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Kaapstad Slaapstad - Welcome to the world of Mavis Vermaak: Plagued by self-doubt and insecurity, it becomes quite clear while chatting to Riana Wiechers about her musical alter ego, Mavis Vermaak, that we are lucky to have her debut EP at all. Lucky indeed for the five tracks that make up Wiechers' new record, Read More...; Posted Monday, April 19, 2010 5:47 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Interview, Feature, Buckfever Underground, Portishead, Mavis Vermaak
Massive Attack - Heligoland: Massive Attack are back! With their first proper album in seven years, this Bristol outfit have made a major return to form. 2003's 100th Window had few interesting moments and left many fans disappointed, but the quality of Heligoland should rectify Read More...; Posted Monday, March 08, 2010 3:56 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, TV on the Radio, Damon Albarn, Portishead, Martina Topley-Bird, Massive Attack, Horace Andy, Mazzy Star
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
Darkness on the edge of town: The Fink interview: Ninja Tune is not the kind of label you would expect to find an intimate singer/songwriter bearing his soul, but Fink is not your average singer/songwriter. Coming from a background in house, acid jazz and hip hop, Fink brings something new to the acoustic Read More...; Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:39 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments
Filed under: CD, Interview, Feature, Tricky, Bjork, Portishead, Massive Attack, Ninja Tune, Jimi Hendrix, Fink
The Bristol sound is back!: This was a piece that I wrote to accompany an interview with Tricky from the Guardian that was run in the M&G. You can read the interview here . In the mid-Nineties it used to be flippantly said that Massive Attack invented trip-hop, Tricky perfected Read More...; Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 2:34 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments
Filed under: Tom Waits, TV on the Radio, Tricky, Damon Albarn, Portishead, Flying Lotus, Danger Mouse, Martina Topley-Bird, Massive Attack
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago: OK so with the half year almost upon us, I was thinking about what albums I had fallen head over heels in love with since January [More on that later]. Anyway one of them has been the Bon Iver album For Emma, Forever Ago . I remember when a friend of Read More...; Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:45 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments
Filed under: TV on the Radio, Portishead, Iron & Wine, Black Keys, Bon Iver
From Radiohead to Bob Dylan: News from the intaweb!: Hello there, well just thought I would bring you same random news from the intaweb that caught my eye this week. First up the New York Times has reported that Radiohead are close to signing a series of deals to release In Rainbows independently worldwide. Read More...; Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:04 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments
Filed under: Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Portishead, Muse

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