Days are happy and spent watching Six Feet Under and thinking about going outside to museums of surgeons but we watch the rain fall instead and it’s much better. I have a new flat in a brilliant location but it doesn’t feel like a home, it feels like a student flat and it’ll take [...]
Did I ever mention how wonderful Regina Spektor’s voice is? Human of the Year gets more and more powerful everytime I hear it. A morning of concentration and I’m free for summer. The new Wordpress release is nicknamed Getz, in honour of the tenor saxophonist who took every opportunity to chat up [...]
By Sidsel Endresen and Bugge Wesseltoft, two Norweigan musicians. If you like Portishead, shades of Massive Attack, the trippy side of life, then take a listen. It’s too good not to share.
Chanced upon it on a compilation of Nordic jazz. If you’re subscribed to eMusic the whole album is currently free.
Found a great blog showcasing some of the best and least appreciated music from around the world .. no idea where the name is from though .. they’ve some great Indian fusion kindofthing made in the seventies, or thereabouts, by an Australian band called Kanguru here, and some great ‘psychedelic afro funk’ (perfect description) by [...]
Seriously, will anyone ever tell Vladimir Putin their true thoughts on that fruitful democracy of his?
Smooth Russian connection:
Saw Regina Spektor at the Shepherds Bush Empire on the 23rd, she was fantastic. Her songs are full of bizarre scenarios and character profiles and odd happenings and everything fits together so perfectly it’s as if she [...]
We Will Be Pilots are offering their first EP This Is What You Fight For for download on their website. It’s really quite good and .. free music! Take a look.