Year: 2010
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Live Vault – tUnE-yArDs
This weeks Live Vault comes from the wonderful tUnE-yArDs with a sparkling rendition of the track “News” from her debut album. It’s surprising how much…
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Classic Console Game Review: ATV Simulator (ZX Spectrum)
Anyone who knows of my other hobby (sim racing) knows I will eat up any racing or vehicle games. ATV Simulator comes from Codemasters and…
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Classic Console Game Review: 720 Degrees
Tony Hawks eat your heart out! My first skating game that left a decent lasting impression was 720 Degrees. Orginally an arcade hit, turned into…
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Classic Console Game Review: 10th Frame (ZX Spectrum)
The first review of the new classic console game review (CCGR) series is that of my first bowling game I owned called “10th Frame”. There’s…
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Higher Plain Music Guess the VGM Song Contest 2010!
IT IS HERE! 100 songs, 300 points available – will you take the winning honours and gain the almighty prize that has yet to be…
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Video Vault – Jesca Hoop
Jesca Hoop has been on my radar for a long while but I kept forgetting to grab one of her albums to get me started.…
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Guess That VGM Song 2010 Coming Monday!
It’s been a long time in the making (hence a quiet month here at HPG) but due for release on bank holiday monday here in…
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Live Vault – Espers
Espers are so beautiful, and this live performance of “Trollslanda” shows just how organically melting they are live. There’s so little live footage about of…
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Introducing… Kelly Greene
Kelly Greene is a singer/songwriter who popped onto my radar the other day. Her vocals vary from fragile to forceful with ease and the guitar…
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Monster Tri Hunter OST Released Today
Monster Tri Hunter’s soundtrack was released today which is of particular excitement of MH and MegaMan fans as the composers are Tadayo Shinmakin and Yukko…
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Live Wire Playthrough Complete
PS1 squares with funky fish game Live Wire, a personal favourite of mine, has finally got its full playthrough uploaded. You can view it here!
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Introducing… Mushu
Mushu are an Australian band based in Sydney who combine some lushious guitar and keyboard ambient soundscapes with beautiful perscussive sounds and soft vocals. The…
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Imogen Heap – “iMegaphone Live” Review
Imogen Heap performed a one off iTunes concert whereby she played her entire debut album iMegaphone (still my favourite of her four albums she’s released…
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Video Vault – Passion Pit
Slightly obsessed over the song used in the LittleBigPlanet2 trailers? I am! The song is called “Sleepyhead” from Passion Pit and although I have to…
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Soap&Skin – “Lovetunes for Vacuum” Review
Soap&Skin fell onto my radar a few months ago and I’ve never looked back. “Lovetune for Vacuum” is a beautifully gothical deliciously delicate delight. “Sleep”…
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PJ Harvey & John Parish – “Black Hearted Love” Review
One of the few artists to still give us wonderful b-sides, PJ Harvey’s collaboration with John Parrish see’s John take the vocals to the b-sides…
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Live Vault – Camille
Last week Video Vault, this week Live Vault – Camille is one of my latest finds and I’m busy scooping up her albums one by…
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Video Vault – Gregory Douglass
Gregory Douglass has embarked a new concept called “Cover Art” which will feature covered songs with visual art videos. The result is the breathtakingly beautiful…
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Anonymous 4 New Album!
Vocal angels Anonymous 4 have their 18th album on the way. Entitled “The Cherry Tree”, it contains a collection of medieval English carols and Anglo-American…
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Million Dollar Mouth – “The panicKING” Review
Million Dollar Mouth are a 5 piece band from LA and have recently released their latest album, the excellently titled “The panicKING”. Is there room…
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Live Vault – Myra Flynn
While HPM iss busy digesting Myra’s debut album ready for a review in the next week or so, have a slice of live Myra Flynn…
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Video Vault – Camille
Camille is a fantastic French singer/songwriter whose music is poppy but reliant on lots of vocal loops and wizardary. This is the music video to…
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1000 Video Barrier Broken!
Over on our sister segment Higher Plain Games, I’ve just uploaded our 1000th video! With 1.6 million views, its been a great priviledge to have…
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IWADON Now Released as a Download Album
At long last the fantastic Hiroyuki Iwatsuki tribute album IWADON, spearheaded by Jeriaska, who runs nobuooo.com amoungst other things in the video game music world,…
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Introducing… Lisa Piccirillo
Lisa Piccirillo is a singer songwriter from America (Vermont) and has a perfectly whimiscal intimate voice that still has a certain smile to it in…
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Video Vault – Maple Bee
Anything with Melanie Garside in it is generally rather fantastic however I absolutely adore this music video for the song “No Place”. There’s just a…
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Petri Alanko – “Alan Wake” OST
Alan Wake has been a game so long in production, it could have been called Alan Will Be Awake Shortly and no one would have…
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Huski – “Make Me Your Picture” Review
Huski, vocally fronted by the wonderful Maple Bee. released one single that contained two fantastic b-sides that I think everyone needs to know about –…
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Lisa Gerrard & Marcello De Francisci – “Departum” Review
Two Lisa Gerrard albums in one year? They can’t both be fantastic surely? Well as a matter of fact, they’re both darn fantastic. “Departum” see’s…
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Rez Playthrough
Cult shooter on the PS2 Rez now has its playthrough up on our sister site Higher Plain Games. The bonus features will be added, but…
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Tori Amos London Concert Review
Something I’m trying to rectify is my lack of live concerts I’ve been to lately and so Tori Amos seemed the best place to start.…
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Imogen Heap Festival Concert Online
A full festival concert is online from Imogen Heap which includes a fantastic crowd participartion version of Just For Now as my personal highlight. Sit…
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Film Trailer: Chronos
Ron Frickie’s gem
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Film Trailer: Naqoyqatsi
The final in the qatsi trilogy.
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Film Trailer: Powaqqatsi
Sadly the only YouTube trailer has its audio removed (silly, silly companies) and so this fan made one will have to do!
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Koyannisqatsi Trailer
While we’re having an audio DVD week here at Higher Plain Music, I thought actually posting the trailers to the films I’ve been reviewing might…
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Film Review: Powaqqatsi
Powaqqatsi is the second of the qatsi trilogy and revolves pretty much around its tagline “Life in Transformation”. It once again follows the visions of…
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Faun – “Ornament” DVD Review
Ornament is Faun’s second live DVD that once again encompasses the tour de force that is Faun. It covers two festival gigs, an unplugged improptu…
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Live Vault – Shiina Ringo
Shiina Ringo throws herself from pure rock to jazz and back again at the flick of a switch and this live vault is “Papaya Mango”…