Over the years, I’ve amassed quite a large collection of live shows of my favourite artists… thank god for all those tapers out there who share their wealth with those of us who can’t make it to the show! When I was living in South Africa, those tapers pretty much managed to get through the […]
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After almost a week off from the blogosphere, there are a few songs that I haven’t told you about… so we’ll just jump right in… Matthew Ryan – American Dirt & Gone For Good Matthew Ryan… don’t call it a comeback! Matthew Ryan has – for the most part – flown under the mainstream radar, […]
I’m off to Sydney for the rest of the week, and probably won’t manage to post until next week. I know, I’ll miss you too. But to help stave off withdrawal symptoms, here’s a short – extremely short – but sweet tune trio. Brett Young Brett Young has just released his self-titled EP Unbelievably, Brett […]
Shannon Hoon with Blind Melon at Woodstock ’94. After a 12 year hiatus following Shannon’s death, Blind Melon are back. Blind Melon, possibly one of the most influential bands in my life, are back, and releasing a new album at the end of this month. And I’m not sure how I’m feeling about this… Shannon […]
It’s been a while since a Friday Roundup, so why not? The Dodos – Ashley The Dodos have just released new track, “Ashley” Aah, The Dodos. They look set to become a feature in the Friday Round-up, after appearing in our last round-up here. Yesterday, The Dodos released their new single from the – quite […]
The War On Drugs has just released their EP, “Barrel of Batteries” The consistently great Secretly Canadian label has just released a 5 track EP by the – unbelievably still little-known – band The War On Drugs, entitled “Barrel of Batteries“. And it’s frikkin’ great. Secretly Canadian have this habit of signing your new favourite […]
So quite often, people will email me about an artist that I “absolutely need to hear”. Some are… well, ok. Some are good. Some are great. And some are special. And if it wasn’t for the fans emailing me, I might have missed out and never heard these tunes. So that’s the reason why I’m […]
Pennywise’s new album, “Reason To Believe”, is out now on Myspace. Although you probably wouldn’t know it much reading through the posts on this blog, I used to be into punk. And I mean big into punk. For a few years there, it was all I cared about. Nowadays, only certain punk bands have made […]