With one less writer, down and her posts removed by request, SoundLust is looking for new writers from anywhere on Earth, with an interest in emerging music and an ability to write news and reviews regularly. E-mail temple @ soundlust.com if you know someone or are that someone. Part-time pay per article can be negotiated, [...]
CD REVIEW: Going the Distance Soundtrack
August 27, 2010 By 2 Comments
I wanted this soundtrack for one reason only – to check out an acoustic version of The Airborne Toxic Event’s new song, “Half of Something Else.” Forget “check out,” TATE’s music at its best hovers over you, giving butterfly kisses to your ears and enveloping you in a warmth for which people spend their whole [...]
Eyes On Te Vaka in Concert
August 25, 2010 By 3 Comments
At the beginning of the concert I knew nothing about the sights and sounds of South Pacific music outside of stereotype. By the end, Te Vaka brought a motion to the notion. Opetaia Foa’i led Te Vaka through an almost2-hour performance Saturday night at Mesquite High School
REVIEW: Natural EP by Antonia Bennett
August 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
Both “Puttin’ On the Ritz” and “Love Is A Battlefield” bring memories of so many different voices trying on their mantles. There are some songs such as “Careless Whisper”, “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” Pearl Jam’s “Immortality” which, for me, have the base strength to carry any style from any artist who cover them, whether [...]
South Pacific Group Te Vaka To Perform In Phoenix, Denver, Irvine
August 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It only takes a few steps until Te Vaka makes stages tremble. South Pacific music, traditional and contemporary fused, comes alive in the hands and voices of the eight-member group. With roots in Tokela, Tuvalu and New Zealand, their dancing – power, ams, hips and midriffs – comes naturally, for a complete sound and visual [...]
