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CRYPTIC STREET'S INSIGHTFUL, INTRIGUING STRANGER
2012 almost seems like a long time ago after listening to Cryptic Street's Malta Arts Fund-supported debut EP Stranger, which was...
Michael Bugeja
Oct 4, 20153 min read
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THE SOUNDS OF NEIL HALSTEAD
I first heard of Neil Halstead back in the 1990s when he was in Slowdive, at the time when 'shoegazing' was the new fad. Inevitably...
Michael Bugeja
Sep 26, 20152 min read
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DULL EYED LLAMA RETURN WITH NEW LINE-UP, NEW TUNES!
Further to their debut at this year's Rock the South festival last April, Maltese indie act Dull Eyed Llama (not to be confused with...
Michael Bugeja
Sep 6, 20152 min read
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BEWILDERED BY BIG DEAL
Signed to the prestigious indie record label Mute, UK duo Big Deal have been making waves with their critically-acclaimed 2011 debut...
Michael Bugeja
Aug 23, 20154 min read
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CRYPTIC STREET'S TOP 10 ALL-FEMALE BANDS
Cryptic Street first made their mark in August 2012 with the charmingly infectious 80s-tinged pop-rock of Indecisive, which eventually...
Michael Bugeja
Aug 16, 20152 min read
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BEWILDERED: A NEW INDIE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Bewildered: (adjective) 1. completely puzzled or confused; perplexed. It's not immediately clear how this definiton ties into the story...
Michael Bugeja
Aug 9, 20152 min read
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TRACKAGE SCHEME WEBSITE LAUNCHED
“We’ve come a long way but we finally made it!” So reads the opening message from the people at Trackage Scheme in the press release...
Michael Bugeja
Jul 31, 20152 min read
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MUSIC SCENE STILL ON THE RISE
Radio show ROCKNA, hosted by DJ Michael Bugeja, celebrated its fifth anniversary with a four-bill line-up and a live broadcast from Hard...
Ramona Depares
Jul 21, 20152 min read
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ROCKNA'S 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
Popular weekly radio show ROCKNA, which airs every Friday evening on Radio 101, recently broadcast its 250th edition, making it quite...
Michael Bugeja
Jun 28, 20151 min read
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TRACKAGE SCHEME PRESENTS GESTALT
Following the success of its first two events, Trackage Scheme is back with yet another day festival, this time under the name ‘Gestalt’....
Press Release
Jun 26, 20151 min read
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A SATELLITE AMONG RISING STARS
Despite being based in the UK for a good number of years now, Carrie Haber’s popularity among Maltese music fans has remained steadfast....
Michael Bugeja
Jun 11, 20152 min read
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TRACKAGE SCHEME PRESENTS ROOFTOP LIVE SESSIONS
Trackage Scheme has teamed up with The Rooftop to give you a series of exciting and innovative nights this summer. Every Wednesday,...
Press Release
May 14, 20151 min read
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A GOOD START TO THE FESTIVAL
This year's Rock the South was the first to stretch over four days, and with over 44 acts on the billing, it's little wonder the starting...
Michael Bugeja
Apr 19, 20153 min read
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AMPLIFIED: THREE BANDS, ONE CONCERT
"Music is a world within itself. It's a language we all understand." These are not my words, but those of Stevie Wonder, though I have to...
Michael Bugeja
Apr 19, 20151 min read
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MAY THE FOURS BE WITH YOU! ROCK THE SOUTH RETURNS
Four – that’s the magic number behind this year’s Rock the South festival! That’s four as in this will be the fourth edition of this...
Michael Bugeja
Mar 3, 20153 min read
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SOFAR: SONGS FROM A ROOM
Until a year or so ago, Sofar Sounds was pretty much an unknown quantity within the Maltese music scene. Very few, if at all, knew of...
Michael Bugeja
Mar 2, 20151 min read
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MUSIC MARATHON FOR HOSPICE MALTA
Music marathons have been a regular feature on the local music scene for many years, decades even. They will no doubt continue to thrive,...
Michael Bugeja
Jan 30, 20151 min read
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2014: THE YEAR THAT WAS!
The year that has passed in between Yews launching her alluring debut EP Selene at Blitz last January, and For Strings Inn dropping their...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 28, 20144 min read
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HARD ROCK CAFE MALTA'S 14TH ANNIVERSARY GIG
Time flies when you’re having fun, as the old adage goes, and that has certainly been the case for the Hard Rock Café franchise in Malta,...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 1, 20141 min read
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TRACKAGE SCHEME'S METAMORPHOSIS
It’s only a few months since Trackage Scheme first staged its debut event, and what a day (and night) that was. True to its mission, that...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 1, 20141 min read
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