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Guest Music Bloggers are various bands, musicians, readers contributing music blog entries on BandWeblogs.com.

The Sound Of The Smiths review + competition; listening party links

The Smiths

Very few music fans who were around during the mid-eighties were indifferent to The Smiths - you might love them or hate them, like Marmite really, but you were unlikely not to have much of an opinion ... Continue reading

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Leonard Cohen review - O2 Arena, London

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen review, O2 Arena, London - 14 November 2008. Have you ever seen Annie Hall? If yes, then you'll recall the scene where Alvy dates a music journalist played by Shelley Duvall and they emerge from a Stones concert, Duvall's character rhapsodising about how the gig was 'transplendent'. Well before you go any further, I should confess: that was me, after witnessing the legend that is Leonard Cohen in London ... Continue reading

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Martha Wainwright + Angus & Julia Stone review, Oxford Town Hall

Martha Wainwright

Last night (4 November, 2008) I witnessed two sets from Martha Wainwright and her support act Angus & Julia Stone that couldn't be more different ... Continue reading

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The Pipettes review, Carling Academy Oxford

The Pipettes

In keeping with the history of glamorous pop trios, The Pipettes have undergone what they call in the business, a line up change. In that the band are effectively a brand new entity, with none of the original members left ... Continue reading

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Grace Jones 'Hurricane' review

Grace Jones

The first thing to say about 'Hurricane' is that it is a classy bit of work, and I'm not just saying that because I'm old enough to remember Russell Harty. The production values on this CD are high, the list of collaborators (Eno, Tricky, Sly and Robbie amongst others) stellar ... Continue reading

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Grayson Capps and The Stumpknockers 'Rott 'n' Roll' album review

Grayson Capps

Grayson Capps has had quite a life so far. A childhood spent listening to his father and friends getting drunk, telling stories and strumming guitars, a spell at Tulane University as a theatre major, during which time he formed two bands which enjoyed 'moderate national success' ... Continue reading

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Tallulah Rendall (Guest Blogger) + tour dates w/ Pete Molinari + MP3!

Tallulah Rendall

We have just got back from Berlin what an amazing city....I completely fell in love with it and am looking forward to our next mission out there. There is this sense of possibility and creativity there which is incredible ... Continue reading

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Harold Lopez Nussa 'Sobre el Atelier' review + Cuba, Havana-Cultura.com

Harold Lopez Nussa

Man the boy can play. 'Sobre el Atelier' is an instrumental CD of hot piano music from young Cuban virtuoso Harold Lopez Nussa. The CD contains original compositions as well as American and Cuban standards ... Continue reading

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Stay Golden, Smog - The Best of Golden Smog The Rykodisc Years review

Stay Golden, Smog

Golden Smog, an alt-country super group by all accounts, is what Soul Asylum's Dan Murphy calls (a central Golden Smog member) "an ad hoc group of musicians" and is made up of members from Soul Asylum, the Jayhawks, Run Westy Run, Wilco/Uncle Tupelo, and occasionally Big Star, the Replacements and the Honeydogs ... Continue reading

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Neil Halstead 'Oh! Mighty Engine' review + watch Queen Bee video

Neil Halstead - Oh! Mighty Engine

There are things to like about Neil Halstead. His songs are wistful and well-constructed, the arrangements are tasteful, with his back-up band supplementing and supporting the songs rather than drowning them with unnecessary and inappropriate additions ... Continue reading

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