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Joseph Arthur - new album as donation download from website

Posted by monster in Music Reviews

I’ve been catching up with my podcasts, such as the wonder Morning Becomes Eclectic from KCRW to discover that Joseph Arthur has a new album out - which can be downloaded directly from his website (here) and only asks for a Donation!!!!  Nice to see some brave thinking.  I’ve made an initial donation and downloaded the album, if the album is good then we’ll donate some more.

In addition to this, Joseph also released Nuclear Daydream which has been very quietly been released - I don’t think I’ve seen any reviews for it in the UK press, including the likes of Uncut, which is a shame, as I’ve been listening to a copy on and off since I found out about its release earlier in the year. Perhaps not as stunning as Our Shadows Will Remain, but still a worthy purchase (despite beingh an import).

Sound Opinion

Posted by monster in General, Music

I’ve been catching up with the podcasts from Sound Opinion made available by the Chicago Public Radio and can be picked up via their website or iTunes.  Presented by Jim DeRogatis and a lesser known music journalist Greg Kot.  I can recommend the podcasts, particularly when interviewing artists as the interviews/discussions to be very open and wide ranging - the Radiohead interview is a good example of this.  The people they’ve interviewed for the podcast have been fairly broad and interesting from Radiohead to Lawrence Lessig to Cameron Crowe.

Thom Yorke - free Remixes

Posted by monster in Music

Thom Yorke’s current solo website http://www.theeraser.net/ has a couple of free remixes (you need to select the buildings to get access to them).  The only problem is that the site is implemented as flash, so making downloading them a little annoying without a download tool.

Damien Rice - 9

Posted by monster in General

Damien Rice is finally back with a follow up to his well reviewed O. The first album wasn’t bad, but the new album - 9 is a definite step up. This gets lots of thumbs up, and if you like your music more acoustic/singer song writer like Tom McRae and Ray LaMontagne then go check it out.