MusicGeeks blog

A Move Afoot

27/11/2008 23:50:12

As you can see, it has been a long while since I updated this blog. It has been a busy period for me with little energy left over for the music side of things - my apologies. I have written a ...

The Ting Tings

23/02/2008 22:32:24

Occasionally agents send us news and samples of the artists they're working for; we listen and, if we feel there's something to say, might post an article on them. As you can tell, we have had ...

Free Radiohead Album Download

03/10/2007 19:52:15

There's no doubt that the Internet has changed the music industry and in some ways that the big record labels don't like very much. In much the same way that Hollywood once "owned" their stars under c...

Matisyahu - Unexpected Revelation

25/09/2007 23:24:40

Okay, I'm a sucker for anything new and interesting and unusual mixtures of cultures are my meat and drink. But Matisyahu is really so unexpected that it was inevitable that I would be caught immedia...

Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace

20/09/2007 15:33:15

I've been listening to Foo Fighters new album, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace over at MTV's Th...

Eddie Cochran - the Beginning

19/09/2007 03:09:29

Start at the beginning, she said, and end at the end. The beginning? Well, that was Bill Hayley, wasn't it? And he was awful. Well, Elvis then. But he wasn't much better. Oh, I know, that day-th...

Foo Fighters at Filmore

14/09/2007 06:36:13

A week from today, New York's Fillmore will belong to Foo Fighters. We understand tickets will be limited, so stay tuned to Foo Fighters.com for ticketing inf...

Rogue Wave Album on iTunes

13/09/2007 14:12:32

If you haven't yet heard of Rogue Wave go here and find out what you have been missing. If you're already a fan, you...

Razorlight American Tour

13/09/2007 01:19:59

Razorlight are finally returning to North American shores with a string of dates beginning November 7th in Boston, MA.

"We’ve spent most of this year trying to find time to tour in the Stat...

Vertigo Butterfly

09/09/2007 17:51:25

Their myspace page proclaims "for better or wHearse". Luray Kuca and John Kuca, the only two members of the band Vertigo Butterfly proved that eerily true with a hose from the exhaus...

The Lovin' Spoonful

03/09/2007 22:12:30

Time to dig around in the past looking for gems. And what better to find than the Lovin' Spoonful? Here was a group that bucked the trends of the time with a sound that cheered and lyrics that spoke...

Harmonica Shah

31/08/2007 02:39:15

Some time ago, on another blog, in another world, I wrote a few articles about banjos, a secret pleasure of mine. Those posts produced so much response that I thought it would be interesting to have ...

David Lindley - Who?

25/08/2007 03:38:48

My recent post on Bob Dylan sparked a long conversation with Chunter in the comments system and he pointed me towards the work of Tony Banks. Tony who? thought I, as I listened to the YouTube links h...

Amy Whitehouse US Tour Cancelled

22/08/2007 00:16:25

Citing concerns about her health and the rigors of touring, Amy Winehouse has cancelled all planned tour dates across the US and Canada in September. The tour will be rescheduled for 2008.

The Voice of Bob Dylan

21/08/2007 01:31:38

Whenever the subject of great singers comes up, I always put forward Bob Dylan. I know perfectly well that most people react with amazement at the very idea that Bob can sing and I admit that there i...

Amy Winehouse Back to Rehab

19/08/2007 02:21:46

When I first heard Amy Winehouse, I thought "here's a voice that can contend with the greats - Aretha, Janis - here's a voice that can be legendary". It isn't that her voice is technically perfect, o...

Rogue Wave Preview

14/08/2007 02:39:42

For those of you who can't wait to hear the new Rogue Wave album that's due out September 18, here's a sneak preview just for readers of MusicGeeks:

th...

Rogue Wave

27/07/2007 03:17:00

Rogue waves, once thought to be merely legend but since proven to exist, are rarely encountered walls of water that arise without warning, against...

Plain White T's

23/07/2007 05:34:10

If you've been listening to the radio at all this summer, you've heard the chart-topping single from Plain White T's, Hey There Delilah

The Importance of the Postal Service

19/07/2007 17:50:49

In the About link to this blog, I mentioned that my favorite group of the moment is the Postal Service. There seems no better way to begin this blog than to investigate why I think that they occupy a...