Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

  Wooden Shjips – Already Gone Oh Sees – Overthrown Israel Nash – Rolling On Goon – Choke Throat Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood – Save Me Sons of Bill – Easier (feat. Molly Parden) Liars – Liquorice Gurr – Hot Summer Mommy Long Legs – Bridezilla                       Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Wooden Shjips – Staring At The Sun Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee – Farewell Transmission  (Songs: Ohia cover) Cool Ghouls – CCR Bootleg Gun Outfit – Life Of Ease Loma – Joy Lord Huron – Ancient Names (Part 1) Oneida – All In Due Time Mind Spiders – Shock And Repeat                   Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Albums Of 2013 (Part 3: 10-1)

And to complete our Best of Year postings, we have our favourite ten albums from 2013. Every single one is superb… 10 Black Angels – Indigo Meadow . 9 Wooden Wand – Blood Oaths Of The New Blues . 8 Vandaveer – Oh, Willie, Please . 7 Jus Post Bellum – Oh, July . 6 Wooden Shjips – Back To Land . 5 T. Hardy … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Favourite Albums Of 2013 (Part 3: 10-1)

Mad Mackerel’s Top Songs Of 2013

As well as our Top 100 tunes of the year that we’ve posted over the past few days, each of the MM contributors have put together their own lists. The fifth and final instalment is our own. 20. Colleen Green – Heavy Shit Totally infectious, stoned punk. . 19. Harmed Brothers – Love Song For The Assumed Mixing folk and bluegrass with a wistful twist … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Top Songs Of 2013

MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 50 – 26

Part three of our favourite 100 tracks of 2013. Today we’re counting down from 50 – 26. 50 Hanni El Khatib – Nobody Move In Hanni El Khatib’s biog on Wikipedia he says that his “…music is for anyone who has ever been shot or hit by a train“. I think that this is a good way to describe this tune as it hits you … Continue reading MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 50 – 26

MM Shorts 462: Wooden Shjips

The songs we’ve heard so far from the new Wooden Shjips long player Back To Land have been uniformly excellent. Our favourite grizzly psych-rockers have now offered up the title track for streaming – dive in below. Pre-order the album here (out 11th November). See them live: Mon Dec 9 Brighton Audio Tue Dec 10 London Scala w/ kandodo Wed Dec 11 Leeds Brudenell Social … Continue reading MM Shorts 462: Wooden Shjips

Wooden Shjips Go Acoustic & Tour Dates

Wooden Shjips are one of our favourite bands and each successive album they have released as cemented our love for their pulsating, hypnotic and often bruising, psych rock. They have a new album, Back to Land, due out on 11th November. On this record, the band’s scope has expanded to include more earthy, grounded tones, such as the acoustic guitar! As an introduction to those new … Continue reading Wooden Shjips Go Acoustic & Tour Dates

Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year: Part 2 (30 – 11)

Carrying on from where we left off yesterday… 30 Josh T Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen Download Josh T Pearson – Woman When I’ve Raised Hell…(Alternative Version) mp3 a 29 Real Estate – Days Download Real Estate – Green Aisles mp3 (from Days) Download Real Estate – It’s Real mp3 (from Days) a 28 Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest Download Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year: Part 2 (30 – 11)

MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 8 Mad Mackerel

So, the penultimate entry before Mrs Mackerel finishes off this year’s set of Top Ten postings tomorrow is my very own. Without further ado… 10. Milk Music – Beyond Living Although it was released early in the year, I only discovered it recently. A full on, no holds barred, nihilistic 70s punk attitude and the very best of the heavyweight riffs of the grunge era is … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 8 Mad Mackerel

The End of The Road Festival: A Review

It is true to say that our first visit to the End of the Road Festival last year was without doubt the best music event (bar SxSW) we had ever attended. A superb line-up, brilliant layout, and festival goers who were there for the music rather than the ‘experience’ ensured three days of superb entertainment. It meant we bought tickets immediately they went on sale … Continue reading The End of The Road Festival: A Review