2006

amiina

5/7/16 – Amiina – Live on Icelandic TV – 2006

Although amiina are little known outside Iceland they have succeeded in inspiring the few that have been lucky enough to discover them. Creative, experimental, visionary, a Neo-Classical ensemble of string players and multi-instrumentalists performing unique instrumentals incorporating unlikely instruments. They have two albums to date: Kurr (2007) Puzzle (2010) They have three Ep’s AnimaminA (2005) […]

Amy Winehouse pic

17/4/16 – Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry On Their Own /Some Unholy War – 2006 – 2008 (Approximately)

Amy Winehouse sings, “I fuck myself in the head with stupid men” a lyric from her song Tears Dry On Their Own, featured on her second album Back To Black released in 2006. When she died in 2011 in an atmosphere of the inevitable and although the mainstream had discovered her and the press couldn’t get […]

The Coral 2005 (2014 The Curse Of Love)

15/12/14 – The Coral – The Curse Of Love – 2014

The Wirral penninsula is a piece of land that’s wedged between two rivers that separate North Wales and Liverpool. On the left the River Dee on the right the River Mersey – this is where I grew up as a teenager in an inconsequential, oddly named village called Thingwall – a stone’s throw from Liverpool. […]

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20/7/14 – Porcupine Tree – Even Less – Arriving Somewhere DVD – 2006

Porcupine Tree’s first commercially released live DVD in collaboration with Lasse Hoile from a show at Park West in Chicago. It’s a creatively filmed and musically excellent representation of the band to that point in their history. The live line up here is: Steven Wilson — guitars, lead vocals Richard Barbieri — keyboards Colin Edwin — bass […]