16 Tracks – Punk Rock, Ska, Pop Rock. French band formed in 1986 in Paris and disbanded in 1995. Their music is a mix of punk rock, ..
30 Tracks – Punk Rock, Pop Rock, Alternative Rock. French band formed in 1986 in Paris and disbanded in 1995. Their music is a mix of punk ..
10 Tracks – Punk, Country Rock, Alternative Rock. Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida, by singer ..
2 Tracks – Punk Rock, Folk, Pop Rock. Die Ärzte are a German Pop-Punk band from Berlin, formed in 1982 by Farin Urlaub and Bela B. with ..
16 Tracks – Punk Rock, Oi, Folk, World, & Country. Oi! Punk band from Boston, MA, formed in 1996 by Ken Casey (bass/vocals), ..
Inspired by artists like Leonard Cohen, Ane Brun, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Alela Diane, and Joni Mitchell amongst others, Vilma Flood ..
We’re a sucker for some outlaw country and southern gothic and Renee Wahl delivers in spades on her new album Cut To The Bone, which ..
Flat Worms – Surreal New Year The Uranium Club – Man Is The Loneliest Animal Ånge Teenage Angst – Ånge ..
The day just keeps on getting better. No sooner did we have the details of the new Felice Brothers album, than we discover a new single ..
Happy days! After three long years, we have an announcement of a new album from the Felice Brothers. Undress was recorded in the late summer ..
Dark Tea is songwriter Gary Canino who will release a self-titled debut album on 22nd March via Fire Talk. It is a collection of warm, country ..
Nearly 13 years since his proper debut as Viking Moses, Baltimore musician Brendon Massei is slated to release his fifth album, Cruel Child. ..
Slim Cessna offshoot DBUK release their new album Nine Through Sixteen at the end of this week (order here). It is a record of haunting, ..
Pink Chameleons are a new three piece band fronted by Black Lizard’s Paltsa-Kai Salama (Vocals & Guitar) with Antti Sauli (Bass) ..
We shared Lonesome Shack’s excellent track Past The Ditch just before Christmas, and now we have a second (top) tune from their forthcoming ..
Here is Part 3 and the final part of our 2018 Round Up’s where we catch up with the releases that we couldn’t give a decent ..
Gotta love Townes Van Zandt, and particularly the news that a previously unreleased collection of songs titled Sky Blue will be released ..
Following the release of their 7” single Runnin at the tail end of last year, Ohtis have announced the release of their ..
Back with a bang – no less than fifteen corking new tunes to check out from last week… Sleaford Mods – Kebab Spider The Coathangers ..
Steve Earle & The Dukes have announced the release of new album GUY on 29th March. The 16-song set is comprised of songs written by one of his two primary ..
And here, finally, are MM’s own choices for favourite tunes of 2018. Happy New Year one and all… 10 Frog – American ..
Back again like a carrion crow to roadkill. Every year since 2009, Chris T Popper has shared his favourite tunes of the year, and we love ..
Dr Roddy had been gone for a while trying to make a new life on land. Fuckwit. I have been absent from the house of Mackerel for a couple ..
Having been very focused on our Best of Year tracks recently, we’ve built up a bit of a backlog of new tunes to share, so thought ..
So here we have it – the top of the pile! Our favourite songs of 2018. 25 Ought – Disgraced In America Way back in January, ..
Into the top half of our favourite songs of the year. Here are tracks 50 through to 26. 50 Murder By Death – True Dark Murder ..
It’s time for MM’s annual round up of our favourite songs of the year. Thanks as always go to all our regular contributors – ..
Their has been a few great debut Celtic-Punk albums during 2018 but here is one of the very best from North Carolina’s the Tan and Sober ..
Fat Earthers -Letter Bomb Howe Gelb – A Thousand Kisses Deep (featuring M.Ward) The Chills – Bad Sugar Mount Hudson – ..
One of the biggest pullers on the London Irish scene Celtic-folkers The Craicheads are back with an 4-track EP the follow up to their debut ..
The McOnak third album “Gure naufragioak” is out and available as a Name Your Price download. Physical copies will be available ..
Many, many moons ago (actually back in 2009) when Chris T Popper and I went to Austin for the first time for SxSW, pretty much by happy ..
Nashville crooner Nicole Atkins, has shared her take on the Guns N’ Roses ballad, November Rain and enlisted the assistance ..
Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Kyle Field of Little Wings, and Kramies have decided to release the first ‘Split- Trio’ or Tri-Single’ ..
Conor Oberst – No One Changes Deer Tick – White City (Pogues cover) Deer Tick – Strange, Awful Feeling Sufjan Stevens ..
Phantom of the Black Hills are one of the most innovative bands you will ever hear that has a banjo! This isn’t the Country music ..
Father John Misty – So I’m Growing Old On Magic Mountain (Live at Third Man Records) Holly Miranda – I Will Survive (FM4 ..
Yesterday we had Flat Worms, today Phosphorescent. Life can’t be all bad can it? Matthew Houck recently announced his new album C’est ..
The debut single from seven piece Scotch-Irish hillbilly music band The Tan And Sober Gentlemen has arrived and this band from North Carolina ..
Irish-American Celtic-rockers The Langer’s Ball are back in town with their first release as just a duo in over eight years.Writing, ..
FREE DOWNLOAD Yeah the title says it all! Eighteen anti-fascist anthems from WW2 (don’t tell the Americans the War actually started ..
Wooden Shjips – Already Gone Oh Sees – Overthrown Israel Nash – Rolling On Goon – Choke Throat Mark Lanegan ..
So here we are, the penultimate day of our countdown of our favourite 200 songs marking ten years of MM. Today, we’ve hit the top twenty… ..
We’re getting towards the sharp end of our mammoth count down now. Here are songs 30-21 of our favourites of the past ten years. 30 Bear ..
While they do play Irish music Atlanta based celtic-punkers The Muckers blend in influences from gypsy music, sea shanties, country, ..
Here are tracks 40-31 in our countdown of Mad Mackerel’s favourite tunes of the past ten years. 40 Avett Brothers – January ..
We’re celebrating ten years of MM. Today we’ve reached the top 50 of our favourite songs of the past decade. 50 Discount Guns ..
We rarely use the word legend on this site so when we do then it is only when it is well deserved. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, ..
And we all thought Muirsheen Durkin had gone off to mine gold in California but would seem he got lost on the way to Amerikay and ended ..
The most novel and interesting covers album you will ever hear! The debut album of The Clash re-imagined as The Man In Black. 1977 punk ..