Archive for 'Reviews'
February Album Reviews
Posted on04. Feb, 2010 by Mike.
A bumper crop of new albums for Febuary including the latest from Sade her first for almost ten years, Hot Chip with “One Life Stand” and Peter Gabriels first album covering other artists songs including David Bowie, Lou Reed and Paul Simon.
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Beyonce Wins Record Six Grammys
Posted on01. Feb, 2010 by Mike.
Beyonce Queen of the Grammys 2010
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January Album Reviews
Posted on31. Jan, 2010 by Mike.
A new year and some great new album releases.
For January we have the wonderful Delphic with “Acolyte” a new band who are living up to their hype, the latest from Shakespears Sister and Corrine Baily Rae´s second album “The Sea”
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The Brits are Coming
Posted on27. Jan, 2010 by Mike.
Love it or hate it the Brit Awards are back again!
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Top 50 Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)
Posted on01. Jan, 2010 by Mike.
What changes have we seen over the last decade? Probably the biggest change is the way we now buy our music.
Gone are the heady days of vinyl –my preferred music format- the CD now seems old hat as the digital download is fast becoming our musical drug of [...]
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Sparkle “End Of Year” Music Review
Posted on28. Dec, 2009 by Mike.
2009 has been a good year for new music. Many bands have been heavily influenced by the 80´s electronic/synth-pop sound. Artists including Editors, La Roux , Calvin Harris and Empire of the Sun taking some of their inspiration from the decade that brought us Rubik’s cube and shoulder pads.
It has also been a year when [...]
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Music Stocking Fillers.
Posted on09. Dec, 2009 by Mike.
Well it´s that time of the year again when the record companies release their artists’ greatest hits / best of compilations.
So here to help you buy that perfect stocking filler for a loved one are some I’d like to recommend [...]
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Review: Dame Shirley Bassey – The Performance
Posted on25. Nov, 2009 by Mike.
With a career spanning over 50 years, Dame Shirley Bassey has always been in the public eye, maintaining a strong presence which has touched many different generations. Personally I remember her ’70s TV specials, the iconic Bond theme tunes, her guest recordings with Yello and the Propellerheads and the brilliant “The Living Tree” [...]
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Robbie Williams “Reality Killed the Video Star”
Posted on13. Nov, 2009 by Mike.
“Don’t Call It a Comeback”
I was never convinced that the former Take That member was anything more than a one trick pony, a modern-day “Norman Wisdom” lookalike who scored it big with “Angels” largely due to meeting the talented Guy Chambers, who co-wrote his best songs.
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Album review: David Sylvian, Manafon
Posted on04. Nov, 2009 by Mike.
David Sylvian has been on a real artistic journey since his glam-era beginnings as lead singer in “Japan” in the late 70´s, and then his New Romantic 80´s tag as the “most beautiful man in pop”, through to his intelligent solo-work where he grew into an innovative and experimental writer and performer.
Manafon, is his 21st [...]
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