Firstly, apologies for the lack of regular posting this week. I had my head buried in spreadsheets for most of it, and conferences took up the remainder. That said, the week is drawing to an end, and reports have been filed, so last night was a celebration. Today? Today is the morning after. So what […]
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Back in the day, I used to be a pretty big Alexisonfire fan. In fact, when I’m feeling like a bit of anger is called for, I still am. So it was with interest that I awaited the sophomore release from Alexisonfire’s guitarist, Dallas Green, under his acoustic side project called “City and Colour“. And […]
It’s no secret that I am absolutely intrigued by the US election race at the moment. For the first time in years, I’ve seen truly charismatic, presidential speeches from several candidates – particularly John McCain and Barack Obama. Being a South African, currently living in Australia, I’m somewhat removed from having a self-serving partisan view […]
Thank god for WXPN – as usual they’ve brought the goods with NPR’s latest World Cafe show, featuring Counting Crows live, previewing eight (yes, I said eight) songs from their forthcoming album, Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings. (Counting Crows previewed Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings on WXPN World Cafe) We’ve already previewed some of the […]
I’m off down the coast for the weekend, with a lot of things to be sorted out before leaving; so this Friday’s post will be a round-up post. Lazy? Perhaps. Awesome tunes? Definitely. Here’s a round-up of what’s been heating up our speakers this week: Patrick Park – Here We Are Rapidly becoming a firm […]
So the music blogosphere is abuzz with the latest sad news: The Format, indie-pop darlings, have called it quits. A post made on their myspace blog reads: “We have just put out word that we will not be making a new Format album. Please understand this was a tough decision and we’re both upset about […]
As promised, here is the video clip of Cat Power performing “Silver Stallion” live on “Later… with Jools Holland”:
As promised, Radiohead’s performance of “House of Cards” live on “Later… With Jools Holland”: