Ponto De Equilibrio , Abre La Janela
Abre a Janela is a good inroad to reggae from the less conservative end of the 'world' music scene.
De La Soul
Niedawno świętowali dwudziestolecie działalności muzycznej. Mają na koncie siedem świetnych albumów studyjnych, ogromny komercyjny sukces oraz status żywej legendy....
Mystery Jets, Twenty One
At times this makes for rather surreal, though tantalizingly marvelous listening.
Dąbrowska Ania
Wierna w muzyce latom 60. i 70., choć nadal dążąca do artystycznego rozwoju i uciekająca przed jednoznaczną etykietką. Każda z trzech jej płyt pokazała Anię jako wrażliwą i bystrą obserwatorkę ludzkich zachowań....
The Zutons, You Can Do Anything
The Zutons are, you'll be relieved to know, on fine form.
The Kooks, Konk
It's too early to count them out, but they'll need to try harder with album number three.
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Triston Palma, Joker Smoker
A perfect example of what was, in reality, a high point in reggae's golden age.
Randy Newman - Harps and Angels
Artist: Randy Newman Review: Randy Newman has earned a nice living in recent years as a film composer, but connoisseurs covet his Seventies work, when he emerged as one of the most cutting and empathic of American singer-songwriters. So his return to political-minded material on Harps and Angels is reason to wrap yourself in the flag and cheer. Newman works with piano, an orchestra and a Dixieland-style combo, using American musical tradition to amplify irony and yank heartstrings. The best moments echo classics like... Rating: 4 Stars
James Taylor - Covers
Artist: James Taylor Review: On hits like "Handy Man," "Up on the Roof" and "How Sweet It Is (to be Loved by You)," James Taylor's way of interpreting other songwriters' hits has been to turn them into James Taylor songs. His honeyed drawl is supple enough to accommodate R&B and country standards, sweetening the savory tang of their rural sources. That approach guides Covers, where Taylor assays the likes of the Drifters' "On Broadway," Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" and Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne." He softens the arrangements... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Hot Club De Paris, Live At Deadlake
Liverpool trio Hot Club de Paris' second album trails adolescent awkwardness.
Eagles Of Death Metal - Heart-On
Artist: Eagles Of Death Metal Review: There are more important rock groups than Eagles of Death Metal, but are any of them this much fun? Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme are essentially a comedy act, sending up and celebrating that high-Seventies hybrid of garage, glam and ZZ Top: scuzz rock. On their third album, the duo are as danceable as ever, but they've tiptoed away from straight musical pastiche, crudding up their blues boogie with low-fi fuzziness and oddball percussion. Much of the fun is in the lyrics, which revel in AM-rock-r... Rating: 4 Stars
Silver Jews, Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea
Perhaps it's enough to say that this is the best album to come out of Tennessee this year; indeed possibly the world.
Fashion, The
W duńskim Svendborg w 1995 roku, spotkało się trzech facetów: wokalista Jakob Printzlau, basista Christian Lignell B?kholm i gitarzysta Anders Find Axelsen. Dopiero siedem lat później dobrali sobie dwóch kolejnych członków i nazwali się The Fashion....
Bregović Goran
Goran Bregović już dawno zrzucił maskę gwiazdy rocka i zajął się aranżowaniem swojej starej muzyki, na ciągle modne folkowe rytmy z Bałkanów....
Variete
Na początku był chaos. W 1983 roku w Bydgoszczy z tego chaosu wyłoniła się grupa ZyZyZy, która szybko zmieniła nazwę na Variété est Morte, czyli "różnorodność umarła"....
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
The sheer amount of choice is befuddling, but somehow, in a strange way, it all works. And it works well.
Lazenby, The Loft Years
Track for track, Lazenby's sound defies categorisation.
Adele - 19
Artist: Adele Review: Like fellow crooners Amy Winehouse and Kate Nash, Adele Adkins polished her skills at the Brit School in south London — as good a finishing academy as American Idol. Her debut, which topped the British charts earlier this year, lacks the bad-girl brio of those grads, but it shows off a vocal instrument that smokes the competition. Check out "Cold Shoulder," a lover's blues, produced by Winehouse's secret weapon, Mark Ronson: Over swirling strings and a snare pattern borrowed from James... Rating: 3 Stars
Toots and the Maytals, Light Your Light
Toots' voice sounds just as captivating as it did in the 60s.
Nelly - Brass Knuckles
Artist: Nelly Review: Combining Will Smith's friendliness with St. Louis slang and a down-home drawl, Nelly has mastered his own brand of crossover appeal. On his fifth album, he mostly sticks to that pop-rap formula, cranking his distinctly melodic flow to hyper-speeds and playing the good-natured hedonist on cuts like "Party People." But when he tries to come off hard on a handful of Dirty South brawlers, he ends up sounding generic: "U Ain't Him" finds him rhyming about gunplay and warning no one in particular abo... Rating: 3 Stars