Blog: jus' like music

Last week I told you of a new discovery here in Australia; Gotye . You can find that entry here . Anyway, with the extreme power of the internet I managed to speak to Wally a few days ago, he very kindly gave me a copy of his latest album, so I figured it only fair to share my thoughts on the entire record. If you cast your mind back to last week you'll remember there was a mention of exactly where in the mine-field of genres Gotye lies. I suggested [...]

Another five MySpace Music pages to share with you today. Just like last time, all of the artists and groups I feature have one thing (at least) in common; all have had less than 10,000 page-views. If you know of any artists on MySpace, with less than 10,000 page-views, that you think I should feature, please let me know. Aside from the page-views, the other things I look for are at least a bit of a bio (so I can give some detail in my write up) and generally that I like the music - would be [...]

Much has been said over the years with regards to artists releasing double albums, but the recent release of Red Hot Chili Peppers' double album Stadium Arcadium got me wondering bout this subject once more. Double albums; double the value or double the trouble? Firstly let me clarify what a double albums is; a record released on two discs as the content will not fit on to one disc. Historically vinyl LPs were often released as double albums as vinyl discs could not hold as much music as modern CDs. Most vinyl LPs were between [...]

Decided to go for another not-so-new track this week... Nostalgia 77 - Seven Nation Army feat. Alice Russell >> download << This download is a sample of the music only and must be deleted from your computer within 24 hours of downloading. This download link will expire on 2nd June. I've heard a few different covers of Seven Nation Army , but when I first heard this version (on a mix-tape) my jaw nearly hit the floor. I instantly [...]

A wizard with a sampler and Oz as in Australia. I am talking about someone that a lot of Australia seems to be talking about, but I hate to see the rest of the world miss out. I'm talking bout Gotye , apparently pronounced Go-tee-yeah . Gotye is 25-year-old Wally De Backer from Melbourne, Australia. He plays a multitude of instruments, can sing, and also produces all of his music from the the very house he lives in. On his MySpace page he lists his genres as alternative/electronica/indie, [...]

So, this blog is already one week old! Thanks to everyone that has read the entries, and even greater thanks to those people that have left me comments, you guys really are fuelling this thing. Today I decided I'd feature the group that have remained at the top of my last.fm charts for a long time now; The Herbaliser . Since 8th February 2005 I've, apparently , listened to The Herbaliser 654 times - so they must be pretty good, right? Right! Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry formed The [...]

I am of course referring to albums due out sometime within the rest of this year. I'll list the ones I am looking forward to, as this is in-fact my blog. So there! However, feel free to leave me comments with any albums that you are looking forward to, I'm a pretty open minded kinda guy, so chances are if you are looking forward to it, then I might just appreciate it too. DJ Shadow - Well, I could write a whole essay purely [...]

I think the title of this entry pretty much suggests what I'm gonna rant about, but... first off, I just want to say that from a commercial stand-point, I realise that there is a place for hip-pop and that plenty of people seem to really enjoy it. I don't want for there to be any presumption that I'm going to just rip some music to shreds and praise some other (I make no promises, what can I say? I'm passionate!) - I'll attempt to show a bit more depth into the discussion and raise some valid [...]

I have five MySpace Music profiles to share with you today. The thing they all have in common (currently) is that they all have less than 10,000 views on their respective pages. So, we're gonna give them some more views, aren't we?! I don't plan on going into too much detail on each profile as I am hoping you'll take the time to actually read the info on the pages yourself - I'm no copy & paste monkey! So, in no particular order, here are the five profiles... Grudle Bay Riots [...]

I've been regularly using the internet since about 1998, but been listening to music since 1983 (year of my birth!) - cut to present day and I'm sure most will agree that these two things are at the pinnacle of modern culture. You can discover music easily without the internet, and likewise you can explore the internet without any reference to music, but... integrated together, you are given a whole new avenue to explore, this blog itself is testament to that fact. So, how can you use the internet to access and discover music and what are the [...]

This is the first of my weekly entries that will be known as "Track of the Week" . Basically each Friday I will post my favourite and/or most played track of the week. Sometimes it might be an old track, other times it might be new - either way, it will just be my favourite track of the last week. Who knows, maybe every once in a while it will be a track you've never heard before and will change your life forever! Or something like that anyway. So, this week's track is... [...]

The phrase "spread like wildfire" has never been more apt. Lily Allen is a 21 year old singer/songwriter from London. She has very quickly progressed from MySpace favourite to air-wave hogger. The speed at which Lily's fame has grown makes the Arctic Monkeys' rise to fame look like a tortoise running the London marathon. But what if you live under a rock? Who is Lily Allen? Well, I'll tell you... Lily's music has been described as ska/pop. I first discovered her about a month or [...]

So, this is the first post of this new blog. If anyone is reading this, thank you, if nobody is reading this... well, I'm as good as talking to myself. Anyway... I figured a good first post would be to talk about what I have discovered to be quite a misconceived internet phenomenon... PODCASTS! I think they are great. There I said it. Personally I listen to them 90% whilst on my laptop, and perhaps 10% of the time on CD whilst driving. If you've done your homework you'll know that [...]