The back-story for DJ Mujava: Growing up on the poor streets of South Africa, where all the people he knew around him were doing time in prison and dying of drug abuse, he dropped out of school early to produce music. Now at the age of 23, the man has been a livewire on so [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2008 by Max
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I am a sucker for grunge, mainly due to my adoration for Nirvana. Underground Railroad, a French-originated three-piece release their second album, Sticks And Stones next Monday on One Little Indian and the reviews that I’ve seen so far all look quite positive (including an 8/10 review in the NME). Bands who wear their influences [...]

Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Max
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Following the success of Nude, Radiohead have announced another remix project for the In Rainbows album cut Reckoner (a favourite of mine). Fans can upload their remixes onto the band’s official website, where they will be marked by the fans themselves. Like last time, you can buy the individual track stems off iTunes to use [...]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Max
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The Killers came onto the scene at a time where they were stand outs in a crowd of Franz Ferdinand and many other guitar pop bands. After the breakthrough of Hot Fuss and the commercial blockbuster of Sam’s Town, you’d think that they would try to become bigger and maybe even turn into “the next [...]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Max
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SanDisk, the flash storage company, is apparently launching an “innovative, new physical music format”. Actually, it’s a MicroSD card with a DRM-free album on them. So much then for innovation. EMI, SonyBMG, Universal and Warner are the big labels supporting this along with retail giants Best Buy and Wal-mart. Obviously it’s easy to see why [...]

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Max
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