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.
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29 Saturday May 2010
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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.
27 Tuesday Apr 2010
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May 18, 2010: Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version) will be available digitally and through our online store. Beginning April 19th, Pre-orders are available at thematthewryanonline.com/store. All orders that include Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version) will ship as soon as CDs arrive.
10 Saturday Apr 2010
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We’ve been promising details of the We Love Machine Remixes album for some time, and you can now listen to edits of all of them! It will be released on Beatport on 19th April, and other digital stores (including our own website) on May 3rd. We love some of the versions that other producers have created, let us know what you think!
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/
20 Saturday Mar 2010
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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.
02 Tuesday Mar 2010
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As much as I really hate tie ins with online music stores such as iTunes, releases such as a live Moby recording cant be simply ignored. So I may have to swallow my pride to check out ….
“extensive critically acclaimed US tour in Fall 2009, Moby recorded an intimate live performance at the Montreal iTunes store to a captivated audience. ‘Moby iTunes Live from Montreal’ becomes available around the world at iTunes …
For this special recording Moby performed tracks from his most recent album ‘Wait For Me,’ as well as some other classics from previous albums, with a rare ‘stripped back‘ set consisting of just guitar, piano, violin and vocals. Joining him for this incredible and unique performance were the very talented lead vocalists from his tour – Kelli Scarr and Inyang Bassey. “
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