CD Review Micah P. Hinson All Dressed Up and Smelling Of Strangers (thru Inertia) This is a double album of covers by Texan Micah P. Hinson. He’s an alt.country indie artist and is blessed with the sorts of disadvantages that can give indie stars credibility. I mean, what marginal country artist wouldn’t give their cowboy boots for [...]
This track is ten parts of awesome. I’ll review the album it comes from later, but for now, just wanted to share.
CD Review The Magnetic Fields Realism (thru Warner Music) The band Magnetic Fields is basically musician and singer Stephen Merritt and a moving cast of contributors, and if you don’t know his work, then think of him as something like a New Yorkier, independentier version of Benny Anderson from Abba. He writes catchy, singable pop [...]
CD Review Marina and the Diamonds The Family Jewels (thru Warner Music) I thought it might be interesting to get my son — a big Marina fan — to review this album now that it is out. What follows are his thoughts on the new album. Judging by the name “Marina and the Diamonds” you [...]
For those of you who missed the recent Australian concerts by The Decemberists (a category that includes me, unfortunately), they have just posted their gig from the Metro in Sydney on the wonderful Moshcam site. Ninety minutes of music and chatter, it’s a must-see for fans. If you don’t know the band, it’s a pretty [...]
There’s a kind of interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal about the difficutly of coming up with a name for a band these days. Not the most pressing problem in a world of problems, I agree, but one that is no doubt real for a lot of people: When former Led Zeppelin bassist John [...]
This is not a review of the new album by Gil Scott-Heron, but I wanted to mention that I was listening to it and enjoying it. If you don’t know his work, or the name only rings a bell faintly, let me quote from his website: Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949) is an American [...]
I’m off to Canberra today to help with the final stages of my parent’s move back to Sydney. They moved to Canberra in 1968, but with most of the family now in Sydney, they have decided that’s where they want to be. Most of their stuff is already on its way, but I’m driving the [...]
I’m just finishing up writing a song. It’s really great. I’ve been recording it with a band and we are about to do the final mix. A major label has already agreed to release it. We’re all confident it will be a big hit. I played it for a friend last night and he said, [...]
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