- 01 2009-RELEASES Robert Francis – Mescaline JUN · 07 · 2011 1 COMMENT READ →
- 02 2009-RELEASES · MUSIC A love letter to aKING I’ve written about aKING here on Burgo’s Music Blog before. Heck, at the time (nearly 2 years ago!) I called them “South Africa’s next big thing“. So why, you might ask yourself, am I devoting another blog post to this… MAY · 18 · 2010 1 COMMENT READ →
- 03 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS BLAKROC is out. And yeah, it’s friggin’ awesome. Thanks to Phil for pointing this out to me – otherwise Black Friday would have passed uneventfully for me – but apart from online savings, Black Friday brought not only shopping madness, but also the release of Blakroc. DEC · 01 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 04 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Goodnight Owl – Maps & Compasses and Verandah So, a while back I was contacted by Sabrina Robertson, who sent me an email saying, “Hey, I think you might dig these guys…”. NOV · 27 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 05 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Dave McMillan – Trying to find Rewind So, if you’ve read my “30 South African Bands you need to hear!” post – and it seems like a lot of you are – you would have noticed my admiration for Durban muso, Dave McMillan. Dave was, quite literally, the reason I p… NOV · 23 · 2009 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 06 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2010 Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More So, I’ve held off on posting about this album for a while… when I first heard Mumford and Sons, there was this crazy rush of excitement (“thank god, finally a 2009 sound worth raving about!”) that I thought might colour… OCT · 14 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 07 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Middle East – The Darkest Side So, if you’re a fan of my Facebook page (and if you aren’t, what are you waiting for? Go on, visit the link and fan the page. I’ll wait. No rush. Back? Good. Ahem… where was I?)… oh yes, so if you’re a fan of my Faceboo… OCT · 06 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 08 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Mumford and Sons – “Little Lion Man” (Video) & live “White Blank Page” I don’t quite know how I’ve let this go until now without a post. Mumford and Sons was a band I’d heard mentioned in quite a few places online, but for some reason I’d never bothered to track down much of their stuff. T… OCT · 05 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 09 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Dave Smallen – I Think It’s Getting Better There is no better day than today, a Monday, to play this song for you. Below, Dave Smallen‘s “I Think It’s Getting Better”. AUG · 31 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 10 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Skunk Anansie are back… and I couldn’t be happier. Have you ever had one of those bands that you didn’t realise exactly how much you missed them, until they reformed, and then you realised how happy that made you? No? Well, I’ve just had one of those moments, when @Leni… AUG · 11 · 2009 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 11 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices (Video) So, I know it’s been a while. Here, to help you get through, I present an absolute bundle of joy with We Were Promised Jetpacks‘ video for cracking single “Quiet Little Voices”. JUL · 21 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 12 2009-RELEASES · DIGITAL-DOWNLOADS Joe Raciti – Love Love You know, sometimes I’m not the best music blogger in the world. I let emails slip through the cracks. I let this blog take a back seat to my day time job, and to every day life. While that pretty much qualifies me for… JUN · 27 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 13 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Playing for Change – Change Is Gonna Come I’ve mentioned the Playing for Change movement before on this blog. They’ve just released their latest episode, “Change Is Gonna Come”. And really, words aren’t needed to describe the power of this production. Instead,… JUN · 02 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 14 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Malcolm Middleton – Carry Me Malcolm Middleton MAY · 13 · 2009 1 COMMENT READ →
- 15 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Jeremy Enigk – Mind Idea Jeremy Enigk (image credit: Mark Swanson) MAY · 12 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 16 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Phoenix are back… Listztomania (Video) Aah, Phoenix. They’ve come a long way since their break through as the backing band in a remix of Air’s, “Kelly Watch the Stars“, but I knew from the first time that I heard “If I Ever Feel Better” from their “United” a… APR · 17 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 17 2008-RELEASES · 2009-RELEASES Ari Hest – Twelve Mondays The other day I got that kind of email that music bloggers love to get… an email from an artist’s management saying, “Hey… you know, I’ve noticed from your blog posts that you like xyz… and I think you might like some o… APR · 01 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 18 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Deep Dark Woods – Winter Hours The Deep Dark Woods FEB · 19 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 19 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Damnwells, ONE LAST CENTURY bonus track, “One Last Century” Alex Dezen (image credit: Heather Conley) FEB · 16 · 2009 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 20 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Today is the day! Go download the Damnwells new album, “One Last Century” for free! So as I mentioned here, the Damnwells are releasing their new album, “One Last Century”, as a free download through Paste Magazine. Today. FEB · 11 · 2009 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 21 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS One EskimO – One Cool Act Bugger. You know, I go offline for a few days, and I miss out on all the cool emails. A few days ago, Tim from the All-Leo Digital Agency (who have a super cool website, by the way) emailed me to let me know that one of… FEB · 09 · 2009 8 COMMENTS READ →
- 22 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS New Damnwells record… One Last Century This is just a quick one, but for all of the Damnwells fans out there in my readers (and I know there’s quite a few of you), some exciting news. The Damnwells are going to be releasing their new album, One Last Century,… FEB · 02 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 23 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Little Birdy – Brother Little Birdy JAN · 30 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 24 2007-RELEASES · 2009-RELEASES Bon Iver, live at the Tivoli in Brisbane – 17 Jan, 2009 Last night, I had probably the most visceral experience of my life, watching Bon Iver perform live at the Tivoli in Brisbane. To call it sublime would be an understatement. JAN · 18 · 2009 29 COMMENTS READ →
- 25 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Dead Man’s Bones – In Your Room (Video) Ok ok, I’m going to be upfront here. I’m probably a bit biased about this track, as ever since the days of The United States of Leland (seriously… this is a criminally underrated film), actor Ryan Gosling has been… well… DEC · 30 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 26 2009-RELEASES · MOVIES Fokofpolisiekar – Documentary Trailer So this is probably more of interest for my South African readers, but I’ve just stumbled across a trailer for the Fly On The Wall documentary on Fokofpolisiekar, one of South Africa’s most well known hard rock bands. H… DEC · 30 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 27 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joe Pug – I’m Not So Sure & Bury Me Far From My Uniform I recently came across this session on the always fabulous LaundroMatinee site, and simply had to post it. Anyone who’s read this blog for any amount of time will know my love for Joe Pug (after all, I included him in m… DEC · 24 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 28 2009-RELEASES · ARTISTS New Bon Iver Track – Blood Bank Ok, so I’m a few days late (read: over a week) in getting this up, but unfortunately the whole “Festive Season” rush got in the way of regular posting. Anyway, Burgo’s Music Blog favourite, Bon Iver, is releasing their… DEC · 24 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →