Top Albums of 2009

Out of all of the new music I've heard and collected this year, I somehow managed to whittle my favorites down to 23 albums, which for one reason or another sent chills down my spine as I listened, or kept coming back to haunt my inner ear. This yea
Comments (0) . Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Recent Album Reviews

I've been meaning to write up some album reviews for the ever growing mass of recently acquired music this year, and late last year but I always find writing reviews hard - hard to give enough justice to the music, hard to fully articulate any though
Comments (0) . Sunday, 24 May 2009

A day at Parachute 2009

Like most years I spent Saturday at Parachute Music Festival, opting this year just for the day rather than the full weekend, but I managed to catch some killer acts, including my brothers set with the beginnings of a new song called Lifeboat: O
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The Music of 2008 - Top 10s

My top 10 (or less) albums of 2008, grouped by vague genre groupings: Top rock Avantasia - The Scarecrow Extreme - Saudades De Rock Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus Glenn Hughes - First Underground Nuclear Kitchen Guns n' Roses - Chinese Democracy King's
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The Music of 2008 - Review

When it comes to music - I'm a freak. Not only do I have a overly large collection; it's varied and rather eclectic - often going form jazz to blues to death metal to opera and back to jazz in single sitting. People have often questioned my ability
Comments (0) . Sunday, 30 November 2008

The Music of 2008 - Week 48

Becoming The Archetype - Dichtomy Jorn - Lonely Are The Brave Tomorrow's Eve - Mirror Of Creation U2 - Achtung Baby / All That You Can't Leave Behind / Beautiful Day / Electical Storm / How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb / Joshua Tree / October / Pop /
Comments (0) . Sunday, 30 November 2008

The Music of 2008 - Week 47

Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus Guns n' Roses - Chinese Democracy Sammy Hagar - Cosmic Universal Fashion Signum Regis - Signum Regis Slayer - Christ Illusion / God Hates Us All Spock's Beard - Feel Euphoria / Octane / Snow Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound Tad
Comments (0) . Sunday, 23 November 2008

The Music of 2008 - week 46

Brother Von Doom -Relentless Celldweller - Soundtrack For The Voices In My Head Vol. 01 Dir en grey - Uroborus Light This City - Stormchaser Mindless Self Indulgence - If / You’ll Rebel To Anything Pain - Cynic Paradise Skinny
Comments (0) . Sunday, 16 November 2008

The Music of 2008 - week 45

Avantasia - Lost In Space (Chapter 1 & 2) Joe Bonamassa - Live from Nowhere In Particular My Silent Wake - A Garland of Tears Royal Hunt - Paradox / Paradox II: Collision Course Darkest Seed - The Seed Is Rising Sammy Hagar - Ten 1
Comments (0) . Sunday, 9 November 2008

The Music of 2008 - week 44

Candlemass - Lucifer Rising Cynic - Traced In Air Death - Individual Thought Patterns Exodus - Let There Be Blood Ephrat - No One's Words It Bites - The Tall Ships Karmakanic - Who's The Boss In Here? Many Things Untold - Atlanti
Comments (0) . Sunday, 2 November 2008