Michael Bugeja
SIMON'S MUSIC FESTIVAL: 20TH EDITION
Good music being shared for a great cause! That's always been the aim of Simon's Pub Music Festival, and not only is the popular festival...
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Michael Bugeja
Sep 13, 20171 min read
NIL BY MOUTH RETURNS
The Wedding Present made themselves known from the get-go with a debut album named after the notorious Northern Irish football legend...
Michael Bugeja
Jun 24, 20171 min read
NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO FROM THE VELTS
Local psychedelic/post punk band The Velts have just released a new track titled Season Of The Prey. The new single, which follows the...
Michael Bugeja
Feb 21, 20172 min read
YEP! THE SHH ARE BACK!
Adopting a curious name like The Shh was in itself already a masterstroke by marketing standards on Alison Galea and Ian Schranz's part,...
Michael Bugeja
Feb 15, 20175 min read
MOVING MOUNTAINS: 10 YEARS OF NOSNOW/NOALPS
According to US hiphop act De La Soul, three is the magic number. Not so in the case of Maltese indie act nosnow/noalps, who will readily...
Michael Bugeja
Oct 19, 20162 min read
MALTA TAKES LONDON'S 4TH EDITION COMING UP
It was a chilly November night, Friday the 15th to be exact, in 2013 that The Water Rats in London's King's Cross opened its doors to...
Michael Bugeja
Sep 20, 20161 min read
FUZZBOX INTERVIEW: CHAD MATHENY
Emperor X, aka Chad Matheny (or should that be the other way round?), swung by Radio 101 on Monday, September 19 for an interview by...
Michael Bugeja
Aug 21, 20164 min read
CATCHING UP WITH NOSNOW/NOALPS
Their latest single, Kaleidoscopes, is just 3 months short of being a year old yet, despite the absence of any new releases since, rock...
Michael Bugeja
Apr 3, 20161 min read
ROCKNA INTERVIEW: STALKO
Four years on (give or take a month or three) from the release of their much-lauded debut album Grandiloquence, Stalko are back with...
Michael Bugeja
Apr 2, 20162 min read
ROCK THE SOUTH RETURNS WITH 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Last year's Rock The South flaunted all the fours with its '44 acts over four days' fourth edition. This year's fifth anniversary...
Michael Bugeja
Feb 19, 20161 min read
BLACKFAWN'S DARK DEBUT
Even before they decided to move to Berlin, Maltese musicians Alexandra Aquilina and Daniel Borg had already been distancing themselves...
Michael Bugeja
Feb 6, 20161 min read
SACRED NOISE IS BACK NEXT WEEK
Trackage Scheme's Rooftop Sessions last summer proved to be more than just another series of live gigs. So much so, that the organization...
Michael Bugeja
Jan 1, 20165 min read
MIKE BUGEJA'S 2015 END-OF-YEAR ROUND-UP
It's been a busy year for Maltese music, busier than 2014 if we have to go by the number of releases as a whole. There were certainly...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 30, 20153 min read
STEVE MELI'S TOP LOCAL PICKS FOR 2015
A regular presence on the local airwaves for over 10 years, Steve Meli is the host of XFM 100.2's The Rock Hour, in which he gets to mix...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 26, 20152 min read
ROBERT PISANI'S TOP LOCAL PICKS FOR 2015
A familiar face on the local alternative scene even before he grew his bushy beard, Robert Pisani is known not only for his extensive...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 17, 20151 min read
SUNNY DEBUT FROM LIFE LONG WAR
Like many others before them, Life Long War started out as a small school project to provide an evening's entertainment for a scholastic...
Michael Bugeja
Dec 14, 20155 min read
NOSNOW/NOALPS: MORE THAN JUST A BAND
There's something about nosnow/noalps that sets them apart from all the other Maltese bands, and it's not just their awesome name, so...
Michael Bugeja
Nov 20, 20151 min read
SOFAR CHRISTMAS EDITION COMING UP
Christmas is coming, and that’s as good an excuse as any to have another Sofar gig. The Sofar Xmas Edition will be taking place on...
Michael Bugeja
Nov 16, 20151 min read
NOSNOW/NOALPS RELEASE KALEIDOSCOPES
The latest single (and music video) from nosnow/noalps was officially launched today via Italian music portal Ondarock.it. The latest...
Michael Bugeja
Oct 29, 20151 min read
BERNE RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO
London-based Maltese singer-songwriter Berne recently released the official music video for her emotive new single In The Woods. The...
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