MIND'S EYE DUB: IN A RUB-A-DUB STYLE |
Our first gig was in a hall near the Tarxien football ground. The hall could hold 500 people but so many more turned up on the day that a good number had to stand outside and listen to us . The us ...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:42:00 GMT |
SOUTH CENTRAL: THE GROOVE COLLECTIVE |
In all my years of interviewing musicians, foreign and local, this interview in particular must rate among the most peculiar and tasking I've ever experienced. There is no specific reason for this, ex...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:51:00 GMT |
RISING SUNSET: METAL WITH A CLASSICAL TWIST |
"Would you like a pair of earplugs?" Oriella Casha, a member of local metal band Rising Sunset asks me after I am introduced to the rest of the band. I look at each of them with a look of surprise and...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:45:00 GMT |
EVE RANSOM: ALL ABOUT EVE&AND ALISHA |
Eve Ransom's latest single has attracted more media attention than any of their previous three singles put together, but has so far garnered the least radio airplay of the lot. The new release, Alisha...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:12:00 GMT |
FISH: UPON A (13TH) STAR |
Sitting at the pool bar at the Suncrest Hotel on a warm, sunny afternoon and clearly enjoying a pint of Malta's finest frothy thirst-quencher, Fish seemed quite relaxed and as I found out, brimming wi...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:53:00 GMT |
SUBCULTURE: REBELS WITH A CAUSE |
By definition a subculture is a group of people with a culture which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong. To some extent, local punk band Subculture embodies traces of thi...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:16:00 GMT |
AUTOKAT: FROM MANCHESTER TO MALTA |
Autokat's debut album Late Night Shopping has been garnering rave reviews even before its release, thanks to a handful of earlier singles that mapped out this upcoming Manchester band's ability t...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:48:00 GMT |
NOMAD SON: DOOM ISNT ALL GLOOM |
Meeting up with Maltese Doom metal act Nomad Son triggers a sense of déjà vu in my mind. I'm meeting them at the same place where, sometime last year, I had sat in on a rehearsal by retro rockers Fren...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:18:00 GMT |
TOBY: THE ONLY WAY IS UP |
The first thing that comes to mind when I step into Toby's house which doubles as his studio and creative space - is just how long it has been since our last meeting. It was in fact when his studio ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:24:00 GMT |
