The Maladies With you by my side, baby, the deal just can’t go down The Maladies www.myspace.com/themaladiesband There’s something a bit old testament about this new album. There is certainly some testifying going on. This one was sent to me by the band’s management and it happened to arrive just as I had a moment [...]
Before there was Peter Frampton, before guitarists like the Edge and Andy Summers cluttered up the stage with more effects pedals than you found in the average music shop, there was Pete Drake. (More info here.) PETE DRAKE: FOREVER by mrjyn
CD Review Madder Lake Stillpoint (Re-released by Aztec Music) What a perfect little album this is. The vinyl original came out in 1975 and I remember very well buying it and playing it to death, though I’m less clear on why I’d even heard of it or why I thought I wanted it. Peer pressure [...]
CD Review Lisa Mitchell Wonder (Warner Music) It’s hard to talk about Lisa Mitchell without mentioning Australian Idol, so I guess I should begin by explaining why I’ve been a fan of the show. We lived overseas for the first two seasons of Idol so kind of missed the initial buzz it generated. But one [...]
CD Review Martha Wainwright Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris (Thru: Shock Records) It is a fact universally acknowledged that a francophone pop/folk chanteuse in search of critical acclaim will at some stage record an album of Edith Piaf songs. Nothing wrong with that — who wouldn’t want to sink their chops into the Piaf [...]
My extended break while I work on another project is still in force and I want to thank everyone for their patience, though maybe disappearing for a while isn’t such a bad career move: I also turned off Twitter last week, went completely silent, and noticed this morning that my number of followers increased. Anyway, [...]
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