourite 100 songs of 2012. Here are numbers 60 – 41 for your listening pleasure. You can check out numbers 100 – 81 here and yesterday’s post of 80 – 61 here. And on we go… 60 JAMES LEVY & THE BLOOD RED ROSE – YOU SNEAK INTO MY ROOM A real mellow chill out tune. Reminds … Continue reading 2012 MAD MACKEREL’S 100 FAVOURITE SONGS PART 3: 60 – 41
Somehow we missed this in the ongoing deluge of e-mails into our in-box, and having posted about Team Genius and their effervescent indie rock back in August of last year, we still wanted to get this up in a typical blogger’s case of ‘better late than never’. They have just simultaneously released three EPs Pop Songs, Loud Songs and Whiskey Songs (which in Seven Years features … Continue reading More From Team Genius
Scottish Kate is a great friend of this blog and has often offered her (sometimes pithy) opinions on the world of music – and very good taste she has too. She also runs the always excellent (sometimes pithy), and often provocative blog A Burdz Eye View for all things Scottish (of course), political and musical. Here are her aural selections for 2011. The Burd’s Best … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 7 Scottish Kate
Team Genius are from New York and formed back in 2007, releasing an EP and LP the following year and (as far as we can tell) this four song EP titled Pop Songs is their first release since then. They make catchy indie pop that fizzes with irreverence and good humour and is, we think, pretty much guaranteed to put a smile on your face. … Continue reading Introducing…Team Genius
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