Live Vault
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Live Vault – Faun
Faun’s latest album Eden is available for MP3 download now and comes out on CD very soon – to celebrate here’s a lovely version of…
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Live Vault – Lisa Gerrard & Klaus Schulze
This is taken from the Live DVD I believe, completely freeform – Godspeed I
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Live Vault – Sarah Blasko (and UK Tour dates)
To celebrate the fact Sarah Blasko is coming to the UK, this week is see’s Blasko take her turn on the live vault section. The…
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Live Vault – Jin’ou Xia & Xinxin Song (Plants Vs Zombies on Gu-zheng!)
The Plants Vs Zombies cover you never knew you needed!
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Live Vault – Deborah Henson-Conant
We love Deb and only she can give us a Hendrix styled electric harp rendition of “Star Spangled Banner”. You’ve gotta love this for 4th…
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Live Vault – tUnE-yArDs
While I await for her second album to arrive on my doorstep, I’ll settle for this awesome video from Pitchfork!
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Live Vault – tUnE-yArDs
In anticipation of my postman delivering me tUnE-yArDs latest album WHOKILL, this is a taste of what’s to come with a fantastic live rendition of…
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Live Vault – Soundgarden
This is a beautiful acoustic version of the absolute classic “Black Hole Sun” – makes the hairs on my neck stand up.
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Live Vault ~ My Brightest Diamond
A beautiful rendition of Inside a Boy, one of my favourite discoveries of 2011 – My brightest Diamond.
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Live Vault – Kyle Landry and Sherry Kim
“At Zanarkand” for many, myself included, is one of the quintessential pieces of video game music. Here is an absolutely mesmorising rendition from pianists Kyle…
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Live Vault – Hotels and Highways
A tour-de-force of musical talent, Hotels and Highways combines talents from Lisa Piccirillo, Syd and Patrick Thomas to create a whimsical folk rock trio of…
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Live Vault – Juana Molina
Because my review of her music just doesn’t do it any justice at all, here’s a lovely live version of “Quien?”
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Live Vault – Charlotte Martin
As a return from my several week hideout writing and recording my own album (and not getting nearly as far as I’d like to have…
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Live vault – Yae
Yae has announced her 10 year anniversairy in March and to celebrate this week she is our Live Vault. Here’s to the next ten years…
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Live Vault – Arcana
Arcana, one of my biggest finds for 2010, opens 2011’s Live Vault with a great rendition of Abkrat”. I’m sure they’re using snippets from Baraka…
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Live Vault – Tsukiko Amano
Tsukiko Amano may be best known outside of Japan for providing her song “Chou” to the game Project Zero 2 (Fatal Frame). This is a…
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Live Vault – Frou Frou
Guy & Immi’s Frou Frou kind of burst into popularity after the project finished but this is fantastic performance of “Close Up“, the only released…
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Live Vault – Jesca Hoop
Get her in a backstage room and ask her to sing a song and Jesca Hoop delivers this fantastic performance of “Murder of Birds“. I…
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Live Vault – Youmi Kimura
It’s very hard to find live performances of any other songs from Yumi Kimura other than “Always With Me” but this orchestral version is beautiful…
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Live Vault – Tori Amos
Everyone on this webpage knows I’m a massive fan of Tori and she gets plenty of dollops of love here but a new heart goes…
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Live Vault – Mia Doi Todd
Mia Doi Todd took a small while to grow on me but now her acoustic/vocal slithers are like coils to my spring. This beautiful rendition…
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Live Vault – Cocteau Twins
While I didn’t get Cocteau’d until about three years ago, I do enjoy finding old footage and reliving it all. This is a fantastic live…
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Live Vault – Bjork & Skunk Anansie
In what must be one of the best moment on Top of The Pops, a collaboration of Bjork and Skunk Anansie see’s a complete screaming…
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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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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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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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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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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”…
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Live Vault – Yasunori Mitsuda
PLAY! Concert is one of a couple of touring video game orchestral performance troupes and their rendition of Yasunori Mitsuda’s Chrono Cross/Trigger melodies are fantastic.…
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Live Vault: Yae
I have been searching for ages for a full decent live song on youtube of Yae. She’s so good live as her live CD shows…
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Live Vault: Faun
HPM love Faun and we’ll be reviewing their latest live DVD release very soon however until then this weeks live vault see’s them perform the…
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Live Vault – Nina Nastasia
Nina Nastasia is this weeks live vault with new song “Cry, Cry Baby” which is from her forthcoming album “Outlaster” due for release 7th June!…
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HPM Goes to See… Tori Amos
Apologies for a few days of hushness but that’ll soon be sorted 🙂 However after being devasted to not get to see Utada earlier this…
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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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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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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…
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Imogen Heap Covers Tori Amos
Imogen has performed a unique and original interpretation of Tori Amos’ “Cornflake Girl”. Watch the cover here. It’s nice to hear the song completely reworked…
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Live Vault – Tegan and Sara
I’d not heard a single song from these lovely identical twins before but one listen of this fantastic acoustic version of “The Con” had me…