Wise Buddha

Not sure if they are the worst album covers of all time but some of these can definitely be considered very dodgy. One things for sure they just don’t make CD sleeves like this anymore!

You can’t have escaped the widespread media coverage of EMI’s decision to make their entire catalogue available via iTunes and other retailers free of DRM. If you have been living under a rock DRM limits what you can do with music that you have purchased from legit sources. Apple limits the number of times you […]

Given all the ongoing angst and gnashing of teeth surrounding music piracy, illegal downloading and the threat that allofmp3.com apparently poses to the free world - it is nice to find legit ways of getting music for free.
At Wise Buddha Towers we are big fans of music podcasts as a way of sampling new music […]

We tipped Mika in July last year to be a new music sensation in the UK. And we were right! He has both the No1 single and album in the UK simultaneously. It’s nice to be right, be interesting to see if he can make it in the North American market.
Sample some of his music […]

Way back in July 2006 we mentioned singer songwriter Mika as a talent to watch out for. Well it seems we were right as he has just been named best new talent in the BBC’s ‘Sound of 2007 Music Poll’
Artists were not eligible if they had already had a top 20 single or album in […]

Paris Hilton is a product of our times, famous for being famous and now trying to sell overly produced CD’s to unsuspecting wannabe teens. It is therefore gratifying to see that guerilla artist Banksy who is truly a product of our times has done us all a favour. He has toured retailers inserting his own […]

Soundtrack of the summer: This Fall, Island records will unveil the artist who we think should be the breakout superstar of the next few years - Mika. Exotic and beautiful, Mika was born in Beirut but moved with his […]

I know this is late but I want to plug the absolute best album of 2005 Feeder ‘Pushing the Senses’ if you haven’t got it buy it …no not from iTunes you idiot!
also new albums from Snow Patrol, The Flaming Lips and Embrace

You know I hate iTunes and all the other online ‘legal’ music stores that let you buy music then tell you what you can do with it BUT every so often I spy a cool idea that appears to be well executed. You know the score you accumulate a pile of change in your bedroom […]

If you like music then check out some of these links - KCRW
LA radio station that is home to British DJ Nic Harcourt who has a very influential show called Morning Becomes Eclectic which showcases up and coming British and US bands.
One of the best indie slanted blogs around Kingblind has an impressive library of […]