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- INTERVIEW: Mercurial Rage
Mercurial Rage are an electronically inclined outfit hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota who are part Depeche Mode, part New Order all filtered through the smooth intentions of Michael McDonald with a touch of Morrissey‘s emotional wanderings. They are also preparing to release their self-titled EP on June 7th.
Sharing a mutual love for all things right and […]
- NKOTB, I kid you not!
God bless Styalz Fuego, not only can the man produce a beat or three, he has his ear to the street for all the hot stuff.
New Kids on the Block have reformed.
No, that is not a typo, follow that link and you can even hear the “song.” As surprising as the comeback is, the most […]
- An Introduction To: THE BAND Part One
THE BAND were Jaime Robbie Robertson on guitar, Richard Manuel on piano, Rick Danko on bass, Levon Helm on drums and Garth Hudson on organ. Although all members of THE BAND featured with Ronnie Hawkins, as the Hawks, they were not the five man unit that we know and love until late 1964. Jerry Penfound […]
- REVIEW: The Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Album
More than any other crooner, Tony Bennett was of the Jazz world. From his early career delivering numerous Jazz standards to this, a landmark meeting of two music legends; Bennett had the utmost respect from the Jazz world.
Widely regarded as one the most influential pianists in Jazz, Bill Evans’ influence and impact cannot be overstated. […]
- REVIEW: Daniel Johnston - “Welcome To My World”
Daniel Johnston is going to divide people on where (if anywhere) his talent lies. His ability to sing is questionable and his playing is (barely) functional at best.
Daniel Johnston’s life and work has been marked by his bi-polar disorder since the beginning of his career. Johnston’s personal problems always seemed to me to be the […]
- REVIEW: Lou Reed– “Coney Island Baby”
Lou Reed had a tendency in the 70s to always follow up a great commercial success with a deliberately difficult album in order to challenge his audience and create some space between him and the mainstream. To paraphrase Larry David “if they weren’t watching on Wednesday night at 10 then I don’t them watching on […]
- Raphael Saadiq’s New Album!
Raphael Saadiq, formerly of Tony! Toni! Tone! and Lucy Pearl, and more recently all on his lonesome, because, possibly, he has a little bit of an ego, has a new album coming out.
It’s sounding like he’s gonna try and ride the Amy Winehouse/Mark Ronson retro train, which is fair enough, as TTT’s House of Music […]
- REVIEW: Animal Collective — Strawberry Jam
Animal Collective seem to attract a mixed reaction to their work. Over-zealous devotees are as common as people who wish to bludgeon the “experimental” band from Maryland to death with a shiny truncheon. Strawberry Jam which was released in September of last year, is the band’s seventh studio LP.
I came into contact with Animal […]
- Shameful Music
You have all probably come across something in recent times that has been shot at you through the hilarity cannon. R. Kelly might have featured. In the Closet, Real Talk, Sex Planet– the man is a god of internet viral comedy. You’ve also probably been sent the fantastic Channel 101 show Yacht Rock, leading to […]
- REVIEW: Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Momofuku
Earlier this year, in a magazine interview, Elvis Costello declared he wasn’t going to record anymore, bemoaning the fact that mp3s had killed off the concept of the album. Methinks Mr Costello was being mischievous, or perhaps he had a late change of heart, as we have a new album from him called, Momofuku.
The album […]
