Stereophonics – Best of You Cover

December 20, 2007

Anyone who hasn’t heard of the BBC’s Live Lounge Tour, you’re too late. It just ended. But while it ran, it was one of my favourite stops online. Basically, the show was exactly as the title suggested; getting together with artists, in an informal setting, such as their home lounge, and then get them to [...]

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Jack Johnson’s New Album. And, another Christmas Cover.

December 19, 2007

So it appears that Jack Johnson’s new album, “Sleep Through The Static” should be ready for release by February, 2008. For this, his 5th album, Johnson worked with his usual rhythm section – bassist Merlo Podlewski and drummer Adam Topol – plus Zach Gill (frequent collaborater and frontman of ALO) on piano and accordion.
Jack has [...]

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Crosby, Stills & Nash – About time for Brisbane…

December 16, 2007

On Saturday I was lucky enough to see gods in action; Crosby, Stills & Nash, performing in Brisbane at the Riverstage.
It’s been about 10 years since I last saw these guys live. The last time was in South Africa, on a night where a sudden downpour in an open arena had the sound washed away [...]

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Terry Pratchett diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. Buggrit.

December 13, 2007

This is a completely unrelated-to-music post, and an extreme downer for the Christmas theme today; but I needed to post this.
One of my favourite authors of all time (along with Neil Gaiman, and Robert Rankin), the illustrious and incomparable Terry Pratchett, has officially announced that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of [...]

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It’s a Coldplay Christmas – 2000 miles. And, a side order of The Pogues.

December 13, 2007

In preparation for the Yuletide season, Coldplay is streaming a cover version of the Pretenders song, “2000 miles” on their website, along with the above note.
While Chris Martin might not be as attractive as Chrissie Hynde, they do a great version. Normally, I’m not a fan of Christmas songs (apart from exceptions such as The [...]

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Led Zeppelin – Still, and always, heroes.

December 11, 2007

Sonuvabitch.
I’m sorry, I hate short posts as much as anyone; but you have to go and read this article about Led Zeppelin’s show last night.
It is also important to note that Zeppelin left the building without making any reference to their future together, if there is one — no “See you next year!” or “Until [...]

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Jeremy Fisher – Goodbye Blue Monday

December 11, 2007

So on Sunday, I managed to score tickets to Xavier Rudd’s “White Moth Tour” at the Gold Coast Convention Centre; as usual, Xavier was fantastic. His set was perhaps more aggressive than I’ve seen in the past, but that only urged the crowd on all the more.
However, this post is not about Xavier Rudd; everyone [...]

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Who are the Foxboro Hot Tubs? YOU decide…

December 10, 2007

On Saturday, a new website popped up: foxborohottubs.com, featuring the retro-styled jammings of the “Foxboro Hot Tubs“.
Cheesy as all hell (yet undeniably catchy), the mp3’s are making a bit of a stir online; namely, with questions of, “Who exactly are these old-school garage rockers?”. Not much information is available at the moment, but first reports [...]

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