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Leonard Cohen – Live in London

While Cohen’s misfortune (his former manager helped herself to his million dollar retirement fund) may have been behind his 2008 tour, the resultant album Live in London is a real treat for the fans. “It’s been a long time since I stood on a stage in Read More...

Posted Monday, August 17, 2009 1:43 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Leonard Cohen

The Ballad of Lucky Fonz III

Amsterdam's award-winning folk singer Lucky Fonz III has returned to Gauteng for a second tour and will be playing at Oppikoppi this weekend. Fonz is deeply rooted in the American song traditions, his influences traversing Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Neil Read More...

Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 4:12 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Bright Eyes, M Ward, Oppikoppi, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, will Oldham, Lucky Fonz III

Meet The Walkmen: Great free Daytrotter Sessions

So one of my favourite new discoveries this year, is actually not that new at all. The Walkmen are an indie rock band from New York City and they have been around since 2000. Formed out of two other bands, Jonathan Fire*Eater and The Recoys, they have Read More...

Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 5:18 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, Daytrotter, Royal Trux, The Walkmen

In search of the miraculous: Lucky Fonz III @ Back 2 Basix

All Photos: COPYRIGHT Lisa Skinner Last night I witnessed something truly miraculous. I saw one of the finest singer/songwriters walking the planet deliver a performance so spellbindingly beautiful, it made me angry that there were only fourteen other Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:04 PM by Lloyd | 4 Comments

Filed under: Johnny Cash, Bright Eyes, M Ward, Bob Dylan, Devendra Banhart, Leonard Cohen, will Oldham, Lucky Fonz III

Out with the new, in with the old!

Having just completed the majority of reviews I had outstanding for that newspaper that I work for, I have this feeling of overwhelming relief. While discovering loads of great new music throughout the year is a really cool job to have, it’s amazing how Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 22, 2007 11:53 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Gram Parsons, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, pink Floyd, Patti Smith

The National - Boxer

Although The National’s last album was a great slab of melancholic indie-rock, I was still unprepared for the audacity of their latest album, Boxer. To put it simply, everyone else is going to have to work bloody hard to beat this album in 2007 -- it Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:30 AM by Lloyd | 5 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Joy Division, Interpol, The National

Destroy 3000 years of Culture and then build it up again – squiff!

I had this album for quite a while before I actually started listening to it. I was so wrapped up in discoveries like TV on the Radio and Electrelane last year that this one almost slipped me by. Then just before I went on holiday, I slipped it in late Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:20 AM by Lloyd | 3 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, will Oldham, wolf parade, Sunset Rubdown, New Pornographers, Swan Lake, Frog Eyes, Destroyer

Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope

Russian-born singer-songwriter Regina Spektor rose to fame through her third album, Soviet Kitsch, and her opening slot for New York's hot new things The Strokes. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centred on New York City's East Village Read More...

Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 5:50 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Leonard Cohen

Electrelane - Singles, B-sides & Live

Brighton’s all-girl four-piece, Electrelane, are one of the best-kept secrets of the decade. Combining influences as diverse as Joy Division, Sonic Youth, Mogwai, Can and Neu!, this band is on the cutting edge of art rock. This compilation collects the Read More...

Posted Monday, November 20, 2006 5:02 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Sonic Youth, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Joy Division, Neu!, Can, Electrelane, Mogwai

Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love

Bill Callahan is one eccentric songwriter, but his latest effort is a work of sublime simplicity and beauty. An album to hold its own against the likes of Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline, Neil Young's Harvest and Leonard Cohen's New Skin for the Old Ceremony. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:36 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Smog, Leonard Cohen