sparklehorse were always, for me, one of those private worlds which i could slip into and lose myself in. those albums which mark linkous crafted all had magnetic hearts and they pulled on the silver moonlight which shines in me. Read more…
Category: Rebellious Jukebox
Well, they say that the true test of a song is whether or not it can be played by one man with just a guitar and judging by that criteria Michale Graves knocked it out of the park. I\’ll be Read more…
To quote wikipedia Michale Graves is \”most famous for singing for the late 1990s re-incarnation of The Misfits, from 1995 to 1998 and again from late 1998 until late 2000\” and has gone on to have a successful solo career Read more…
National Snack: Gem voice and 6 strings, Joe voice and 4 strings, Phil boom tappy bang bangs (click the image to go to their site) It sometimes takes me longer to get around to things than it should and then Read more…
I had to pay tribute to the late great John Martyn who has sadly passed away. I came late to him but it was a great discovery the day I bought On Air and recognised on there a track that Read more…
I\’d love to say I got into Baby Bird before the big hit propelled him into the national consciousness but I couldn\’t find his music for love nor money – by the time Ugly Beautiful came out those early records Read more…
Aimee Mann brings it all to the table — great lyrics, great voice and great delivery. I know a lot of people got into her with Til Tuesday, her former band (a pleasure I discovered later), but my first exposure Read more…
It wasn\’t so much the sound of Rage Against The Machine that made them stand out, though that was, of course, unique — it was the subject matter of the lyrics; the fact that they were on message and in Read more…
Innovation is rare enough as it is, but for it to be one of the hallmarks of your career is surely something to be proud of. Sonic Youth never struck me as being experimental for the sake of it either Read more…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwtFZ8bDbbU] i remember them sounding different to the other bands that came out at that time — they may have looked similar but their sound was the first thing i was aware off and their wasting my days ep became Read more…