Each week Popper, Joe Fish and me meet to discuss an album, rate it, and pick our three best and one worst selection from the record. RADIOHEAD – OK COMPUTER (1997) 8.4 Popper 6.5 Joe Fish 7.5 Mad Mackerel AVERAGE: 7.5 THREE TOP TRACKS 1 EXIT MUSIC FOR A FILM 2 LET DOWN 3 CLIMBING UP THE WALLS LEAST FAVOURITE AIRBAG Continue reading Mad Mackerel Music Club # 4
Each week Popper, Joe Fish and me meet to discuss an album, rate it, and pick our three best and one worst selection from the record. MAC MILLER – CIRCLES (2020) 6.9 Popper 7.9 Joe Fish 7.2 Mad Mackerel AVERAGE: 7.3 THREE TOP TRACKS 1 HANDS 2 HAND ME DOWNS 3 GOOD NEWS LEAST FAVOURITE I CAN SEE Continue reading Mad Mackerel Music Club # 3
Chris T Popper has been with MM from the very first post. Every year he produces his own list of favourite tunes and here are his selections for 2019. This year he was helped by Stan the greyhound. Next year I’m hoping we get Stan’s choices… 10. She Keeps Bees – Kinship Never got bored of that opening drum groove. Backed up by Jessica … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of 2019: Chris T Popper’s Top Ten Tunes
Spiral Stairs – HYP-NO-TIZED Lady Lamb – Even In The Tremor Keston Cobblers’ Club – Esta Mercury Rev featuring Lucinda Williams – Ode To Billie Joe  (Bobbie Gentry cover) John Vanderslice – I’ll Wait For You Rat Boy – Don’t Hesitate Frankie & The Witch Fingers – Pleasure BAILEN – I WAs Wrong Ohmme – Give Me back My Man  (B52’s cover) Marry Waterson & … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
50 Hiccup – Teasin’ 49 Nervous Dater – Bad Spanish 48 Sun Abduction – Acid Pyramid 47 Roadhouses – Drinkin’ 46 Dream Police – Revenge 45 BAIT – Push The Elephant 44 Meat Wave – The Incessant 43 Young Fathers – Only God Knows 42 Ty Segall – Big Man 41 The Sugarmen – Our Gallows … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 50 – 26
75 Sleaford Mods – Moptop 74 Silver Torches – If I Reach 73 Idles – Divide And Conquer 72 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Rattlesnake 71 King Krule – Dum Surfer 70 Naomi Punk – Chapter II 69 The Reptaliens – If You Want 68 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – French Press 67 Ron Gallo … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 75 – 51
Halloween is one of our favourite times of year. You get the best films for a start and oldest sprat has already digested the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the original Halloween itself in the past few days. So here is a collection of new spooky themed tunes that have found their way into our in-box, and which like a lot of the other stuff we got, … Continue reading It’s Halloween…
After last week’s bonanza of new tunes, we’re back with eleven more tracks gathered up from the past seven days. No reduction in quality either with another (and the best yet) taste from Laura Marling’s new record Semper Femina, a brand new instrumental track from pastoral psych rockers Allah Las and another ominous slice of brooding Americana from Timber Timbre. We also have new singles from … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Jamie T is back with a cracking new single. Tinfoil Boy is a tense, angst-ridden rocker which erupts into a dark, anthemic chorus. It is the first track since 2014’s brilliant comeback album Carry On The Grudge. Listen below. Continue reading New Single From Jamie T
Channeling the Beastie Boyʼs silly irreverence and party-rockinʼ spirit, Atlanta’s Baby Baby blend pop punk songwriting with a hip-hop swagger. Watch their new Lord of the Flies-esque video for You Can’t Spell Conch Without The Ch. Download it below too. . . Continue reading Video: Baby Baby – You Can’t Spell Conch Without The Ch
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