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Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday

No falling asleep on the job this week and waking up and finding out Friday’s gone and Saturday’s in its place. This week I’ve been quite excited (yet again) over listening to the new offering – Hawk –...

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Giant Sand Return – One For Angus!

Here at home, in our very small Cotswold town, the only other Giant Sand fan we know is Angus – and so he will be rejoicing today as we have a brand new track to download. Arizona-based musician Howe...

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MM’s Best Of The Month: October

Here is our regular round-up of the very best of October’s postings. Twenty great tracks for a great mix, plus three new ones to enjoy too. You can check out all of our previous best of the month mixes...

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New Giant Sand Album Released

We posted recently here about the new Giant Sand album. It is a cracker – 25 years on and Howe Gelb can still mix it with the best and come out on top. It was released yesterday in the US and should be...

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Fire Records Reissue Giant Sand Albums

The ever reliable Fire Records has announced the start of a Giant Sand / Howe Gelb series of rolling reissues, which will see the re-release of roughly 30 albums culminating in two box sets to be...

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One Thousand Posts – A Celebratory Mix!

We moved MM to WordPress in April 2010, after being one of the many blogs to get screwed by Google Blogspot. We noticed that this is our one thousandth post since that time and so we have marked the...

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Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (16th September)

Well tonight saw us Mackerels in down town, home town Charlbury (population circa 5,000) watching the annual egg throwing competition. It was great fun, if a little messy towards the end. An admiral...

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Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2011

Another bonanza month of top tunes, all rounded up for you in one perfect download mix. Here are the September highlights together, as always, with a couple of top-notch new tracks too. Download The...

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MM’s Slightly Contrived Easter Mix

It is Easter. I’m using it as an excuse to give you an entirely contrived and slightly spurious soundtrack for that Egg hunt. On the other hand, some cracking tunes to add to your iTunes library....

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Friday Means Six of the Best

Here are another six tunes to try and cheer you up a little bit on another dank and dreary Friday in England… First up is Hardly Art’s Unnatural Helpers and their raging first single, Hate Your...

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New Giant Sand Album

Giant Sand, the iconic and influential band fronted by luminary Howe Gelb, celebrates 30 years of freewheeling and ever-evolving music making on new album, Heartbreak Pass, out on the 5th May via New...

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Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

1. Sharon Van Etten – Just Like Blood 2. Kid Wave – Best Friend 3. Ducktails – Headbanging In The Mirror 4. Giant Sand – Transponder 5. Moses Sumney – Seeds 6. Jason Isbell – 24 Frames 7. Kenny Knight...

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Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Dr. Dog – Virginia Please MIEN – Odessey Bad Breeding – Dehumanised Phil Cook featuring Amelia Meath – Miles Away Giant Sand – Tumble And Tear River Whyless – Motel 6 Post Louis – Stress Fracture No...

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