05 Saturday Jun 2010
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over the last year we’ve compiled a whole bunch of good remixes for ‘wait for me’, so today we’re releasing them in one place (or 2 cd’s). there’s even a special little web site for the remixes:
04 Friday Jun 2010
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Ray LaMontagne is set to his new album, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs – God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise on August 17, 2010!
Entirely self produced (for the first time) God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise was recorded in two weeks at LaMontagne’s home in the woods of western Massachusetts.
04 Friday Jun 2010
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Apparatjik, Coldplay, EP, free, MP3
Apparatjik, the side-project of Coldplay’s Guy Berryman have announced details of a free EP.
Called ‘4 Can Keep A Secret If 3 Of Them Are Dead’, the 3-track digital release is the combined work of Berryman, A-Ha’s Magne Furuholmen, Mew’s Jonas Bjerre and Martin Terefe.
Including the songs ‘Antlers’, ‘Look Kids (Premix AA) Diskjokke A’ and ‘4 Can Keep A Secret If 3 Of Them Are Dead’, the EP is available to download from the group’s website EyeOnCommittee.com.
Meanwhile, the band’s debut album ‘We Are Here’ will re-released in both standard and deluxe formats on June 15.
via Coldplay side-project Apparatjik announce free EP details | News | NME.COM.
29 Saturday May 2010
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Amazon maybe consistently one of the cheapest places to buy music, but you can often pickup some jems from other places such as recordstore.co.uk. For example you can pickup a number of signed copies of albums and/or limited editions. In terms of price – the only real difference is postage unless you order over £50. So always worth checking out. I’ve ordered my copy of the next Delays album (Star Tiger Star Ariel) from RecordStore.co.uk
29 Saturday May 2010
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The latest Peter Gabriel podcast has some fine news. Aside from extending his Red Blood (no guitars, no drums, orchestra) tour which features his Scratch My Back album on which I’ve already blogged, Peter has said he will take the Orchestra back into the studio to record the reworking of his own songs. The recording could be out later this summer. Then he is going to pick up his original album project again.
Only dissappointment is the new dates don’t include a return to the UK.
It is still early, but Scratch My Back may make the album of the year in my books.
29 Saturday May 2010
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We caught Faithless live last night touring their new album The Dance. I had been disappointed by the album with the exception of the monster Sun To Me. But in a live context (fo Faithless think more of a super club) the new album made a lot of sense and sounded great.
Of course they also performed their big numbers such as God Is A DJ and lesser numbers like Flowerstand Man.
Wonder over to photos.mp3monster.org to see pictures.
29 Thursday Apr 2010
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I’ve blogged in the past about the demise of the record store. But I came across a little video clip on Glorious Noise trailoring a documentary on the subject:
“Re-Vinylized” trailer from John Boston on Vimeo.
When I go travelling on business, and often being on my own I have a chance to go looking for those record stores that manifest the character of Nick Hornby’s Championcip Vinyl. rummaging through the racks looking for something different and interesting is a good way to kill some time. so I thought I’d point out a couple those fine emporiums I’ve encountered:
Polyester Records in Melbourne – a hint of commercialisation, but a brilliant section on Oz & Kiwi artists. More Empire Records than Championship Vinyl.
Basement Discs – good stock of vinyl, big on Folk. Easily missed as its only a small entrance at street level – but basement is big, right in the centre of Melbourne.
Dixons Recycled Disc – several stores around Melbourne (I visited the Prahan store as I wondered down Chapel Street) stocking second hand, or better put ‘pre-loved’ music. An aladin’scave of stuff. Yes, lots of the dross, but jems among them.
Amoeba Music – San Fransisco, a short cab ride from the city centre. But a place of pilgrimage.
Rasputin Music – heart of San Fransisco, just a minutes walk from Union Square and could be giving Amoeba a run for its money.
08 Thursday Apr 2010
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The New Blood tour is following on the back of his Scratch My Back album – A different take on the covers album, by working the covers as orchestral pieces.
So the tour means a large Orchestra rather than his regular touring band. The concert has much in common with a traditional orchestral performance with the first half being the new album end to end. After the interval we’re treated with some great reworkings of his own songs. Some obvious choices and others not so.
With a large orchestra Peter can’t provide the usual style of performance he lays on with zorb balls, Sedgeways, massive moving floors. That’s not to say this was not a class Gabriel visual feast. No, we get curtains made from massive U2 style displays, visuals behind the orchestra; several camera crews filming, often right in the middle of the musicians so the stage side screens get you into the heart of the action.
So a beautiful and stunning concert. I have posted some photos on our flickr account. What is cool is that the guy (Stefan Goodchild) who produced some the visuals has found my pictures ans some by a few others (possibly more professional than mine) and put them together into a collection to show his work which can be found here.
If you read the journal, the artist will be making some video clips of the work available. We would highly recommend checking them out, along with the blog.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mp3monster/sets/72157623594005837/
14 Sunday Mar 2010
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Some Photos from the Tom McRae gig at the Wedgewood Rooms Portamouth. Another fine performance from Tom. Go here.
02 Tuesday Mar 2010
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All the music waiting to be purchased gets fropped into a wishlist, just incase someone was to feel a little generous ….
If only there was an easy universal wishlist app out there.
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