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Happy New Year or how I learned to love Richard Hawley

Hello there! So it’s 2008 and we're off again. I had a great holiday at the coast, enjoying the opportunity to listen to some older favourites that were ignored throughout 2007 because of time issues and some older records by artists that released killer Read More...

Posted Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:18 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jarvis Cocker, Pulp, Frank Sinatra, Richard Hawley, Roy Orbison

Johnny Cash DVDs

So today's posts do have a classic rock n roll feel, incorporating John Lennon, George Harrison, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. I thought it would be perfect timing to get these Cash DVDs reviewed with my belated Tribute evening review just around the Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:59 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Reviews, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, dvd

Interview with Hellphones lead singer Tenn Elliot

Tell us a bit about the recording process of your debut album, any funny studio stories? Elliot: Recording in a full-on professional studio was nothing we had ever done before as a band. We had David Birch recording and producing the album for a start, Read More...

Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 11:35 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: SA Bands, Elvis Presley, Interview, The Hellphones, Diesel Whores, Rolling Stones, The Stooges, Kings of Leon, Velvet Underground, Nude Girls

Quiet is the new loud: The Nu Folk Festival is set to thrust local alt-country stars into the limelight.

The world of folk, blues and country seems to have gained a new lease on life; nothing like a near-death experience to bring on a hive of activity. With a spring in its step, it has been churning out wonderful albums by young artists such as Devendra Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:59 PM by Lloyd | 234 Comments

Filed under: The Sick-Leaves, The City Bowl Mizers, SA Bands, Elvis Presley, Bright Eyes, M Ward, My Morning Jacket, Interview, Sonic Youth, Josie Field, Jim Neversink, Gram Parsons, Devendra Banhart, The Clash, Feature

Legion of Mary - The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol 1: Legion of Mary

The fact that these recordings have remained unreleased until now is downright criminal. Enigmatic Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia formed his solo outfit Legion of Mary in 1974 and in less than six months had racked up more than 60 shows. This dynamic Read More...

Posted Monday, June 26, 2006 3:47 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Elvis Presley

Onstage love - Walk the Line

Johnny Cash was a man larger than life, a true rock pioneer. He broke all the rules before they existed, inventing the life of excess that has become so closely associated with the rock star. It is for these reasons that any attempt to capture the spirit Read More...

Posted Friday, June 23, 2006 10:40 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Reviews, Movie, Rick Rubin, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash