Wednesday, February 28 2007
Anton Barbeau: In the Village of the Apple Sun
Anton Barbeau’s tenth album is plastered with sounds, styles and arrangements that makes you want to dust off the Beatles albums post Sgt. Pepper.
The Hermit Crabs: Feel Good Factor EP
The Hermit Crabs is a Glasgow band that plays whispery, loving twee-pop.
Pink Nasty: Mold the Gold
Sara Beck is asking a lot of any listener. First they have to get through the unpleasantness of her performing name, Pink Nasty, and then they have to contend with some willfully divergent shifts in style.
Lloyd Price: Specialty Profiles
Lloyd Price’s earliest recorded material was for the Specialty label. Back in 1952 while Price was still a teenager, he had a big hit record…
Tuesday, February 27 2007
Autumn Shade: Ezra Moon
An extraordinary mix of folk, rock and classical influences, the songs are minimally couched and passionately sung against a backdrop of piano and violin.
Z: Mikabe
It's the music of fits and starts: a grunt, a strum, a scream, a honk, a hoot, an eruption into noise, a retreat into guitar-whine.
Dora Flood: We Live Now
The latest album from heady, groovy, psychedelic-tinged rockers Dora Flood has them again in a head space few bands can match and most should appreciate.
Terry Ohms: Terry Ohms Plays Wes McDonald
Ohms skillfully bashes out songs on his guitar that bring to mind a punk Townes Van Zandt.
Nassau: Machines to Paradise
Nassau is a Canadian band that could make a name for itself a la Arcade Fire, Stars or Broken Social Scene.
Monday, February 26 2007
Kim Barlow: Champ
Singer-songwriter Kim Barlow’s latest album continues her strong collection with a gorgeous body of songs.
Kendra Shank: A Spirit Free
Kendra Shank doesn’t sing Abbey Lincoln’s songs as much as Shank inhabits them.
Azrael: Act III: Self + Act IV: Goat
Yes, kids, these dudes are cult, or kvlt if you prefer, right down to the typically grim (AKA "poorly lit") album cover and unreadable band logo.
My Brightest Diamond: Disappear
My Brightest Diamond's iTunes-only Disappear EP functions as a holdover between her two albums.
Good Shoes: The Photos on My Wall EP
Good Shoes' Britpop has the smacky, slapping rhythm of 1970s punk.
Friday, February 23 2007
San Saba County: Its Not the Fall That Hurts
Where Austin-based San Saba County's 2004 debut had its roots firmly planted in the alt-country soil of the Lone Star State, their follow-up proves to be a lot like the Texas desert.
Contriva: Separate Chambers
All lightly strummed guitar, clear, airy organ notes, and an ambiance that manages to be sparse without ever feeling empty, the new effort from Berlin…
Various Artists: Afrikya Volume 1
This album was co-compiled by a chef and a DJ. The chef’s name is Marcus Samuelsson, and Afrikya Volume 1 is a companion to his…
M. Ward and Ladyhawk: Magic Trick / Soap
Oddly enough, Southern Comfort and The Fader have partnered to issue a series of limited 7-inches. The initial release feature’s M. Ward on the a-side…
Unexpect: In a Flesh Aquarium
The more and more ambitious that today’s progressive rock gets, the more bands tend to forget two key characteristics that made such ‘70s prog acts…
Thursday, February 22 2007
Tia Fuller: Healing Space
Now here's something to get excited about: a young flutist and saxophonist with a knack for enchanting compositions and a passion to inspire listeners.
