By Rev Jules on 5/30/2008Rolling Stone reports that Motley Crue have drawn on their bestseller 'The Dirt' for inspiration for their first studio album in eleven years. Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 5/30/2008Sigur Ros are the latest band to feature on an undaground bodyboard flick, this time it is the Waldron Brothers film 'Insert Name Here'. Below is the theatrical trailer featuring sick Oz airman action and the Sigur. Sick!Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 5/29/2008MTV's new comedy show Fur TV is the latest must see for Sound Waves.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 5/20/2008Burma is underwater, Iraq is in flames, Tibet is under iron rule, China is suffering from a massive earthquake but what did the young people of Ireland take to the streets of Dublin to protest about recently? The illegal status of spliff.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 5/20/2008The Frames got their name from the fact that Oscar Winner Glen Hansard was a dab hand at fixing bicycles and his home was, as a result, littered with old bicycle frames. Which leads us neatly into...Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 5/13/2008Sound Waves was too busy to catch the legend that is 'Dewey Cox' on its initial release but thanks to DVD we spent the night trying to breathe we were laughing so much.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 5/12/2008Sound Waves is back after a long sojourn, here are 6 classic albums beloved of Sound Waves from the period 1985 - 1987 that may, or may not, be usual suspects for other listeners.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 3/5/2008The screechy one has caused consternation in Chinese officialdom in advance of the Olympics after chanting 'Tibet, Tibet' during a concert in Shanghai. Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 3/5/2008What a difference a war makes. In 1997, Hollywood was pumping out one 'hoo haa' militaristic army movie after another and looking back it is interesting to see what was included...Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 2/20/2008Little Steve Van Zandt once got some of his buddies such as Lou Reed and Bono to pledge that they ain't gonna play Sun City. In the aftermath of Steven Spielberg's withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics, is it time to encourage Ireland's athletes to do the same to the Bird's Nest Stadium?Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 2/15/2008Paul Westerburg, the creative font behind The Replacements, has long been a favourite of Sound Waves. When we got our hands on his album of songs for the animated movie 'Open Season' we were glad to see his muse was intact.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 2/13/2008Sound Waves is back for another year and we begin with our first surf music recommendation of 2008, Seasick Steve, an overnight success after a lifetime of music.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 2/13/2008Just got this dude's first album and its all grits and honey. Here's a clip of him on the road with some commentary from elder muddy boots balladeer Joe Ely, Ryan is all hat and all cattle. Watch this guy goRead More » |
By Rev Jules on 1/29/2008Bell X1 front man David Geraghty is getting played in the Woodie on the way to the break.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 1/24/2008Sound Waves wishes to congratulate Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, who are nominated in the Best Original Song category for 'Falling Slowly' from 'Once'.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 1/24/2008Surf Movie producers Globe have partnered with DJ Sasha to produce a tripping new surf DVD for watching during or after an all night party.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 1/14/2008Surfing continues its hip revival as MTV airs a new show on sexy, photogenis surfers in Maui. Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 12/24/2007As Sound Waves makes it to the end of our inaugural year, we look back in a ramshackle manner at the events which shaped this blog's niche interest in 2007.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 12/24/2007You might think that surfing, taking place mainly in hot countries that don't understand the concept of snow, does not have a take on Christmas, you would be wrong. Here are some of our favorite Christmas themed vids.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 11/20/2007Douglas Adams once wrote that the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything was 42. Now a surfer says he has found the answer, for real.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 11/14/2007Well, here it is, my surf music top seven of 2007. Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 11/6/2007Ok, ok, it does sound grandiose but basically, ever since I started on Cluas none of my submissions to the end of year polls have got a look in because basically I don't listen to Phantom FM (apart from a deadly dull two week research period), I don't much care for indie rock and I don't read the NME.
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By Rev Jules on 11/1/2007Phoebe, the fictional chantuese from hit sitcom 'Friends', famously performed her unique brand of music in the plush environment of the Manhattan coffee house 'Central Perk'. Now it appears that she may have been ahead of the curve.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 10/17/2007Seven years ago Sound Waves attended a music industry convention in France where DRM was the buzzword de jour. Today, its all change as Apple and Amazon slug it out over song offerings without copy protection.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 10/10/2007The Radiohead launch on October 10th is going to be watched very carefully by their old label.Read More » |