Alex Lindsey Jones is a Sydney singer-songwriter on the rise. His debut album If She Knew is the ideal showcase for his unique voice and instantly accessible pop-rock tunes. I caught up with this hot new up-and-comer today to chat about unkind British audiences, his prolific songwriting skills, and ...

The second day of the “Neutrino Conference XIII” in Venice was dedicated to, well, neutrino telescopes. I have written down in stenographical fashion some of the things I heard, and I offer them to those of you who are really interested in the topic, without much editing. Besides, making...

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by Jason Hicks Being an all out music addict has its pros and cons.  It causes you to be perpetually poor since you've spent all your money on CDs and records, can lead to girlfriends/wives leaving you and just takes over your life in general.  On the plus side, you get t...

Every new drummer has one concern in setting up a new drum kit. To do this, a drummer needs to take into consideration the musical style, their personal preference as well as what financial resources and transportation options are available to the drummer. Getting the drum kit together requires some...

I share Charles’ disappointment with K’naan’s show, but not because it betrayed hard-line hiphop protocol: no, I just thought the music was fair-to-middling. K’naan undeniably has lyrical skills—especially for an ESL speaker—and a dramatic bio that surely could fi...

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One of the worst weeks of my life, the psychic toll probably even worse than the physical. Don't know how I managed to get even this little bit done. Don't expect anything better for next week, or have any idea when or if I'm ever going to turn this around. It's just that when your velocity drops to...

Last week, I reviewed a Christmas comp that was the last present I received last December. This CD was the very first present I received. Back in November, my good friend Martin Johns sent me his annual Christmas comps (which I'll be reviewing some time down the road). Inside the box was a wrapped C...

Finn Andrews recently performed an acoustic set of songs from the Veils' forthcoming third album Sun Gangs at the Institute Of Contemporary Arts in London. We posted Sun's post-punked, Wire-inspired "Killed By The Boom" a couple of weeks ago. "Scarecrow" is a quieter, more fragile offering. And not ...