Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Protomartyr – Sweeney Ashtray Strand Of Oaks – I Know YOU Know You Are Evil Mitski – Fireproof  (One Direction cover) Marika Hackman – My Lover Cindy Daddy Issues – I’m Not Big Thief – Mythological Beauty Chemtrails – Headless Pin Up Girl H.Grimace – Lipsyncer Vulgarians – Of Humdrum Consumption The Wooden Sky – Deadhorse Creek                 … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Mountain Man – Love Hurts  (Nazareth cover) Dan Auerbach – Shine On Me Mountain Goats – Etruscans Whitney – Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)  (Dolly Parton cover) Los Angeles Police Department – If I Lied Moon Duo – Sevens Peacers – Jurgen’s Layout Sam Amidon – Juma Mountain Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else – Wrong Turn The Wooden Sky – Black Gold     … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

New Release Round Up: Laura Marling, Diet Cig, Pissed Jeans and lots more

The new releases juggernaut has well and truly got into gear for 2017 with a whole host of new tracks from some longstanding MM faves seeing the light of day this week. So, rather than post them all one-by-one, we’ve rounded them up for you into one neat package. Wonderful New York duo Diet Cig have announced the forthcoming release of their hugely anticipated debut album … Continue reading New Release Round Up: Laura Marling, Diet Cig, Pissed Jeans and lots more

Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Our weekly round up for you of some of the best songs shared in the past seven days… 1. Barna Howard – Bitter Side Of Blue 2. Theo Verney – Brain Disease 3. Spray Paint – Country Singer 4. The Wooden Sky – Our Hearts Were Young 5. Jacco Gardner – Find Yourself 6. White Reaper – I Don’t Think She Cares 7. Telegram – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

New Album From The Wooden Sky

Canadian band The Wooden Sky have announced their fourth album Let’s Be Ready, will be out on the 15th June via Nevado Music. The first single Maybe It’s No Secret (out on 11th May) is an uptempo rocker that finds the band harnessing their raw live energy against a backdrop of jangly guitar riffs and sweaty drums. Have a listen. . Continue reading New Album From The Wooden Sky

Huge Video Round Up…MM Has Square Eyes!

Videos seem to accumulate in our in-box faster than we have a hope of watching them. However, having sat and watched and watched and watched and then watched some more, this then is our selection of the best we’ve seen. Wet Nuns are a band we like a lot singing songs as they do about women, death and beer. This is the video for Heavens … Continue reading Huge Video Round Up…MM Has Square Eyes!

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: February 2012

Musically, the year is starting to really kick into gear now and February saw lots of top quality tunes hit the web. Here is our pick of the best of last month’s posts along with four brand, spanking new tracks for you to download, sample and treasure. All in all over thirty great songs in one great mix. Download Hoots & Hellmouth – Why Would You … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: February 2012

MM Shorts 102: Wooden Sky

The new Wooden Sky album Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun is released on Black Box Recordings on February 28th. This track Malibu Rum is the second we’ve heard from it and is a beautifully paced folk ballad tinged at the edges with the faint wisp of melancholy – lovely. Download Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum mp3 (from Every Child A Daughter, Every … Continue reading MM Shorts 102: Wooden Sky

Thursday Means Six of the Best!

We’ve got new mp3s and downloads coming out of our ears…and hopefully into yours. So, here is our pick of the best new tracks currently doing the rounds. They include the cantering desert folk of Laura Gibson, the uncannily Syd Barrett like individual psychedelia of The Doozer, some primal garage rock from both King Khan & The Shrines and the wonderful Mind Spiders, some brain … Continue reading Thursday Means Six of the Best!