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Batucuda Sound Machine – Rhythm and Rhyme
Rhythm and Rhyme is the essence of summer bottled onto a compact disc – a wild and rampant musical flavour explosion thrown together by some of NZ’s most talented world-musicians. Well ‘some’ is a bit of an understatement, BSM is a monumental 12-piece and on their debut they let loose with horns, drums, guitar, bass, Latin percussion, rap and liquid smooth keys. BSM’s musical melting pot bursts with energy, spanning across afro-beat, samba, reggae, soul, dub, funk and hip-hop.
Hendrix stands out as the greatest guitarist to ever grace this planet, but like many other virtuosos he was a one man show, with a band built around him to show off his talents. Read the rest of this entry »
Cat Stevens in 1977 (the height of his career) gave up his life as a musician, sold all his guitars for charity and turned to Islam. 28 years later in 2006 he finally picked up his guitar again and released an album called ‘An Other Cup’ under his adopted Muslim name Yusef Islam.
But what happened in between? Where did he go?
The up and coming Megan Washington and her band ‘Washington’ have featured on Triple J TV and had many a song played on the JJJ radio station. My favourite so far is either ‘Clementine’ or ‘Ishmael’.
M.I.A is a girl with attitude. Instead of making girly music about love and boys, she presents real messages – incorporating her own background to educate people.
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This song reminds me of going to the roller skating rink, wearing bike pants, watching Ninja Turtles, playing with the Gameboy and listening to MC Hammer on my Walkman.
I’m amazed by the success The Mars Volta have had. I just don’t get it. Read the rest of this entry »
The relentlessness of QOTSA’s Songs for the Deaf was confronting when it was released in 2002 and remarkably a stream of second rate imitators have been unable to blunt the pleasure of hearing a band sit on a simple riff and groove and drive right through. Do It Again remains a masterpiece of simple intensity, no let up, no tension relieving frivolity. QOTSA were a gateway drug to real metal for many and this album is aging so well it may hook a few more punters for the dark side yet.
Stephanie Mckay. This ladette brings soul, seventies funk rock and old school hip hop back to the air waves.
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