I must admit my exposure to the Blues was once limited to B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. Interestingly, Muddy Waters would in turn inspire one of my favourite metal/heavy rock groups Led Zeppelin, whose blues influence is heard… Read More ›
So few artists can really lay claim to a career as diverse and lively as Sarah McLeod. From the glory days of The Superjesus, to her first solo success (following her band’s The Superjesus turbulent split in 2004), through to her experimentation… Read More ›
Black Satellite are duo Larissa Vale and Kyle Hawken and I recently compared them to aspects of Garbage’s crossover heavy sound. So if you’re into alternative rock or even metal, Black Satellite’s amazing debut album Endless is for you. It is aggressive and… Read More ›
There is a distinct quality to ELKI’s stunning vocals and sound that caught my attention a few months back that I immediately did a search online to see what more I could learn about her. To my amazement, a humorous… Read More ›
Alex Lynn, better known as Alex The Astronaut, is such a gentle and even-tempered young woman that it’s hard not to like her. During her recent first Australian tour she got to support Dustin Tebbutt and Lisa Mitchell (one of… Read More ›
For an artist like Olympia with a relatively young career, she seems to have very quickly asserted herself with poise and a great sense of style. Only recently she returned from a whirlwind tour of the UK, as one of… Read More ›
Raz Tilley might be hard to pigeonhole, but I have to hand it to her, she’s a smart and fiercely independent artist that loves what she does. In recent years, she had begun to carve herself a niche with her… Read More ›
I am not here to give you a music lesson. I would just like to share with you my appreciation of some of the best bass players out there. A list of foremost bassists of all time put together by… Read More ›
Electric 5’s lead single, an amazing cover rendition of Gnarls Barkley’s ‘Crazy’, should go some way towards convincing you that you’re going to love this amazing unique quintet. They take their extraordinary talents as cellists and violinists and mix it with… Read More ›
Ali Barter is definitely a breath of fresh of air in my town! Though I have to admit I didn’t know much about Ali at first, except for the fact that her debut album A Suitable Girl – taken from… Read More ›
