The Noise reviews Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys’~ Soft Time Traveler http://thenoise-boston.com/2013/03/cd-reviews-10/ Photo: Hans Wendland WALTER SICKERT & THE ARMY OF BROKEN TOYS Soft Time Traveler 18 tracks Billed as a multi-media album, this collection features a variety of song stylings from the ever-innovative and ever versatile …
Album Review: Morose~ Dell’amore dei suoi fallimenti Morose Dell’amore dei suoi fallimenti CD* Italy’s Morose play music that focuses on the humble acoustic guitar work and ultra-somber vocal stylings of Davide Landini. To this foundation the band adds a wide variety of instruments (farfisa, violin, cello, clarinet, drums, assorted electronics and …
Album Review: Muleskinner Jones~ A Dying Man Can Sure Sing the Blues Muleskinner Jones A Dying Man Can Sure Sing the Blues CD Red Meat Records With a name like Muleskinner Jones it’s an easy guess that there will be country-blues in the mix, and there are indeed on this Brit’s …
Album Review: Amber Spyglass- Breathing in Essence Amber Spyglass Breathing in Essence CD self released The duo known as Amber Spyglass play a crisp take on moody orchestral pop/rock that is pretty and palatable and manages to avoid any cheesy rockisms. The five songs on their EP, Breathing in Essence, …
Album Review: For Fear the Hearts of Men are Failing~ The Wonderful Clatter For Fear the Hearts of Men are Failing The Wonderful Clatter CD/digital download self released The Oakland based group who bear the unwieldy name of For Fear the Hearts of Men are Failing play a modern roots-americana …
Unwoman’s Lemniscate (Uncovered Volume 2)~ reviewed on Singing Into the Void http://verbalpowers.tumblr.com/post/47504486958/review-unwomans-lemniscate-uncovered-volume-2 “Review: Unwoman’s “Lemniscate (Uncovered Volume 2)” This is the second volume in Unwoman’s series of covers albums which began with 2011’s Uncovered Vol. 1 and featured lush arrangements of songs released between 1980 and 1995, including Wham!’s “Careless …
Album review: Professor Elemental~ Father of Invention Professor Elemental Father of Invention CD/download England’s Professor Elemental is like some wonderfully unholy concoction of British music hall comedian, alternate reality explorer and stream-of-conscious(ness)-hip hop-Timothy Leary. He’s funny and blatantly eccentric. If you go anywhere with him, the good Professor’s in the driver’s …
CD review: Jody Ellen “Skyscrapers & Helicopters” on The Gatehouse http://www.ottens.co.uk/gatehouse/2013/03/cd-review-jody-ellen-skyscrapers-helicopters/ http://www.ottens.co.uk/gatehouse/2013/03/cd-review-jody-ellen-skyscrapers-helicopters/ by Hilde Heyvaert on March 26th, 2013 Everyone even remotely interested in steampunk music is no doubt aware of the fact that Jody Ellen is one of the singers of steampunk band extraordinaire Abney Park. Now she …
Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys: Soft Time Traveler review on RSL Music Blog http://www.rslblog.com/2013/03/walter-sickert-soft-time-traveler.html Walter Sickert – Soft Time Traveler On Further Review One To Watch in ’13 NEW! Devils In The Details NEW! BEST OF 2013 ALBUM SELECTION – This website and everything and all our …
Album review: Blackbird Raum~ False Weavers Blackbird Raum False Weavers LP/CD/Cassette Silver Sprocket records the audio cassette version Something happened with folk in the 1970s: “singer/songwriter” music pulled its teeth, milque-toasting people’s protest music into domesticated “adult contemporary”. If Blackbird Raum have any goal with False Weavers it may be …