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The 30 South African bands you NEED to hear!

(Update: It’s been brought to my attention that some people aren’t sure how to stream the songs while reading. Um. Click the little “play” icon next to the song name. Easy, huh?) (Second Update: Song links for below entry have now expired) I used to be in a band in South Africa. More about that […]

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Bernard Fanning – Watch Over Me

Ok. So I’m working on a post (or series of posts, not sure yet), which is becoming huge, involving around 30 artists so far. It might take me a few days to get all of this information sorted into something slightly passing as manageable… so, in the meantime, for your auditory and visual pleasure, I […]

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Old Man River – The Wedding Song

Ohad Rein is one of those people who simply exemplifies music. You know the type I mean. That person you know who seems to be living their life according to a different song. Whose every movement seems to be a chord adding to the inevitable crescendo. Everyone knows someone like Ohad. That doesn’t make it […]

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Those poor ripped-off artists.

Those poor ripped-off artists. Remember when every other post here was about artists allowing digital downloads of their works, for however much you wanted to pay? There have been mixed reports as to how some of those experiments have been going. Did you donate any money for Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” when it came out? No? […]

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Brett Dennen – Ain’t No Reason

So 2007 is nearly over, and there’s one artist who I feel should have made a bigger splash this year – Brett Dennen. This kid brought the goods with his 2006 album, “So Much More”, but surprisingly his music is only now beginning to reach a larger audience, thanks to an opening slot for John […]

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State Radio come to Australia. In other news, I’m like a giggling schoolgirl.

  Holy. Crap. State Radio are coming out to Australia. Some of you may know my… well… slight obsession with the band Dispatch. Seeing as I wasn’t able to make it to their “reunion” Zimbabwe benefit-gig, I had pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I would have to travel State-side to see either […]

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Gibson’s “Robot Guitar”

Ok, so this is something we’ve been excited about for a while, but Gibson have released some new pics of their “Robotic Guitar”. No longer must tone-deaf guitar players drown in a sea of irony; the Robot Guitar can tune itself with a simple push of a button. Release date has been slated as the […]

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ProjectPlaylist.com

So another online playlist has hit my radar (only about a year late or so, so I’m getting better!) Anyway, this time the site is projectplaylist, which creates an online playlist for you. The advertising is a bit of a turn off, but the interface itself is very sleek and sexy… The good news… it […]