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R.I.P Rick Wright

Rick Wright, Pink Floyd's keyboardist and founding member passed away on September 15 after struggling with cancer. He was 65. R.I.P Rick! Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:47 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: pink Floyd

The Future has arrived!

One of my favourite moments in Julian Temple’s 2006 documentary Glastonbury, which traces the festival’s thirty-something year history, is a scene where a bunch of guys had set up a sign that said, “sign up here to complain that festival is not as good Read More...

Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 12:22 PM by Lloyd | 3 Comments

Filed under: Oppikoppi, Festivals, Fokof, pink Floyd, kid of doom, FotoNaDans, Isochronous

Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse

On the surface the Besnard Lakes might appear to be the Johnny-come-latelies to the Montreal indie rock scene that includes Arcade Fire, Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade, but their second album might have proved them to be the dark horse after all. Indeed, Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:28 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, pink Floyd, Arcade Fire, wolf parade, Sunset Rubdown, Beach Boys, The Besnard Lakes

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

Cyann & Ben - Sweet Beliefs

On first listen, this new album by French quartet Cyann & Ben sounds incredibly self-indulgent and hard to get into, but give it time and it will open up in the most beautiful of ways. The fact that they pay scant regard to traditional song structures Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 05, 2006 5:47 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, pink Floyd, Mogwai

Dan Patlansky - Real

Dan Patlansky has come a long way since he picked up a guitar at the age of 14 and started playing along to his father's Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd records. He is now considered, alongside Albert Frost, to be one of South Africa's premier blues musicians, Read More...

Posted Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:44 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Reviews, pink Floyd, Dan Patlansky

Long Live Black Mountain

You know when you read a review about an album and you just know that it is for you. Well the first time I heard about Black Mountain, I though it sounded like my brothers ideal album, owing to his utter fascination with anything 70's rock. A band that Read More...

Posted Monday, October 09, 2006 9:57 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Neil Young, Velvet Underground, Primal Scream, pink Floyd