Terry – Take The Cellphone

We’re slowly catching up with a whole host of releases we missed, forgot or plain didn’t hear about. Aussie foursome Terry have featured plenty of times on MM, often making our year end best lists too. Having been pretty quiet lately (for them anyway) they popped back up in March with a typically catchy slab of punk-pop for the Sub Pop singles club. So, better … Continue reading Terry – Take The Cellphone

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Terry – Oh Helen The Dodos – Forum Colleen Green – Let Go Marissa Nadler – Blue Vapor Art Brut – Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out Tiny Ruins – How Much Dilly Dally – Sober Motel DeVotchKa – Angels Mitski – Two Slow Dancers                   Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

MM’s Best of 2017: Chris T Popper

Our second personal countdown comes from long time top twenty stalwart Chris T Popper, a fish of fine musical taste and the Steve Bould of Mad Mackerel. 20 Nervous Dater – Bad Spanish   19 The Moonlandingz – Black Hanz   18 Meat Wave – The Incessant   17 Roadhouses – Drinkin’   16 Ty Segall – Big Man   15 Public Serivce Broadcasting – … Continue reading MM’s Best of 2017: Chris T Popper

Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year

  30 Meat Wave – The Incessant   29 L.A. Witch – L.A. Witch   28 Oh Sees – Orc   27 Pissed Jeans – Why Love Now   26 Deer Tick – Deer Tick Vol. 1   25 Ty Segall – Ty Segall   24 Public Service Broadcasting – Public Service Broadcasting   23 Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger In The Alps   22 Alvvays … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year

Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 25-1

  25 The Moonlandingz – Black Hanz   24 FEWS – La Guardia   23 The Coathangers – Captain’s Dead   22 Cherry Glazerr – Nurse Ratched   21 Beaches – Void   20 Lo Tom – Covered Wagon   19 Trevor Sensor – High Beams   18 Mark Lanegan – Beehive   17 Sun Seeker – Won’t Keep Me Up At Night   16 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 25-1

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Hiss Golden Messenger – Standing In The Doorway L.A. Witch – Kill My Baby Tonight Offa Rex – Sheepcrook and Black Dog Caroline Says – Winter Is Cold Wand – Plum Hans Chew – Give Up The Ghost Terry – Glory The Mynabirds – Cocoon Guantanamo Baywatch – Area 69                     Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

TERRY – Take Me To The City Screaming Females – I’ll Make You Sorry Darlia – Beam Me Up Daddy Issues – High Street Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – If We Were Vampires Yowler – Go The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Anymore Whitehorse – Nighthawks Mikah Wilson – Sweet Jules                     Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

MM’s BEST OF 2016: MAD MACKEREL

Our final Best of post of 2016 is MM’s own selections. You can also listen via Spotify here. 20 TRAAMS – A House On Fire I always think I don’t really like long songs and yet they always seem to end up in my favourite tracks of the year. This TRAAMS song is nearly nine minutes long yet hurtles along in a blur of krautrock … Continue reading MM’s BEST OF 2016: MAD MACKEREL

MM’s BEST OF 2016: CHRIS T POPPER

Our second individual listing comes from long-standing contributor Chris T Popper, he of the creaking joints and club foot (and yet still the second-best footballer in his family). Another cracking collection of tunes, and you can always listen on Spotify here. 20 Big Thief – Paul   19 Mind Spiders – Running   18 Hooded Fang – Dead Battery   17 Van William – Revolution … Continue reading MM’s BEST OF 2016: CHRIS T POPPER