Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2012

Our best of August mix is ready and even though it is typically a slightly quieter month for new releases, we can still offer you more than 20 cracking new tunes together with a few ‘hot off the press’ new ones. The result? A brilliant mix to keep you going as we enter autumn (aka the fall for our American friends). Either way, just enjoy. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2012

MM’s Best of the Month: July

Here we are again. A round up of our favourite postings of the month. Twenty one outstanding songs from July plus three new ones to make the perfect mix tape. From folk to garage to stoner rock and summer pop it is all here for you. Download, burn to CD, play – groove! 1) Sharon Van Etten – Love More mp3 A slow burning, mesmerising … Continue reading MM’s Best of the Month: July

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ten Kens

For Posterity is the second album from Toronto four-piece Ten Kens. Having not come across them before, the blurb with the release mentioned inspiration from psychedelia to hardcore, which had to make them worth a listen. Now, we also know better than most that the blurb can often bear no relation to the sounds coming from the speakers. But not this time! Johnny Ventura, the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ten Kens