Category Archive: Uncategorized

Jan 04 2010

New Steven Wilson song

Over the years Steven has released what is known as “Cover Version”. To date five have been released (known as CVI, CVII, CVIII, CVIV, CVV). Each Cover Version includes a cover of another artist’s song plus an original Steven Wilson song. The covers have included the likes of Alanis Morisette (Thank You) and The Cure …

Continue reading »

Dec 13 2009

Taylor Hicks

Taylor Hicks Maybe You Should High Noon Saloon from 4Tay on Vimeo. Just wow. Taylor sings this song so powerfully it makes grown men cry. Spread this song around. Everyone should hear this!

Dec 07 2009

Katatonia – Night is the New Day

I love Opeth and the trail they have blazed in metal.  So when I saw a quote from Mikael Akerfeldt stating something positive about the new Katatonia album (see quote at end of post) I ordered it up immediately.  The Opeth influence is strong but perhaps that’s because both bands are from Sweden.  I know …

Continue reading »

Nov 25 2009

Paste Magazine’s 20 best live acts of the decade

Arguably, a very good list

Nov 15 2009

The Love Dimension on MySpace

Another discovery in the world of San Francisco music. …. these guys have one of my coworkers as lead guitarist … The Love Dimension on MySpace Music Live concert can be found here

Nov 07 2009

Diane Birch

Pretty impressed with the new offering from Diane Birch.  Her first album, Bible Belt is a tour de force of piano and soul.  (As much as we all deride Starbucks as a McDonald-esque manifestation of American mass produced culture run amok, they have been doing a pretty good job of selecting and promoting new musical …

Continue reading »

Nov 04 2009

Progressive Rock in Holland

Check out this Dutch Progressive Rock Page.  I was just in Haarlem, Holland and had the great fortune to see Pineapple Thief  open for Riverside at a club called the Patronaat (of course these aren’t Dutch bands.  they are from Poland and the UK respectively).  I promise a review in the near future but suffice …

Continue reading »

Oct 13 2009

Waiting on Waits, no more

Tom Waits’ new live album, Glitter and Doom, is coming Nov. 24th and as a special preview you can download 8 tracks for free from his website.  Get ‘em while they’re hot.

Sep 20 2009

MySpace Discoveries

3 new MySpace discoveries – enjoy 1] 28 North – Blues based Rock and Roll can’t find a reason why they will truly break through – and if / when they do – you will know why I am not in the talent finding business 2] HotLites – LA based – a different sound to …

Continue reading »

Sep 20 2009

The Black Apples

MySpace Page According to their introduction they see themselves as a psychedelic surf rock group – I see what they mean. They are from LA. They are The Black Apples. The band has been actively gigging around the LA area for the past year including a performance with The Warlocks at Spaceland as well as …

Continue reading »

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Older posts «

» Newer posts