When I received the latest Hidden Places CD, called “Weather Station Early Works” I couldn’t place myself in the mood to listen to it. Haven’t listened to such type of music for quite some time now, so I needed some time to let it sink in. Though, as lucky as I am, exactly when I got this album, I had to travel to Italy. There was no better timing to travel to italy, to listen to Hidden Places latest music in their own soil. Hidden Places is an Italian band …

The American northwest, with Seattle as the epicenter, is quite possibly the musical holy land of the United States. Hailing from these parts are massive bands such as Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Nirvana, but the northwest isn’t home to only 90′s grunge/rock bands. It is also a huge player in the folk scene with folk superstars Fleet Foxes and Blind Pilot having roots in America’s rainiest state. As of June 2010 Seattle has one more amazing folk group to add to its list, up …

I listen to music all day long and have been doing so for over 15 years. I’ve listened to more than one thousand albums, and this is not counting what is played on radios and MTV, the fast food of music. As a matter of fact I’ve gone bald. Once in a while there is a particular album that comes around as different, catchier than other and of a different level. It does not necessarily mean it is better than the others, or worse, just different, unexpected.  It catches your …

Going back home on a sunny Saturday afternoon after super market shopping spree, I noticed the ugly postman of ours at my door, poor man. He handed me a package and tried to stick around, chatting, but since he is ugly I cut short. Not that I am beautiful or something, but yeah, no one see his own problems. I opened the package and it was Chase Desire, Jeanne Marie Boes third album. Jeanne Marie is a singer, song writer and musician from New York City. …

Being a rocker is never an easy life, and the more time passes the more it will be difficult. The media has infiltrated society so well, that it is able to “decide for the masses” what to listen to. Since rock is no longer mainstream music, then you’re in for a difficult time.
Play loud Black Eyed Peas music in the car and you are cool. Play some loud rock music in your car, and you are an outsider, you are crazy and you worship Satan. You’re …

When you heat up an element, it starts melting. Common sense no? Well this happens because when you start heating the element, the atoms starts vibrating in adjacent to each other, and excite each other, ooooh! Also, electrons (part of an atom which are found round a nucleus) start exciting themselves and start jumping from one electron to the other (conduction whores). Interesting…
So imagine that happening in your brain. There are a number of different ways how to excite the electrons of your brain, or …

Since you’re browsing, or as I say hoofing around this blog, definitely you are not looking for Britney Spears, Rihanna or ball where monsters dance.  You are looking for something with more juicy, with more brains and less money (unfortunately)… something amazingly great!  Yeah that’s the exact word.  So imagine if Bono was less stupid (obviously he has not to be Irish, come on Bono let’s not take it personal), and instead of meeting Edge (woooo… we’re living on the edge!) he met a less depressed Andrew Eldritch, from The …

Chicago’s Welcome to Ashley keep it sweet and simple. They are loud yet smooth, and can rock the hell out of you like Mick Jagger does on a high!

She brings me colours, white wine and roses
And then we paint our faces and powder our noses
She gives me her halo and i hang it next to mine
Reads to me mishima like a honeymoon valentine
She’s an architect of pleasure and she fashions me a fountain
She leads me through the clouds to the peak of the highest mountain
Lyrics about love and passion.  Aaaahhh l’amour.  What’s the world without l’amour?  Are these lyrics from a horny Michael Bolton or from a romantic Enrique Iglesias? They are lyrics from Mission’s album Masque.  Obviously …

Listening to a new band is always an exciting journey.  It’s like exploring unknown lands, where you have to be prepared for the unexpected!  And listening to D’Haene‘s new and second album Vinyl, that’s how it felt.  Discovering unknown pleasures!
Vinyl can be classified as a rock album, though with a hint of 70′s soul music and a pinch of American blues.  Quite a complicated mixture, isn’t it?  All influences blend together very well and with Bob’s vocals it sounds more complete.  It is in fact the first time I am …