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“Explosions In the Sky“. Now I ask you, isn’t that just the coolest band name you have heard for ages. It conjures up (in my mind at least), wonderful images and the Mythbusters… but that would be me. Even better is that there are three guitars (yes folks that’s three guitars) and drums. That’s it. [...]

Way back in the past there was this wonderful (but weird) group called “The Portsmouth Sinfonia“. It was a real orchestra founded by a group of students at Portsmouth School of Art in the Seventies. But there was a catch, to get in you had to be either a non-musician, or if you could play [...]

Jools spotted this one and sent it along for my entertainment. I love it. I cant tell you a lot about The Ghost Orchid apart from what’s on the MySpace site. The Ghost Orchid was formed in late 2006 as a collaborative side project with the intention of combining a collection of songs, ideas, and [...]

Valet, is the musical project of one Honey Owens. Owens, who is active in Portland’s (the American one), DIY music and arts scene. She also has a bass playing gig with “Atlas Sound.” Valet’s music inhabits huge acoustic spaces that compel you to wander following “shifting, reverb-drenched repetition” and which reward your close attention to [...]

Tunng fired up in 2003 by Mike Lindsay and Sam Genders, as a duo. On their latest album they have expanded into a six-piece, having added instruments like steel-strung harp and hammered dulcimer (a instrument that I always find interesting) to their sound and drummer Ashley Bates, who handles some of the guitar duties. “Tales [...]

Amon Tobin started making music back in the 90′s, the track I chose for today is “Reanimator” from his 1998 album “Permutation”. Head over to the MySpace site at www.myspace.com/tobinamon scroll down a bit inr the music display and you should find it there. OK it’s not very Chill but it is very good. Tobin [...]

It’s a pity that there is a Writer’s Strike in the USA, because here is a fabulous story that would make a feel good movie as only Hollywood can make them and it would come with it’s own soundtrack. The Story So Far Simone Dinnerstein records her solo debut CD in March 2005 at the [...]