Melbourne Australia’s The Basics (pronounced bazz-ichs) have been making great pop-influenced alternative rock since about 2002. The video for With This Ship from 2009’s long-player, Keep Your Friends Close, is a great example of their rich musical textures. Their most recent long-player of new material was back in 2011 with RoFLMAO (The Dirty 30). The band’s recently released Leftovers (February 2013) is a collection of never before heard tracks, alternate tracks and various remixes of some of their released material. It is a…
Read MoreYou may think you’ve never heard of Canadian song-writer Marc Jordan, but you’ve heard his influences over the years in music he has written or written with the likes of Diana Ross, Natalie Cole and Rod Stewart to name only a few. He also has many film music credits in his bio, not to mention the recordings he’s made on his own. His fourteenth long-player, On A Perfect Day is due out in just a few days, and can be…
Read MoreHozier’s Take Me To Church is about love and hate. About societal influences that define what love is and is not, whether those influences are correct or not. We could define gay love as a civil right, but it is much more complex than that. We that are heterosexual never had it so good, because we cannot fully understand what it is like to suffer through the hate and injustice that those who love another of the same sex suffer every…
Read MoreIf you are one of the uninitiated to the progressive rock of Big Big Train as I was, you are going to be blown away! Big Big Train combines the forcefulness of full-on rock, the modern nuances of alternative, pop friendly melodies and a vocal delivery that is more than just a little accomplished, to create what I have to refer to as a painting of emotion. You will find yourself believing that Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Rush have…
Read MoreThe Lift is a collaboration between singer/songwriter Amber Ojeda and pianist/musical director Davy Nathan. Lost In The Middle is a slightly bluesy, jangling pop gem about the complexity of a relationship between two women and their more traditional relationship with the men in their lives that leaves them feeling lost. It’s a bit sad, and speaks volumes about relationships in general, and how they can be much more complex than they appear on the outside. Beyond that, the music is dreamy…
Read More