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R.E.M's Accelerate to drop on April Fools Day

So R.E.M's new album Accelerate is just around the corner and early blog posts suggest that it is a rip-roaring snorter of an album. Hell Yeah! If it's as good as they say, it will be a return to form, because let's face it Around the Sun was a piece Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:10 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: R.E.M

Rabbit in the headlights: The Black Hotels Interview

They say very few people ever saw the Velvet Underground live, but almost all of those who did went on to form a band. John Boyd lead singer of The Black Hotels never saw the Velvet Underground, he just read the book, Uptight and that was enough for him. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:42 AM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Reviews, Interview, Jim Neversink, Feature, Velvet Underground, R.E.M, Black Hotels, Interpol, The Go-Betweens

The Black Hotels @ the Boh

The Bohemian was packed on Saturday Night, the crowd had come to see the Black Hotels back at the Boh, with support from One Sock Thief and The Slickers. The Slickers were already well into their set when I arrived, however the few songs I caught showed Read More...

Posted Monday, July 16, 2007 12:00 PM by Lloyd | 5 Comments

Filed under: SA Bands, Live, Velvet Underground, R.E.M, Black Hotels, Interpol, The Go Betweens

Luna - Best Of

I am incredibly late to the Luna party, to the point where they have already disbanded, but damn I love this band. I mean what’s not to love about that sound that effortlessly locates itself somewhere between early R.E.M, the Velvet Underground and Mercury Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:06 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Velvet Underground, R.E.M, Television, Mercury Rev, Luna

Some cool Shit on the Web!

So trawling the net yesterday I discovered some cool music related odds and sodds that I thought I should share. First up Matthew Perpetua from Fluxblog has launched a new blog called Pop Songs '07, which is dedicated to writing about the songs of R.E.M Read More...

Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:32 AM by Lloyd | 7 Comments

Filed under: Talking Heads, Tom Waits, R.E.M, Bjork

The Hidden Cameras - Awoo

What a very strange album! I must have listened to this many times over and still I am not quite sure what is going on here. There is the obvious similarities to Georgia’s R.E.M, but whereas I am a huge fan of that band, this one I just can’t make up Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:46 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, R.E.M

Heavy Duty Discipline: The He-Shes

In quick succession, Heavy Duty Discipline (Mach II), the new feature by guest interviewer Woody Mellor. This is the second in a regular series of quick interviews with up and coming bands. Fresh from their debut gig last week, Isolation.tv brings you Read More...

Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 9:10 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: SA Bands, Interview, Feature, Velvet Underground, Ramones, R.E.M, The He-Shes, Heavydutydiscipline

Bang and Blame: A monday night of indie rock @ Cool Runnings

I popped down to the sweaty armpit that is the Cool Runnings basement on Monday for their two bands for R10 gig. As I am no longer a student it turned out to be R20. The line-up featured The Bang and Green is for Turbo. I arrived a couple of songs into Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:20 PM by Lloyd | 3 Comments

Filed under: SA Bands, Reviews, The Flaming Lips, Live, R.E.M, The Bang, greenisforturbo

R.E.M - When the lights is mine… The best of the I.R.S years 1982 -1987

This is R.E.M in all their southern-gothic, jangly-pop glory. From the previously unreleased video of the band performing wolves, lower from their Chronic Town EP debut, to the live TV performances of Radio Free Europe, Talk about the passion, Pretty Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:17 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: Reviews, dvd, R.E.M

R.E.M -And I feel fine: The best of the I.R.S years (1982 – 1987)

For a band whose last album registers somewhere near the lower end of the spectrum, as far as quality is concerned, R.E.M have been releasing a number of compilations and DVDs in the last few years. This one captures the band’s first five years on one Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:48 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, R.E.M