Year: 2010
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Live Vault – Carina Round
While Carina posts some helerious snippet videos of the making of her new album on her facebook profile, I’d like everyone to see Carina seriously…
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Whispers of the Plains: The Quiet Revolution
We reviewed “Paper Says”, the fantastic collection of songs from The Quiet Revolution. We thankfully got a chance to speak to Tal More, the creative…
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Introducing… Peter Comes From Neverland
Peter Covington is Peter Comes From Neverland. Upon hearing samples of his debut album material, I was completely in raptures over it and had to…
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Introducing… Isaboe
Second of our Introduction trio today is Isaboe, a female singer/songwriter that while initially the music seems quite pop/rock, it has little twists that keep…
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Introducing… Julian Bachlow
As we continue May being a great month of introducing new artists, here’s another one I’ve stumbled over and he’s called Julian Bachlow. HPM always…
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Video Vault – tUnE-yArDs
This weeks Video Vault comes from the absolutely fantastic solo artist tUnE-yArDs. This music video from Real Live Flesh is so entertaining yet it looks…
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The Quiet Revolution – “Paper Says” Review
The Quiet Revolution is a musical project spearheaded by Tal More who writes songs that he then finds quest vocalists and instrumentalists to perform on.…
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Little Big Planet 2 Trailer ~ More Insanely Catchy Music
http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en-gb/2/ There is the website for the trailer for what looks like being the complete ruin of any attempt I shall have for a social…
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Whisper of the Plains ~ Tom Salta Interview on Prince of Persia
Last week we talked to Tom Salta about his Red Steel 2 soundtrack, this week we finish off the interview with a quick chat about…
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Lisa Gerrard – New Album “Departum”
Lisa Gerrard looks like having a very busy 2010. Not only will the soundtrack to Playing for Charlie be released in MP3 format in the…
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Introducing… HuDost
As Higher Plain Music has a new wave of artists for you this May, we’ve already had EpicNES & The Quiet Revolution, next on the…
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Game Review: Feeding Frenzy 2 (PSN)
PopCap have one of the best reputations of making insanely simple yet equally insanely addictive games. Feeding Frenzy 2 is the latest one to grace…
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Video Vault – The Quiet Revolution
The next couple of days will have a smattering of new artists I’ve discovered and we’ll be starting with The Quiet Revolution. A fantastic concept…
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Introducing… EpicNES
A relatively new NES tribute band called EpicNES has not long posted their first trio of songs online and HPM really likes their style. Lead…
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Gregory Douglass’ Monday Night House Shows
In an idea so ingenious I might steal it myself, Gregory Douglass has started off a Monday night Virtual House Show series. Running from his…
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Baraka Review
Something slightly different, Baraka was released in 1992 as something of a lardmark film. Baraka is a visual/audio experience quite unlike anything I’ve really come…
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Video Vault – Christopher Tin
I still can’t get enough of Calling All Dawns and have only just realised Baba Yetu has an official music video! Completely computer generated, it’s…
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Most Viewed April 2010
One of the possibly the only annoying thing with the changes to stats via Wordpress is that I now have almost 600 visitors who visited…
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Tom Salta ~ Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands OST Review
Tom Salta’s busy streak continues with the release of the latest PoP game, this time on the Wii, PSP and DS and Tom’s latest soundtrack.…
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Ayumi Hamasaki Covers by Abottchen
While I wait for Ayumi’s latest album to ship its way to me (I’ve not even heard a single yet, I’ve been so good) I’ve…
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Game Review: Hamster Ball (PSN)
Has a game ever made you feel physically sick? Give Hamster Ball a try… if you dare! Hamster Ball is essentially a very limited and…
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Game Walkthrough ~ Shrek Carnival Craze
A game walkthrough for the PS2 version of Shrek’s Carnival Craze is now available in full over at Higher Plain Games.
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Whispers of the Plains – Corrin Huddleston (on Red Steel 2)
Playing the harmonica and jews harp, Corrin Huddleston has been used for various different projects as well as previously being involved in his own blues…
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Whispers of the Plains: Tom Salta on Red Steel 2 and Atlas Plug
Tom Salta has been a busy bee of late but we were able to tie him down for a few minutes inbetween composing for various…
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Game Playthrough: The Bible Game (PS2)
One of the most unknown gems of the PlayStation 2 days, I’ve just finished uploading a playthrough of The Bible Game, a quiz/mini game hybrid…
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Sarah McLachlan – New Album and Single
Sarah McLachlan doing upbeat and happy?! Well I be damned! New single “Loving You Is Easy” is available to listen on the faithful tube here.…
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Michael Giacchino To Perform Lost Finale Concert
We all know him somehow, but Michael Giacchino is busy preparing for a one off concert of Lost music ahead of the final ever episode…
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Game Review: After Burner Climax (PS3)
A welcome return of an old on rails shooter, After Burner Climax embraces all that is arcade in this revamp for PS3 and XBox360. The…
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Game Review: Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
Having just had a field day on PSPS Mini’sI felt compelled to tell everyone about this fantastic little game. Full of silly humour, great visuals…
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Video Vault ~ Bic Runga
Bic Runga’s music videos are barely seen outside of New Zealand, so I thought this would give Bic’s music some justice. This is the music…
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Live Vault – The Go Team
I’ve often wondered how The Go Team would sound like but judging by this excellent rendition of “Junior Kickstart” is absolutely rocking. Three guitars and…
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Chitose Hajime To Release Two Mini Albums
Chitose Hajime will be releasing two mini albums on the same day. The first mini album will contain six cover songs called “Kotohona””. The second…
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Tom Salta – Red Steel 2 OST Review
Something of a coup HPM has today, is the access to the seemingly never to be released Red Steel 2 Soundtrack. Ubisoft – we will…
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Yuzo Koshiro & Meiko Ishikawa – “Original Sound Version of Dragon Slayer IV – Dragon Slayer Family” Review
Dragon Slayer IV is not a game I have played but then with many OST’s, I have not really hand first hand experience of the…
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Utada Hikaru – Hikari Single Review
“Hikari”, the theme song for Kingdom Hearts (A PlayStation 2 Game) is a delightful song sung by young Japanese sensation Utada Hikaru. Refreshingly for a…
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Noriko Matsueda & Takahito Eguchi – The Bouncer OST Review
The Bouncer OST is one that is full of life and energy. Coming across like something from late Tekken soundtracks rather than the fighting/RPG hybrid…
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Video Vault – Transister
Why did this band not get more success?! I loved their debut album, and apart from a very low quality leaked mp3 four track session…
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Live Vault – Loreena McKennitt
This weeks Live Vault comes from Loreena McKennitt’s absolutely fabulous “Live from the Alhambra” DVD which you can also get in CD format as I…