Howard Popeck writes: Here I am on this hot evening earlier this week, going back to work after feeding my cats and as is usual with me, despite being on the track for fast weight loss, I feel hungry. So where do I go, in fact where does anyone go at a time like this […]
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Morrissey has announced a new album, and it’s up for grabs to any label who wants it. News of his forthcoming release, titled Without Music The World Dies, was shared via the musician’s Messages from Morrissey website on Monday (20 February). According to the former Smiths frontman, the new record was recorded in ….. MORE
I have in the last couple of days acquired a Technics SL1210 MK2, with Paul Hynes external power supply, Funk mat and SME 3009 Series III tone arm, to which I have attached a brand new Shure M97XE cartridge. I bought it basically on a whim, and because it seemed a decent price, to […]
Dear me. What a miserable day last Friday was. Too much paper work. Either that or I’m just plain inefficient. Probably the latter. Not only do I feel like Tony Hancock, when I glance in the mirror I look like him too. S**t! Gloom relieved by some very kind emails. Now receiving at least 20 […]
When Flying Nun announced in 1983 that it was going to issue a new live album by the renowned Mancunian outfit the Fall, the news came as a bit of a surprise. The label had positioned themselves as advocates for New Zealand underground music and here it was doing a live record from a prominent […]
Originally published here in 2009 Howard Popeck writes: I was in a particularly foul mood when CV emailed me this question a while back. My choice of language as shown here is not necessarily what I might use today. However, I stand by every word regarding the sentiment. Channa Vithana asked: Can you give an […]
Note from Editor in Chief McCauley … As far as we can tell here, no other online hi-fi / music magazine EVER publishes audited data like this. SESSIONS 20,665 PAGE VIEWS 55,855 AVERAGE SESSION DURATION 54s
PS AUDIO / Paul McGowan: Musical timbre is the term we use to describe the sonic qualities that distinguish one instrument or voice from another. It’s a complex and subjective quality that includes the harmonic content (the collection of overtones), the attack and decay of the sound, and the envelope of the sound (the pattern […]
Licenced from the Judee Sill estate and the BBC, these are the only known unreleased audio recordings in existence. Interest in Judee Sill in the last few years has been enormous with Rhino handmade selling out of their issues of the original two albums in one day. The same two albums were then issued within […]
Thomas J. Beaver, Classical musician and rock musician, fanatic of the 60s/70s replies ……. The famous 20th century classical musician/composer Leonard Bernstein, long-time conductor/director of The New York Philharmonic (and composer of the musical “West Side Story, and the operetta “Candide”) liked the Fab Four too! Bernstein’s daughter, who was 6 when Beatlemania hit the […]
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Hi Howard. Well thanks for the kind words not to sure how I have done that. Here are some of the things I really enjoy about the site; it’s relaxed and open nature. It’s aimed at people who enjoy music first and foremost and has none of that petty minded personality clashes which often are […]
As far as shameful cultural secrets go, the fact that African-American composers aren’t featured on our classical music stages as frequently as they should be is one few people bother keeping anymore. “That black composers are poorly represented in mainstream concerts is a germane topic of discussion but one beyond the scope of a […]
Howard Popeck: Recent very positive experiences with the Benchmark DAC-1 pre and the Manley Steelhead have caused me to re-evaluate the necessity of preamps. On only very rare occasions have I ever heard a consistent and noticeable sonic improvement (predominantly bass depth and control, ambience and extreme top end detail) achieved by the inclusion of […]
This 4 Disc box set comprises of the very best performances by Richard and Linda Thompson and Richard Thompson solo recorded for the BBC between January 1974 and 2009. Disc One contains 20 tracks recorded by Richard and Linda Thompson for BBC Radio between 1974 and 1982 including 18 songs which appear on CD for […]
David Stewart replies ….. Only if the average bar band had some of the world’s greatest songwriters coming up with original songs for them. And only if every member of the bar band could sing well and harmonise together. And only if they all had engaging personalities and tangible onstage charisma. I don’t understand why […]