Album name: Plastic Beach Artist name: Gorillaz Genre: Gorillaz Pop Released: 3 March 2010 Label: Parlophone/Virgin ZME Rating: 9/10 Website: www.gorillaz.com ——————————– It appears that the the self-titled debut of Gorillaz was the induction of the 21st Century into the popular culture, ya know before all that nasty terrorism and war stuff. Its follow-up, Demon Days, was a reaction to all of the [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Album name: Life Artist name: Uniform Motion Genre: Folk-pop-cartoons Released: 9 February 2010 Label: Aahhh Records ZME Rating: 5/10 Website: uniformmotion.net I’m something of a deliberate philistine when it comes to fine art. Despite spending six years or so studying the subject in one form or another, I never really saw the appeal. I mean, sure I can appreciate it up to [...]
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Album name: Good Mystery Artist name: Amber Rubarth Genre: Sweetness Released: 12 January 2010 Label: Unsigned, which is criminal ZME Rating: 8/10 Website: amberrubarth.com Much of this world passes me by with alarming speed and frequency. Trends, fads, fashions and vehicles alike all skim dangerously close to my face, while I remain the proverbial Captain Oblivious, wrapped up in a cocoon [...]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Album name: Perfect View Artist name: Libby Johnson Genre: Folk Released: 23 February 2010 Label: Wrong Records ZME Rating: 8/10 Website: libbyjohnsonmusic.com/ I want to preface this review with a plea, and a thank you. You see, this Libby Johnson album - quite a good album, as you’ve yet to find out - is, following Nite Nite and Phantom Family Halo, the [...]
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Album name: How To Touch The Moon Artist name: Nite Nite Genre: Gothy Stuff Released: 12 January 2010 Label: Crash Avenue ZME Rating: 6/10 Website: myspace.com/niteniteband As a beret-wearing, beard-stroking music cricket, there are certain aspects of my job I consider to be pretty vital. First among these is blagging as much free stuff as possible: if there’s a gig I can [...]
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Album name: Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die Artist name: Phantom Family Halo Genre: Rock Released: October 2009 Label: Crash Avenue ZME Rating: 5/10 Website: myspace.com/thephantomfamilyhalo Um. Phwwwr. Chhhhk. Ahem. It’s not that there are no words to describe the Phantom Family Halo’s recent offering: it’s just hard to string whatever words come to mind into a working sentence. Let us be quite clear: [...]
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Hey ZME Universe, I’m sorry I’ve fallen a bit off the map in terms of my columns, but I’m excited about these end-of-decade lists. I’ve been preoccupied with my own list of best albums of songs. I love the lists that the ZME crew is putting together, but something tells me no one else on [...]
Monday, November 23, 2009
Pearse McGloughlin is a Sligo-born songwriter and musician, who served his time in a series of bands before deciding to fly it solo – taking in many locations along the way. Spells in Dublin, London, Canada and France have no doubt shaped his broad musical talents and acute observational lyrics, and with “Busy Whisper”, he [...]
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Album name: Sweethead Artist name: Sweethead Genre: Rock Released: November 2 2009 Label: Strange Addiction/Play It Again, Sam ZME Rating: 5/10 Website: sweethead.net I sure hope the record company suit who decided it’d be a good idea to release Sweethead’s debut album in early November is picking bullet fragments out of his own navicular bone right now. Sweethead, if you didn’t [...]
Sunday, November 8, 2009
And to think that some people are still deluded enough to believe that U2 are Ireland’s premier live band. I don’t know if it’s sheer media saturation that’s perpetuated that myth, or just widespread ignorance, but it needs to be stamped out post-haste. Bono can take his impossibly huge stage monstrosities and stick them where the [...]
Gorillaz: 'Plastic Beach'
Uniform Motion: Life'
Amber Rubarth: 'Good Mystery'
Libby Johnson: 'Perfect View'
Nite Nite: 'How To Touch The Moon'
Mozart
All the greatest works of Mozart can be accessed and downloaded. The quality is great.
Wagner
Wagner wrote text as well as music for all his operas, which he preferred to call "music dramas."
Haydn Surprise Symphony
The unexpected fortissimo in the Haydn Surprise Symphony earned it this nickname.
Bach
Some say Bach had a spirited character, fiery temper, and strong dislike of unreasoning authority!
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