Year: 2013
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British Sea Power – Live Gig Review
I’d never knowing heard of a song from British Sea Power until my awesome partner took me along to see them live Wednesday at Shepard’s…
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Skylight (PC Game Review)
Skylight is a simple game and one that you can get through in a matter of minutes in its simplest form. A game of precision and momentum,…
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Introducing… Erica Glyn
NYC singer/songwriter Erica Glyn works her way onto the site with a weird and wonderful mash up of various different genres. It starts out very…
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Game Review: Micy Roll (PC)
More rolling hi-jinx on PC comes at the expense of Micy Roll, a new game to be released on Desura. You control a mouse that wants to…
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Stream Dead Can Dance’s New Live Album!
Dead Can Dance have their live album from their reunion Anastasis tour ready for release on the 22nd April but you can stream it now…
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Video Vault – Module
Module’s amazing album Imagineering has been out for a while but the music vdieo for The Pieces Fit has not long been completed. A year…
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Utada Hikaru Gives Back with “Kuma Power Hour”
Oh Kuma-chan is quickly becoming a celeb! Utada Hikaru’s beloved Kuma (teddybear) is the titular character in Utada Hikaru’s latest project. “Kuma Power Hour” is…
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Video Vault – Benbrick
Benbrick is releasing an EP and this is the final track for it finished and in the can as they say. “They All Say” is…
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Game Review: 6180 The Moon (PC)
Indie titles usually take a singular idea and run with it as far as they can and 6180 The Moon is a prime example of…
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Yuji Yoshino & Yoko Ueno – “Genso Suikoden: Orrizonte” Review
Genso Suikoden – the series that has spawned four games and about 44 arranged soundtracks! Some of them good, some of them not so good,…
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Introducing… Nat Osborn Band
I normally cannot stand Jazz and along with rap, they remain the two genres I can happily leave any day of the week – however…
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Introducing… Young Summer
Young Summer is going to be a name I think we’ll hear a lot more of in the coming months. Releasing her first EP in…
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Introducing… Spark & Echo
Quite possibly one of the more unlikely combo’s to be wheeled out onto the stage, Spark & Echo are genuinely nice people and Jonathon’s got…
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Introducing…Sasha Papernik
Sasha Papernik comes from Russian heritage but is US based and has just launched her third album “Victory”. This is the wonderfully chilled out…
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Game Review: Sumo Battle (PC)
Who wouldn’t want to play a game where you play as a Sumo Wrestler and you only have to press one button? The premise is…
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Game Review: Jumping Line Plus (PC)
Abstract and minimalist, Jumping Line Plus is an extension from a mobile game that’s made its way to Desura and has toyed at my brain for…
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Game Review: Super Amazing Wagon Adventure (PC)
Crude is fun sometimes! Super Amazing Wagon Adventure takes everything that retro pixel graphics and gameplay lovers want and places it into a zany completely…
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Video Vault – Ultraista
Recommended to me because they had a song remixed by Four Tet – I prefer the original! Ultraista’s début album came out last year and I’m looking…
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Keiichi Suzuki – “Mother Arranged” Review
Mother (Earthbound for the English-speaking world) seems to have a cult following – certainly it has a good cult-stone foothold in RPG history. While the original soundtracks…
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“Zone of the Enders Z.O.E.” Soundtrack Review
ZOE (Zone Of The Enders) is a techno-based bonanza, which is enveloped in lush string arrangements, stand-out vocal tracks and peppered with heartfelt piano pieces to make…
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Live Vault – Tori Amos (Mountain Solo!)
First time ever – Mountain solo. The ending is awesome. That is all at risk of becoming an even lesser veiled fanboy.
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Live Vault – Emiliana Torrini
This is a wonderful live concert while we wait for the new album to be completed and available for us all to consume merrily.
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James Nighthawk – “The Twilight Session” Review
James Nighthawk upon releasing his début album has chosen a perfect title to really get you in the mood for listening to him. “The Twilight Sessions” nestles…
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Video Vault – Kovak
Kovak return with a new synth-pop rock stonker “Radiate” which continues to mark them as a clever band for the future. Such a great mish-mash…
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Wowaka – “Unhappy Refrain” Review
Vocaloid is something I’ve recently got into over the last year in a huge way and one of my favourite producers is Wowaka. I’d only…
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Woodpecker Wooliams – “The School of Being Human” Review
Woodpecker Wooliams looks, acts, sings and plays like Joanna Newsom discovered there’s more to life an a harp. I thought I’d say that out of…
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Introducing… Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and Pestle are a wonderfully mixed up trio from Oakland, USA and have their debut EP coming out in May. They remind me very…
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Introducing… Kree Woods
Kree Woods is a singer/songwriter from Nashville that has the perfect crossover of all things pop-rock with just enough of a tinge of something different…
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Tori Amos & Hauschka Go Out On The Town?!
In a wonderful programme on the excellent Arte channel (which seems to do some amazing programmes and live concerts) Tori Amos meets Hauschka – two…
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Video Vault – Hundred Waters
Hundred Waters’ hypnotic Icelandic blend of ethereal dreamscapes and weirdness make me want to find out a whole lot more about them. Here’s the wonderful…
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Video Vault – Soap&Skin (New Track)
Wow. Soap&Skin continues to utterly haunt me. Fantastic.
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Hiroyuki Nakayama – “Piano Opera Final Fantasy I-II-III” Review
Some of my all time favourite arrangements of game music have been from the Final Fantasy Piano Collections however that series started from the fourth…
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Golden Grrrls – “Golden Grrrls” Review
Golden Grrrls leave me in such a predicament. Have you ever heard an artist or a band that come across so sloppy and mumblecore happy…
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Kubbi – “Circuithead” Review
Kubbi infuses a lot of game music effects and chiptune traits into their musical work. The album makes sure to use a lot of palettes…
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Loreen – “Heal” Review
Sometimes, not very often, Eurovision presents us with someone who you want to find out much more about because you see a spark of something…
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Alex Winston – “King Con” Review
Alex Winston is a singer/songwriter I found on the Wears The Trousers Top 75 Albums of 2012 list. It’s funny because the album doesn’t appear…
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Game Review – Snayke (PC)
Snayke is a wonderful throw back to the years where the Nokia phone game swept the mobile gaming world by storm. Taking your small…
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Avoid – Quick Look / Review (PC)
Avoid is a game of perception and dexterity. The simple premise see’s you as a green block trapped inside a square mass. Increasing waves of…