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SXSW Quick Reviews – Day Wave, Methyl Ethyl, King, Estelle

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Ricky in South By Southwest | Leave a comment

SXSW is a blur, but we did manage to see a lot of bands. Here are some quick reviews for some of the acts that we saw. Day Wave – Synth poppy band played the Hype Machine Hotel on Saturday, I caught a bit of their set and they seemed like nice guys. They played an excellent cover of New Order’s Ceremony, which is one of my favorite songs ever. So that is mega bonus points for them. Go check … →


SXSW Preview: Spain

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Ricky in South By Southwest | Leave a comment

I stumbled upon Spain in my formative years in the 90s and I was very glad I did. Featuring the smooth strength of Charles Hayden’s vocals and simple jazzy arrangements, Spain’s sound was a great contrast to the buffet of britpop I had on my regular rotation. The track Nobody Has To Know is still one of my favourite tracks to this day. The past year saw Spain team up with Canada’s own Dine Alone Record to deliver the new … →


Concert Review: Placebo, October 15, Sound Academy

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Ricky in Concerts | 1 Comment

Sometimes you leave a band behind, and sometimes, a band leaves you behind. This was the ultimate theme for me last Wednesday night as I saw Placebo live. To me, Placebo was always this upstart band in the late nineties with a love of Bowie, a mischievous, androgynous frontman and a swath of lyrics that are mysterious at best and nonsensical at worse. I mean, c’mon, look at some of the lyrics of Pure Morning: A friend in needs a … →


Song of the Day: James – Moving On

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Ricky in Song of the Day | Leave a comment

You know, it’s funny they ran Britpop nostalgia week a few weeks ago on BBC when there are clearly still some bands from that era going strong. Manic Street Preachers have a new album out this year, Gruff Rhys and Damon Albarn just released solo records and then there’s James. The Manchester band has never really stopped making quality music (save for a few years in the 2000’s) and will have 14th(!) album this year. The lead single is Moving … →


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