Year: 2008
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Live Vault – Bat For Lashes
This weeks Live Vault comes from the excellent Bat For Lashes with a non album song I’d not heard until I found this clip. Performed…
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Ayumi Hamasaki – 2007/2008 Countdown DVD Announced
Oh yes, the queen of catalogues is adding to hers AGAIN! The annual year countdown show returns and performs a few new songs from her…
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Chitose Hajime – New Single
Chitose Hajime has a new single out and a new album to follow! After a quiet spell the unique Japanese singer returns with a song…
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Returned!
Hello everyone, Just a quick note to say I’ve returned from Holiday (it was very nice and very overdue!) and I shall be back to…
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Site News: Holiday for 2 Weeks!
I shall be on holiday for the next 2 weeks so there will be no updates until after the 5th of May! I hope everyone…
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Live Vault – Unto Ashes
This week’s Live Vault comes from ancient band “Unto Ashes” whom have a trio at their core and then countless other people popping up every…
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Sarah Slean – Chords For Players
For all those piano players out there that wish to learn some Sarah Slean songs, I have found a nice website with lots of chords…
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Utada Hikaru – CDJapan sends out mass e-mail!
It’s a first for me and of such a large proportion I had to post it! CD Japan, a fantastic website for buying Japanese CD’s…
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Mia Doi Todd – Gea Review
Mia Doi Todd, queen of laid back, bare acoustic silky smooth spookiness returns with a new album entitled “Gea” (with lovely cover artwork if I…
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Vienna Teng – Live Vault
This week’s Live Vault comes from Vienna Teng who’s delicate but powerful voice and luscious melodies could keep me entertained for hours on end. Here’s…
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Son Lux – At War With Walls and Mazes
I was so surprised when I saw the album title, I’d never heard of Son Lux but hunted for more. I heard “break” and loved…
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Michiru Oshima – Ico ~Melodies In The Mist~ OST Review
Ico’s soundtrack, just like the game itself, shrouds you in mystery, throws you through melancholy and back again. The soundtrack holds 16 tracks, which only…
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Tim Larkin – “Uru Music” Review
Tim Larkin’s music is filled with such ambient wonder, sometimes you get completely lost. This makes ideal music for series such as Myst. With “Uru…
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Vanessa Carlton – Heroes and Thieves Review
Well I bought it (see previous Vanessa post) and I’ve listened to it a few times now so I feel ready to review it. Again…
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Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position Review
Patrick Wolf’s third full length album “The Magic Position” is an excellent hybrid of alternative pop, electronic anthems and heart squeezing moments of beauty. “The…
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Utada Hikaru – Prisoner of Love Single
Hikki is busy! Now there’s another single from the album “Heart Station”. The popular “Prisoner of Love” will come as a CD/DVD single only with…
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Lisa Gerrard – New Albums & Scores
Lisa Gerrard is busy in 2008. After releasing a greatest hits last year she returns with a new album and has worked on a few…
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Dead Can Dance – Unreleased Song
While trawling through the vast lands of YouTube I came across a bizarre but fantastic live performance of an unreleased Dead Can Dance song entitled…
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Live Vault – Emiliana Torrini
This weeks Live Vault is a TV performance from the delicate Emiliana Torrini. Best known (criminally) for singing the closing track on Lord of the…
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Ayumi Hamasaki – Asia Tour 2007 DVD Live & Documentary Review
Not a few months goes by without something Ayu-orientated being released! This is her latest DVD taken from the 2007 Asia tour, Ayumi’s first. Also…
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Why Pay the Earth for the Unsuccessful?
Today I’m annoyed. I have just paid £30 pounds for a Soft Cell CD that I’ve sat and waited on for ages. Their forgotten commercial…
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Utada Hikaru – Heart Station Review
Utada Hikaru’s 5th album “Heart Station” is possibly her lightest and definitely her grooviest album to date. Packed with computerised basslines and barely an organic…
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Bjork’s “Wanderlust” PV Released
While I contemplate buying the 3 disc edition of “Volta”, Bjork releases a fantastic video for “Wanderlust” which will be released in a limited edition…
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Joe Hisaishi Unveils New Concert
Long time Studio Ghibli scorer Joe Hisaishi has announced he will be having a concert performed by a 200 piece orchestra and a 400 member…
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Faun Release Their First “Live CD”
The ever beautiful music of Faun has finally made its way to a live CD. Their first release since their newly appointed second female Sandra…
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Ayumi Hamasaki’s Reissues Go Down Today!
Anybody trying to get Ayu’s dvd reissues may run into trouble. I just tried to get mine today (the reissues come off sale on the…
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Shiina Ringo – Heisei Fuzuko Review
Shiina Ringo never sits still. This her fifth album puts her firmly in a jazz/rock genre but then again doesn’t at the same time! “Heisei…
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Joanna Newsom – Ys Street Band Review
Joanna doesn’t seem to write short songs these days! After Ys’ epic suites Joanna returned with her live band to record a 3 song EP…
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Beth Orton New Album?
Beth Orton, out of the spotlight for a while since her excellent 4th album “Comfort in Strangers” has got her first gig in ages on…
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Utada Hikaru – “Celebrate” and “Fight The Blues” Live
While I await Utada Hikaru’s latest album to reach my doorstep, I have found two new album songs performed live on Music Lovers. They are…
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Nina Nastasia – Run To Ruin Review
Nina’s eerie minimal music reaches dizzy heights with her third album “Run To Ruin”. Despite only having 8 tracks and clocking in very quickly (half…
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Bic Runga – Live Vault
Today’s live vault comes from New Zealand beauty Bic Runga who is very successful there but less known elsewhere. Her perfectly silky vocals and elegant…
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Hiroki Kikuta – Lost Files Review
Hiroki Kikuta had seemingly dissolved into thin air for a long time in the world of VGM – I personally hadn’t heard of anything high…
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Yoshitaka Hirota – Shadow Hearts Arranged: NDE
Shadow Hearts Arranged Tracks: Near Death Experience had me slightly worried when it was announced. I had enjoyed two superb soundtracks and I couldn’t really…
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Yasunori Mitsuda – KiRiTe Review
Yasunori Mitsuda is no stranger to celtic influenced music with eastern undertones so with KiRite, an album of music to accompany a 52 page story…
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Sarah McLachlan B-Sides Tracklisting
The tracklistings for the new remix/b-sides cd has surfaced and it’s more of a collaboration set than anything else! Here it is: 1. Ordinary Miracle…
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Live Vault – Lisa Germano
This week’s live vault is Lisa Germano. Back in the spot light with a re-release of “Lullaby For Liquid Pig” with a bonus disc of…
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Tori Amos Subject In Casualty?!
Ever random appearances on TV for Tori Amos finds an episode of Saturday night TV show “Casualty” entitle an episode “Silent All These Years” and…
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Brendan Perry To Release A New Album!
Far, far too long has passed since Brendan Perry’s first solo album since the abandonment of Dead Can Dance. Although we all pray that they…