The Twenty Best Things We Heard, Saw, And Discovered At The Green Man Festival
Click to view slideshow. Our first visit to the brilliant Green Man Festival. Here are the twenty best things we heard, saw and discovered over the weekend. 1. The Parquet Courts live up to the hype...
View ArticleVideos of the Day: Parquet Courts || Sleepy Sun || The Pack A.D. || Mikal Cronin
Turn the speakers up to 11 – videos today come from the brilliant Parquet Courts and one of our favourite songs of the moment, You Got Me Wonderin’ Now and from heavy retro garage-pysch rockers Sleepy...
View ArticleMAD 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...
View ArticleMad 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...
View ArticleParquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
As well as releasing Sunbathing Animal as a single for Record Store Day, Parquet Courts have also announced their forthcoming album will carry the same title. Listen to the single/title track below –...
View ArticleFive Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
1. Sharon Van Etten – Every Time The Sun Comes Up 2. Parquet Courts – Black & White 3. Thee Tee Pees – Indian Bingo 4. Stagnant Pools – You Whir 5. Blessa – Unfurl . . . . . Follow @madmackerel
View ArticleFive Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
1. Sharon Van Etten – Your Love Is Killing Me 2. Parquet Courts – Instant Disassembly 3. Peter Matthew Bauer – Philadelphia Raga 4. Big Search – Role Reversal 5. Lydia Loveless – Mile High . . . . . ....
View ArticleVideo: Parquet Courts – Black & White
We love Parquet Courts. We love Black & White. We love this video. Sunbathing Animal is out today. We love it. . Follow @madmackerel
View ArticleParquet Courts – Bodies Made Of
Fresh from attending their brilliant live show with Chris T Popper in Oxford last week, we now have the latest track to stream from Parquet Courts excellent new album Sunbathing Animal. This is the...
View ArticleFavourite Albums of 2014 (So Far)
The longest day has come and gone, and halfway through the year we are. It seemed a good point to reflect and share thirty of our favourite albums of 2014 so far, and so here they are, in strictly...
View ArticleSeven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
1. Grouper – Call Across Rooms 2. Bass Drum Of Death – For Blood 3. Girlpool – Jane 4. The Hussy – EZ/PZ 5. Kevin Morby – Parade 6. Parquet Courts – This Is Happening Now 7. King Tuff – Headbanger . ....
View ArticleParkay Quarts – Content Nausea
Frankly we’re still trying to understand the whole Parquet Courts / Parkay Quarts thing, where the overlaps are and what the significance of the two names are… However, that aside, Content Nausea will...
View ArticleMad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014: 80 – 61
Here is the second instalment of our countdown of our favourite 100 tunes of the year. Enjoy and check back tomorrow for numbers 60 down to 41. 80 Greylag – Yours To Shake . 79 Ty Segall – Feel . 78...
View ArticleMad Mackerel’s Favourite Songs Of 2014 – The Top Twenty
So here we are, the favourite twenty tunes of 2014 as voted for by the MM contributors. Enjoy! 20 Sharon Van Etten – Tarifa . 19 Dan Amor – Sister Anne . 18 Sleaford Mods – Tied Up In Nottz . 17...
View ArticleMad Mackerel’s Favourite Albums of 2014: Part 2
Here are our favourite twenty albums of 2014. Don’t forget to check out numbers 40 – 21 here. 20 Together PANGEA – Badillac . 19 Meatbodies – Meatbodies . 18 Strand of Oaks – Heal . 17 Jessica Lea...
View ArticleBest of the Year: Mad Mackerel’s Top Twenty
And so we bring our round up of favourite songs, albums, covers, and guilty pleasures to a close with the final “best of” post, Mad Mackerel’s own top twenty. 20 Kye Alfred Hillig – My Young Love Was...
View ArticleNew Split Single From Parquet Courts
The wonderful, and wonderfully prolific, Parquet Courts are back with a new split single with Joey Pizza Slice, where each band covers a track by the other. It will be followed by a second split...
View ArticleNew From Parquet Courts
We love Parquet Courts. Here are a couple of new tracks from much anticipated, upcoming long player Human Performance, which they performed on Fordham University’s WFUV radio station recently. They are...
View ArticleNew Video: Parquet Courts – Berlin Got Blurry
Parquet Courts have shared the video for new song Berlin Got Blurry from forthcoming long player Human Performance. It tells a tale of existential nausea, confusion, and finding oneself in a place you...
View ArticleTen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here we are again! Ten more new songs gathered and presented for your listening edification. Parquet Courts – Human Performance Ashley Shadow – In Shadows Honey Radar – Caterpillar King Gizzard &...
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