The best albums, in my opinion, come out of nowhere. When you enter the studio with some vague form of inspiration, but very little actual material. It’s just an incredibly free process. Which is why it’s no surprise to me that the first single from Zach Rogue’s new “Release the Sunbird” project – called “Always […]
Michael Stipe has just announced that he is executive producing a new documentary on his late friend Vic Chesnutt. According to REMhq: Michael has signed on to executive produce plan9films Vic Chesnutt project It Is What It Is–a 90-minute plus concert documentary filmed in Canada during Vic’s last tour. “Vic was one of the landmark […]
Thanks to the folks over at SubPop (who The Heart and The Head recently signed with), you can download the tune below. Listen: The Heart and The Head – Lost in My Mind PS. Thank you to the lovely Ms Stephanie for prompting me to post about these guys.
French duo Herman Dune’s new single – “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” – is a kick ass tune. But it also has possibly my favourite music video of 2011 so far. Watch below as a hitchhiking blue yeti and Mad Man Jon Hamm start up a beautiful friendship. Herman Dune “Tell Me Something I […]
Way back in 2007, when I wrote my “30 South African Bands you NEED to hear!” post, there was a handful of bands that inspired the post in the first place. Just Jinger, Max Normal, Perez, Springbok Nude Girls… and Plush. You can click on through to read more in that post, but to cut […]
It’s been over two years since I first wrote about William Fitzsimmons on this blog, and in the intervening time it’s been a wonderful, wonderful relationship. In all that time, William’s bared his soul numerous times. But I think this tune, “Beautiful Girl”, from his latest album, “Gold in the Shadow” (out last month) is […]
For a while now, Ryan’s been teasing us fans with images from the studio of his forthcoming album, produced by Glyn Johns (see the above image for just a taste, and view the rest in his Facebook album here). Although the images were tantalising enough, I’ve been craving a bit more, and it looks like […]
A while back, I wrote a fairly honest post detailing my history with Syd, and his new project, Hotels and Highways. I had this amazing bromance with his music when I first heard it, but then somewhere along the way our paths diverged, and I was – to be honest – often frustrated with his […]