Month: October 2012
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HigherPlainMusiCast – Episode 2 – Jana Fisher
The latest episode of HigherPlainMusiCast is in and this time its Jana Fisher joining us. The NYC Singer/Songwriter released her new EP a few weeks…
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Austin Wintory – “Horn OST” Review
Austin Wintory earlier this year swept me away with the formidable Journey soundtrack which has become one of my favourite game soundtracks not just of the year,…
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Big Giant Circles – “Puzzlejuice OST” Review
Big Giant Circles has been creating a name for himself with all these wonderfully small but perfectly formed soundtracks and Puzzlejuice is no different. Opener…
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Elmobo – “Aliens Incursion OST” Review
Aliens Incursion isn’t a game I’ve played (IOS – poor me with a non smartphone still) but elmobo has made a corker of a five…
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Introducing… Sóley
Sóley appears to be quite well known from the awesome musical country of Iceland but I’ve only just discovered her via this wonderful live set…
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Patrick Fitzsimmons – “Hope Is” Review
Patrick Fitzsimmons’ latest full album “Hope Is” is a curious blend of middle of the road acoustic based folk rock with some Celtic flair thrown…
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Patrick Wolf – “Sundark and Riverlight” Review
Patrick Wolf’s music career has always been a bit under the radar from most people but he has gained a cult following over the ten…
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Playthrough: Waku Waku Derby (PS1)
A quick peek at a quietly hidden horse racing board game on the Japanese PS1 store: Waku Waku Derby
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Naynt – “Naynt” Review
Naynt is the artistic name of Simon Gross, a composer whose music is in a similar vein to game music but he also crosses various…
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Atticus Finch – “Atticus Finch EP” Review
Atticus Finch have crafted a wonderful sound and their EP is simply one most surprising discoveries I’ve had in the last few months. Their blend…
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Jana Fisher – “Ideals & Deals” Review
Jana Fisher’s début EP “Ideals & Deals” is an excellent trio of tracks that set out a great blueprint for the artist. “30k” opens up with hip…
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Introducing… Derek Webb
Derek Webb has been making music for a while but has been popping onto my radar with some of his latest work where his latest…
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Music Vault – Time and Energy
Time And Energy are a funky duo from California. There’s something psychedelic but hooked about the music they make and their video has excellent use of…
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Imogen Heap – Google+ Hangout Video
If I could have a random chit chat with any English musician – it’d be Imogen Heap. Here’s why:
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Atra Aeterna – “Pressure” Review
Atra Aeterna’s catalogue of music expands by the mealtime but when things just click – why not go nuts? Pressure is an EP of five…
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Sunday Lane – “From Where You Are” Review
Some musicians are blessed with the talent to write simple ditties, others have a distinct voice that can carry them. Sunday Lane has both. Her début album…
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Higher Plain MusiCast Launches! Episode 1 ~ Kara McGraw
It’s been a LONG time coming but welcome everyone to the first ever episode of Higher Plain MusiCast! These podcasts will feature interviews with musical…
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Introducing…Rebekah Delgado
Rebekah Delgado’s debut album comes out Monday entitled “Don’t Sleep”. She has a very specific smokey strained/hushed vocal that’s actually quite enchanting. Here’s a quite…
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Whispers of the Plains: Penka Kouenva
HPM has the opportunity to chat to Penka Kouneva, the genius behind A Warriors Odyssey which is a wonderful CD taking all the trimmings from…
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Penka Kouneva – “A Warrior’s Odyssey” Review
Penka Kouneva, is the latest in an increasing collection of game and film composers whom have branched off to create an album of their own.…
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BetaCast Episode 4 Released
Ben & Simon’s latest edition of BetaCast focuses on an indepth review of F1 2012, talking about Faster Than Light & Hell Yeah whilst our…
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Beth Orton – “Sugaring Season” Review
Beth Orton’s fifth full album “Sugaring Season” refers to a time of year over in Vermont, USA when the cane is ready to go. In…
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Tori Amos – “Gold Dust” Review
Reworking old songs isn’t something new for Tori Amos, after the remastering of Tales of a Librarian and to a further extend the boxset A…
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Tori Amos Live London 2012 Review & Clips
Quite simply – the night was an absolutely transcending magical experience from start to end. I felt all kinds of emotions running through me to the point…
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Introducing… Jillette Johnson
Jillette Johnson took me a couple of listens to really sink into. Maybe I wasn’t in the right frame of mind. I came back to…
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Team Genius Return With New EPs & LP On The Way!
Team Genius always make me smile. It’s like T-Rex were never miserable! They’ve just today released 3 EP’s for you all. “Home”, “All Ours” and…
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Anathema – “Weather Systems” Review
Anathema are somewhat of a band that has a very distinct two-part career. Their first ten years were heavy rock, crunching guitars and screaming vocals…
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Video Vault – Gregory Douglass
Gregory’s back in a powerful new track that’s free to download or you can pay for a larger package as the talented singer/songwriter tries out…
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Live Vault – Atticus Finch
Atticus Finch is a new band I came across last night. The band are from Perth, Australia and this wonderful live acoustic version of one…
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Poll: Would you prefer separate sites for Music & Games?
The Higher Plain Music banner was where everything originated but games have over the last 18 months played a fairly heafty role and will continue…