Year: 2009
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Live Vault – Vienna Teng
To celebrate the release of “Inland Territory” which we will be reviewing tomorrow, we have Vienna Teng as this week’s Live Vault. Performing a Mandarin…
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Brendan Perry’s New Album “Ark” Coming August
It’s been a long time coming but Brendan Perry’s eagerly awaited new album “Ark” will be available for digital download in August this year. Those…
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Bat For Lashes – “Two Suns” Review
Second albums are supposed to be the hard ones to do. Keeping your original sound whilst staying fresh and not repeating. Bat For Lashes’ début…
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Video Vault – Tori Amos
Leading single from the upcoming 10th studio album “Abnormally Addicted to Sin”, “Welcome to England” now has its full music video up for everyone to…
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“Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon” Review
“Final Fantasy IV Celtic Moon” takes the songs from the epic game’s NES soundtrack and rearranges them onto beautifully played Celtic instrumentation. Selecting 15 tracks,…
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Crayon OST Review
Crayon OST is the soundtrack to Crayon Physics Deluxe, an indie game. A three track soundtrack was released for free and it contains some of…
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Garry Schyman – BioShock Score Review
Garry Schyman’s “BioShock Score” was released as a free downloadable CD containing a selection of the orchestral music from the iconic game. Sadly, of the…
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Most Viewed March 2009
Well March was a big month! HPM hit a new high for hits and we should pass the 20,000 mark at some point in April…
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PJ Harvey & John Parish – “A Man A Woman Walked By” Review
After the ethereal “White Chalk”, PJ is back with grungy guitars and screaming moans of anger with her latest album “A Man A Woman Walked…
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Live Vault – The Star Onions
Well The Star Onions, who we hope will be back for a second album, have popped up with some interesting rehearsal footage for their concert…
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Video Vault – Bat For Lashes
Bat for Lashes’ second album “Two Suns” is coming out next monday and we are excited for one. Here is the promo video for the…
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Whispers of the Plains – Jeremy Facknitz
Jeremy Facknitz is a singer/songwriter who independently released his latest album “Music From the Original Motion Picture”. Here he talks about his latest release, home…
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Masaya Matsuura: Um Jammer Lammy Walkthrough
Sister site Higher Plain Games has almost finished uploading its complete walk through of Um Jammer Lammy, a music game for the Sony PlayStation (1)…
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Site Updates: March
This month has been a good month despite there not being as many updates, mainly due to a personal life this month however it will…
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Pj Harvey & John Parish – Video Vault
PJ Harvey & John Parish’s much awaited follow up to 95’s Dance Hall At Louse Point, “A Man A Woman Walked by” is coming out…
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Tori Amos – Live Vault
Tori Amos gave some new songs a début at a recent show. This weeks live vault then showcases all the new songs sung which are…
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Tori Amos – Tracklist for AATS Announced
Tori Amos’ latest album Abnormally Attracted to Sin has had its tracklist announced. It looks like another long album instore for us and although the…
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Utada – “This Is the One” Review
Hot off the back of Heart Station, her fifth solo Japanese album comes “This Is the One”, Utada’s second English album. This time around its…
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Higher Plain Games – 100,000 Views
A big thank you to all the people whom have watched any clips from HPM’s other cause, Higher Plain Games. Game trailers and walkthrough videos…
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Alanis Morissette – Video Vault
This weeks video vault is simple video from Alanis Morissette for “Not As We”. While the video is beautifully done and the beach is lovely,…
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Live Vault – Emmy Rossum
Emmy Rossum released an album? And not only did she write all the music and the lyrics it’s not generic pop? And it has an…
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Whispers of the Plains – Interviews With OverClocked Remix Project Leaders!
Yesterday saw OverClocked Remix release “Summoning of Spirits”, a massive arrangements project that spans 4 discs (plus 3 bonus tracks) covering the Namco “Tales Of…”…
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Natalie Imbruglia New Album
Possibly the most mainstream English speaking artist I have really enjoyed over the past 10 years, Natalie Imbruglia, is back with a new album. Entitled…
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Utada – This Is The One Tracklist
It’s a tad late but here’s the 10 tracks names for Utada’s latest album “This Is The One”. Some interesting track names such as Automatic…
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Sarah Slean – “The Baroness Redecorates” Review
Following on from The Baroness, an album which was possibly the “safest” album Sarah has done to date, Sarah Slean returned at the end of…
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Whispers of the Plains – Gregory Douglass
We loved Gregory Douglass’ latest album “Battler” that much we hunted him down for a quick interview. Here is the multi talented singer/songwriter who gives…
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Gregory Douglass – “Battler” Review
Gregory Douglass is an indie singer/songwriter who has just blipped onto HPM’s radar just in time for his latest release “Battler”. Man with acoustic edge…
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Tanya Donelly – “Sleepwalk”
Tanya Donelly returned in 2001 with “Sleepwalk”, a 4 track EP that preluded the excellent “Beautysleep” which was her second solo album. Three of these…
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Live Vault – Gregory Douglass
This week’s Live Vault comes from singer/songwriter Gregory Douglass whom I’ve just discovered. This seventh album is to be released this week coming entitled “Battler”…
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Video Vault – B*Witched
I’ve been currently going back on a nostalgia trip and I remember these Irish girls giving us some of the most despairingly catchy pop songs…
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Most Viewed – Feb 09
Not since we reviewed Sarah Slean’s “The Baroness” have we had such a clear winner. Vienna Teng has by far and away our most viewed…
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Fluid: “Dolphinus Solarus” Review
Some people may remember a certain PlayStation game released in 1998 entitled “Fluid” which had you playing as a dolphin unlocking sound loops to then…
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Nirvana – “Bleach” Review
Whilst “Nevermind” may have been their big break record, “Bleach” was actually their first album and didn’t not feature Dave Grohl (who joined the following…
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Dead Can Dance – “Aion” Review
With each album Dead Can Dance turn to a different place in time and space. With “Aion” the time and place is the French Renaissance.…
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Live Vault – Irina & Ancient Future
It’s harder than it should be to find anything on Irina Mikhailova but here’s a rare concert caught on camera for everyone to enjoy. Its…
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Importing Music As A UK Citizen
For the first time this year I’ve just completed a Japanese computer game soundtrack order from CDJapan and I’m staggered by the huge price jump…
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Saeko Chiba – “Carry On Everyday” Single Review
Alundra 2 the game took a lot of flack for generally being considered a baby version of its much loved and enjoyed original. However I’ve…
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Tori Amos – 2009 Album!
Tori’s back! A short message on her myspace has confirmed an album to be released in Spring this year. The album will be titled “Abnormally…