Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
I was one of the 50,000 people that was lucky enough to catch Pearl Jam’s show in Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (formally Telstra Dome) on Friday night (20 November 2009).
Warning: If you’re not a Pearl Jam fan then what follows may not be your cup of tea.
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Happy in the knowledge that I’ve secured tickets to their only Melbourne show, which will also feature Ben Harper, I’m know eagerly awaiting the release of Pearl Jam’s 9th studio album, Backspacer, due on the 20 September.
Here’s a taster from the new album, with the video of the first single, the Fixer. I like [...]
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Every great song deserves a great music video, and that principle definitely applies to Beyonce’s Single Ladies. Now, this may seem a little controversial, and don’t get me wrong, her video is good… just not great.
Fortunately, thanks to the power of YouTube, an alternative film clip has sprung up. This little puppy is guaranteed to [...]
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
If you had to describe the TV show Flight of the Conchords in one word, what would it be? I’m going to have to go with “quirky”. Even though I hate that word, it’s the first one that pops into my tiny under developed brain.
If you’ve never heard of the show before, allow wikipedia to [...]
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Coldplay have found themselves smack bang in the middle of another plagiarism bun fight. Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has claimed that Coldplay have copied elements of his 2004 song “If I Could Fly” for their track “Viva La Vida”.
In an interview with Musicrader.com Satriani stresses that he was motivated by a desire to protect his [...]
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
This may sound like sacrilege to some, but back in the ye olde days, I wasn’t the biggest Guns ‘n’ Roses fan going around. I liked them, don’t get me wrong, but I wasn’t fanatical about them. When the band apparently folded in the early 90’s, I didn’t shed any tears.
I guess that’s why I [...]
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Maths has always been a big part of music, and I’m not just talking about ‘math metal’ (or prog rock or whatever label you want to give it). There’s long been a school of thought that a number of musicians and composers have used both the “golden ratio” and the Fibonacci Sequence to compose music.
This [...]
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
In case you’re a Nine Inch Nails fan, or music fan in general, and haven’t already heard. The latest NIN album ‘Ghosts I-IV’, and instrumental double album, has been released. You can download the first 9 tracks from the NIN.com now.
I’ve ordered the double cd set, and in doing so got the ‘one time’Â link to [...]
Friday, January 11th, 2008
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
WARNING! Extreme guitar nerd content!
If you are into either guitar, recording music, or listening to the music of Porcupine Tree, head over to one of my other sites in the super Swollen Pickles network and check out the guitar gear of Steven Wilson, vocalist, guitarist and producer of Porcupine Tree.
I found some pictures of his [...]
Monday, December 17th, 2007
In the proud tradition of other great train wreck live music performances (remember Stephanie MacIntosh?) I present to you the G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S Fergie hitting all sorts of ungodly notes, and missing 99% of her vocal cues, whilst murdering “Live and Let Die”.
The only thing that goes close to salvaging this performance is the pyrotechnics show in [...]
