Live Music Magazine
Great title. And blistering opening track. ‘The Gravedigger’s song,’ with its mangled, lurching drumrolls immediately sets the scene. Dims the lights (except for one, which is left ominously flickering), moers the walls of your house down to reveal a desert with a lone, winding road slewing through it. In the tradition of the Bad News… Read More
Francois’ beautifully palindromic ‘E Volo Love’ kicks off with a vaguely Maskandi guitar riff, before the French vocals traipse us into a gentle wonderland of sparse, evocative musical scapes (lyrics are divided ‘tween French and English throughout). There are elements of such unrelated phenomena as early REM, Twin Peaks, traditional African music, The Cure, French chanson… Read More
Filled with the Sparkledust of lore. ‘Morning Star’, Van Der Spuy’s tenth album, is a collection of tales that could – aside from the occasional geographic and temporal clues – come from any period in history. It fits neatly into ancient traditions of minstrels bearing legends and wonder from village to village. Known for both… Read More
This merry li’l Jazz-Funk album laid siege to my car’s music machine most all the way back North from CT’s Jazz and Electronica fests. The outfit’s name references one of legendary Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock’s biggest hits, ‘Rockitt’, but its music digs even deeper into Hancock land. Most specifically, said pianist’s foray into Funk via… Read More
The debut album, I thought I Was An Alien, by French singer/songwriter, Soko is a bit like reading the diary of an angsty and miserable martian. It has the addictive frailty of broken youth that is so refreshing and honest. At times it feels like she is painfully unsure of herself, despite being genuinely charming but then brilliant… Read More
Not to be confused with our own Real Estate Agents, that Bam-tastic duo of Markus Wormstorm and Sibot. The Real Estate navigate infinitely subtler and more placid waters. The Real Estate’s latest offering is so subtle, so unassuming it easily slips into pleasant background humming. But while its pastel hues operate prettily as a backdrop… Read More
Band of Skulls arrived late to the global blues rock party and on this, their second offering, they now seem to be the first to suggest it’s time to move on. Shrugging off much of their instantly likable debut’s Jack White influence, Sweet Sour is sparser, yet broader in scope and far more moody in… Read More
Dev Hynes, the creative genius behind his debut album as Blood Orange, Coastal Grooves is without any shade of a doubt, one of the coolest people on the planet right now. Having worked on various projects with major players like The Chemical Brothers and his previous band, Test Icicles, his new persona as Blood Orange… Read More
Newcomers on the scene, the aptly named band, Cold Specks, debut their first album on 22 May. Their name is a reference to James Joyce’s epic classic, Ulysses and their album, I Predict Graceful Expulsion, is very much a traditional compilation of songs that tell a story. At the heart of the album is Canadian… Read More
GOD BLESS OZZY OSBOURNE If you missed this absolutely amazing documentary at the Sound on Screen Music Film Festival in Cape Town (last December), you can now get your hands on the DVD to enjoy at your leisure. As one of the Rock and Metal world’s living legends, Ozzy is the first to admit that… Read More
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