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Albums of 2008 that weren't made by South Africans

Wow what a great year in music. 2008 was filled with interesting and diverse releases across numerous genres. It was also the year I discovered some great albums from 2007 that were not included in my end of year list last year. Records by Yeasayer, Thurston Read More...

Posted Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:00 PM by Lloyd | 5 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, TV on the Radio, Nick Cave, Kings of Leon, Beck, wolf parade, Okkervil River, Portishead, Lucky Fonz III, Bon Iver, Flying Lotus, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Wild Beasts, The Walkmen, Toumani Diabaté, Etran Finatawa, DeVotchKa, Deerhunter, Terakaft, Shearwater, 2008's Best Records, Rokia Traore

Kings of Leon – Only by the night

Kings of Leon are one of the few bands around that are currently making a claim for the title of stadium rock champions. The only other contenders I can think of are Arcade Fire and My Morning Jacket. Kings of Leon’s last album Because the times , saw Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 6:56 PM by Lloyd | 4 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, My Morning Jacket, Bruce Springsteen, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, The Cure

New Kings of Leon track - Free Download

The first song from Kings of Leon's fourth album, Only By The Night , is up for download at their website. Go here . The fuzz-bassy track is quite cool, looking forward to the whole album, which is out 23 September. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:05 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Kings of Leon

The Beautiful Newborn Children - Hey People!

Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce the faceless band that everybody loves, The beautiful newborn childre-eeen! It¹s one thing to record a blindingly brilliant little punk rock record, but to then not even take the credit for it is something else altogether. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:08 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Rolling Stones, Kings of Leon, stooges

Raising hell: An Album and Gig review

Sitting on a rock at Oppikoppi watching the sun set behind The Albert Frost Band, who were ripping through a thundering rendition of an old Hendrix number, I met Fredriguez, the six-fingered lead guitarist for The Hellphones. As we bonded over great rock’n’roll Read More...

Posted Monday, September 04, 2006 11:54 AM by Lloyd | 2 Comments

Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Reviews, Interview, Oppikoppi, Festivals, Albert Frost, The Hellphones, Live, Kings of Leon

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