Written by bob_vinyl
I have long believed that artists are only half of the creative force behind art. The other half of the creation is the interpretation. Often, the greatest art allows for significant breadth of interpretation even as it guides the very same. Most often though, the artist errs on the side of doing too much and closing too many doors. Read More »Oceans: Nothing Collapses [Album Review]
Celebrating the bizarre and ever changing spirit of the bottom society is not a new idea at all. In this age of less is more, to be more than you really are is a state of humanity; it is convenient that Marykate O’Neil celebrates these ideas by naming her latest release, Underground. But, few can match the genuine artistic reality of this angel and poet of the modern day New York singer songwriter’s spectrum. Read More »Marykate O’Neil: Underground [Album Review]
with this five-song debut EP, the Texas town continues to pump out quality artists. The Lovely Sparrows take folk music in a new direction, adding a unique abundance of percussion and a few non-traditional instruments, like the flute.
I get needs, you know? Sometimes I just need an ice cold microbrew. Sometimes, after a long and stressful day, I need to drink a glass or two of red wine (generally a cab-sauv or a cab-merlot) while listening to old jazz on vinyl. But there’s one thing I need more than all: to discover the catchiest pop music available. Enter The Lovekevins, a delightfully upbeat pop group from Sweden. Read More »The Lovekevins: Max Léon [Album Review]
You can see Leonard Mynx (MySpace) walking down a back-country road somewhere along the great flat expanse that is central U S of A. You can see him wandering along forgotten foothills and through green spring mountain passes. Such is the visualization that accompanies artists fitting the Americana genre, and Mynx is of course no exception. Read More »Leonard Mynx: Vesper [Album Review]
The Bitter Tears are definitely an odd bunch. It’s hard to completely follow the abundance of wacky antics burning through your laptop speakers. It’s also hard not to love these guys! This Chicago-based band of merry men seem to be a few sparks away from big bass insanity. And their sophomore release, Jam Tarts In The Jakehouse, proves to be the asylum in which said insanity shall be housed. God only knows how a madhouse like this will turn out. But it sounds so damn good. Read More »The Bitter Tears: Jam Tarts In The Jakehouse [Album Review]
Great Northern’s new wave sound deserves comparison to the highest point in a drunken night. It is everything you want to remember. Rachel Stotle’s inspiring vocals are an uplifting and obviously intriguing delight. Remind Me Where The Light Is, the band’s second full length album, is a grand continuation of their critically acclaimed debut release, Trading Twlight For Daylight. And as one would hope, or expect, they have improved greatly. Read More »Great Northern: Remind Me Where The Light Is [Album Review]
Countless are the artists that dabble in classical, but it is virtually a given that included will be an added genre or two. Rare is the modern composer that edges above and makes classical music cool, yet Ólafur Arnalds does so with grace and simplicity. Arnalds’ latest were simultaneously written one per day, recorded, and released as aptly titled Found Songs. Read More »Ã“lafur Arnalds: Found Songs [Album Review]
Lost Friends And Newfound Habits finds Doctors & Dealers integrating more orchestration into their songwriting. The last album, Confessions Of A Drunken Mind, for the most part, lacked multiple instruments and instead focused efforts on simplicity. After all, Doctors & Dealers is one woman, Sparrow, who is, as she puts it, sometimes with friends, sometimes without. Read More »Doctors & Dealers: Lost Friends And Newfound Habits [Album Review]
Yesno is an aptly titled concept album centered around the joining of opposing forces to create a powerful third entity. Filled with fitting portions of eclectic yet mellow instrumentation and filtered experimentation, Juna’s music dawns somewhere between the subtle bedroom evening and the ether of morning dew. It is the joining of folk and shoegaze.
Read More »Juna: Yesno [Album Review]
