Band Weblogs

Trey Anastasio from Phish is set to release his live album, ‘Original Boardwalk Style’ on June 10th, 2008 …

I couldn’t have picked a better day to listen to Martina Topley Bird’s new CD, ‘The Blue God’, for the first time …

Birmingham has changed a lot in the last twenty years or so, and I was most aware of it last night (5 May, 2008), when my folks and I were in the city to catch Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at the National Indoor Arena.
Like Plant, we hail from West Bromwich in the heart of […]

There’s been quite a buzz surrounding the new Budweiser True Dedication ads on UK TV. The ads feature the “Budweiser Band” - a band of musicians …

Photo credit: Gina Policelli. Regular readers will recall how much I love Angus & Julia Stones’ album ‘A Book Like This’, so it was no surprise that I hotfooted it to Oxford’s Jericho Tavern …

Nicole Atkins is one to watch - and I’ve found out why first hand. The singer/songwriter New Jersey native has been on tour in Europe with her band, the Sea, and I was lucky enough to catch her show while she was in London …

Lizzie Nunnery is a 25-year old Liverpool-based singer/songwriter to watch out for. A prolific writer and incredible talent, not only has she been writing and performing her own music …

Goldfrapp and their electronica/pop have subtly and endearingly eased into my musical life. With each single release and TV appearances on shows like Jools Holland and Jonathan Ross, I’ve found myself looking forward to their quirkiness and unpredictability …

OK, so I’m in love. With a brother and sister from Sydney, Australia. But before you jump to any conclusions, this is not a recipe for some Channel 5 ‘documentary’ …

Last Sunday (March 23), I went to the New Theatre in Oxford for the Eels show. Before moving to England I didn’t know much about the Eels - even though the founder of Eels, Mark Oliver Everett, AKA E, is originally from Virginia and now LA. Here in England though, the handful of musicians that […]

Sir Ian McKellen - or Gandalf from Lord of the Rings as he’s known to many - is starring in Guillemots’ new video for their single, “Falling Out of Reach”! …

This just in: a cool video interview with members of Elbow!
I’ve been enjoying their latest single, “Grounds For Divorce”, and the video for the song has been getting airplay on TV. I like the rootsy, bluesy vibe of the song, a different feel for what’s out there at the moment, pleasing new and old Elbow […]

Guillemots played downstairs at the Carling Academy Oxford on Monday, March 10th. I’ve seen them play quite a few times, and the set that they played Monday night was possibly one of their best.
Fyfe Dangerfield’s voice was on form, sailing through the high notes - and with Fyfe the notes do tend to get pretty […]

I had the pleasure of seeing Duffy play live at Carling Academy Oxford (Zodiac) Sunday night, March 9th. It was a sold out show, with Duffy and her 6-piece band performing upstairs. I was surprised that she wasn’t playing downstairs in the larger capacity venue. It was a bit snug upstairs, packed, but more intimate.
The […]

So I was rockin’ in the free world last night (March 5, 2008) with my parents as we headed to London to check out Neil Young. I was turned onto Young by my parents who are huge fans and who were keen to share him with me. Having worked my way through his back catalogue […]