Music Review: …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Tao Of The Dead
Tao Of The Dead is the best thing the group …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have recorded in nearly 10 years. For a band that I had just about completely written off, it is an amazing...
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The Evolution of a Band
Like everything else, human beings feel the need to categorise music. Unfortunately, this is restricting bands from exploring and exploiting their talent for fearing of losing fans; having problems...
View ArticleMusic Review: Guitaro – JJ’s Crystal Palace
It’s synth shoegaze. It’s electronic music for people who like the shape a guitar can bring to song. Guitaro’s JJ’s Crystal Palace comes from a space in between dreams and dance floors. It’s music for...
View ArticleBook Review: Pink Floyd: Guitar Tab Anthology by Alfred Music Publishing Staff
In the most basic sense, guitar tablature (or tab) refers to an alternate method of reading music. Standard sheet music contains the notes of a song written out on five horizontal lines, called a...
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Why Pink Floyd: A Reissue Revival
Hello there and welcome to another installment of SMCD. This week’s big missive is…a reissue campaign. I know, I know. How many of these have we seen? Everyone from Queen to David Bowie (or at least...
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Music Review: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here SACD (Limited Edition)
The term SACD is short for Super Audio Compact Disc. I realize that people often wonder whether such audiophile products are worth the additional expense, or are simply a marketing ploy. After...
View ArticleBook Review: Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined Rock ‘n’ Roll by Robert...
The thesis of Robert Rodriguez’s book-length analysis Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined Rock ‘n’ Roll is that the Beatles Revolver was a superior album to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He...
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Music and DVD Reviews: Asia, Black Light Burns, Castle, Earthen Grave,...
This week we have a mixed bag of disc reviews and a DVD documentary. Asia are back with an album called XXX which marks their 30th anniversary. As you might expect, the reinvigorated supergroup have...
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Blu-ray Review: Pink Floyd – The Story of Wish You Were Here
If you’ve ever seen one of the documentaries from the excellent Classic Albums series, you know what to expect from Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here, now available on Blu-ray. That’s a good...
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Music Review: Import/Export – Dayglow Whore [Double-LP Edition]
The Seattle-based foursome Import/Export describe their music as “cinematic rock,” which is a tag I had not heard before. After listening to their new album Dayglow Whore, I found myself in complete...
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Book Review: ‘Roger Waters: The Man Behind The Wall’ by Dave Thompson
First things first. If you saw the title Roger Waters: The Man Behind The Wall by Dave Thompson and assumed (as I did) that it was a Roger Waters biography, you would be incorrect. Thompson includes...
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Book Review: ‘Roger Waters The Man Behind The Wall’ by Dave Thompson
This biography, by renowned rock ‘n roll scribe Dave Thompson, (frequent Rolling Stone magazine writer and author of the Kurt Cobain bio Never Fade Away) says as much about Roger Waters, co-founder of...
View ArticleMusic Review: Guitaro – JJ’s Crystal Palace
It’s synth shoegaze. It’s electronic music for people who like the shape a guitar can bring to song. Guitaro’s JJ’s Crystal Palace comes from a space in between dreams and dance floors. It’s music for...
View ArticleBook Review: Pink Floyd: Guitar Tab Anthology by Alfred Music Publishing Staff
In the most basic sense, guitar tablature (or tab) refers to an alternate method of reading music. Standard sheet music contains the notes of a song written out on five horizontal lines, called a...
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Why Pink Floyd: A Reissue Revival
Hello there and welcome to another installment of SMCD. This week’s big missive is…a reissue campaign. I know, I know. How many of these have we seen? Everyone from Queen to David Bowie (or at least...
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Music Review: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here SACD (Limited Edition)
The term SACD is short for Super Audio Compact Disc. I realize that people often wonder whether such audiophile products are worth the additional expense, or are simply a marketing ploy. After...
View ArticleBook Review: Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined Rock ‘n’ Roll by Robert...
The thesis of Robert Rodriguez’s book-length analysis Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined Rock ‘n’ Roll is that the Beatles Revolver was a superior album to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He...
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Music and DVD Reviews: Asia, Black Light Burns, Castle, Earthen Grave,...
This week we have a mixed bag of disc reviews and a DVD documentary. Asia are back with an album called XXX which marks their 30th anniversary. As you might expect, the reinvigorated supergroup have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blu-ray Review: Pink Floyd – The Story of Wish You Were Here
If you’ve ever seen one of the documentaries from the excellent Classic Albums series, you know what to expect from Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here, now available on Blu-ray. That’s a good...
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Music Review: Import/Export – Dayglow Whore [Double-LP Edition]
The Seattle-based foursome Import/Export describe their music as “cinematic rock,” which is a tag I had not heard before. After listening to their new album Dayglow Whore, I found myself in complete...
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