John Matthias, Stories From The Watercooler
What Matthias conveys in electronically-tinged folk-rock feels more sad and reflective than seething or abstract.
Big Blue Ball (Peter Gabriel) - Big Blue Ball
Artist: Big Blue Ball (Peter Gabriel) Review: Gabriel fans hoping for a follow-up to 2002's Up will have to keep waiting. Big Blue Ball is neither new nor is it strictly Gabriel, although the pioneering art rocker's aesthetic stamp (and, on four songs, his voice) is all over this global-music mosaic. In the early Nineties, Gabriel staged a series of jam sessions at his Real World Studios in the English countryside, where musicians ranging from Sinéad O'Connor to Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid to soukous legend Papa Wemba sang or played... Rating: 3 Stars
Ashford & Simpson, The Warner Bros. Years: Hits, Remixes & Rarities
For rare groove aficionados it doesn?t get any better than this...
Anti-Flag - The Bright Lights Of America
Artist: Anti-Flag Review: Pittsburgh punks Anti-Flag have long proclaimed their leftist outrage on their albums, and they act on their convictions too: The band's press bio lists ten different organizations its members have worked with, from Amnesty International to PETA. Unfortunately, The Bright Lights of America, Anti-Flag's second major-label album and eighth overall, proves for the billionth time that good intentions don't always make good music. With producer Tony Visconti (David Bowie) giving the songs cla... Rating: 2.5 Stars
Simone Nina
Historia Niny Simone to przede wszystkim historia Afroamerykanki, kobiety, artystki, pianistki i wokalistki, której publiczność nadała tytuł "dr". ...
Mattafix, Rhythm & Hymns
This has its share of pop hooks, but attempts to square this with Mattafix's world music sympathies don?t always come off.
Lewis Leona
W dobie zalewu programów telewizyjnych produkujących "gwiazdy" nietrudno jest zostać laureatem jakiegoś show i nagrać sobie płytę. Na szczęście pochodne popularnego "Idola" wyławiają czasem prawdziwe perły....
Pop star and partner show British art (AP)
AP - A bit of Britain has arrived in Texas, thanks to English pop star George Michael and his Texan partner Kenny Goss.
The Notwist, Devil, You & Me
A masterpiece of electronic songcraft.
Linkin Park snags Cornell, Bravery for tour (Reuters)
Reuters - Linkin Park, Chris Cornell and
the Bravery will perform on the main stage of the fifth annual
Projekt Revolution tour, set to begin July 16 at the Tweeter
Center outside Boston.
Perfect
Socjalistyczne władze nie przepadały za Perfectem, którego refren "Chcemy być sobą" zmieniano na koncertach w "Chcemy bić ZOMO". Faktem jest, że teksty pisane przez Olewicza i Hołdysa niezbyt pochlebnie wyrażały się o sytuacji w Polsce......
Jamie Lidell, Jim
If you've had enough of the girls crowding the field, and you need a feel-good piece of plastic to either shake your booty to or romance your significant other, Jim's got it all.
Winehouse Amy
"Czy Amy Winehouse doczeka kolejnego weekendu?", "Dajcie wódkę, to zaśpiewam!", "Amy paliła marihuanę przez 36 godzin! Non stop!", "Woskowy trup!"....
Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions
Artist: Belle and Sebastian Review: Fans of Belle and Sebastian's witty bookworm pop are an obsessive lot, and no doubt they'll snap up this cherry-picked collection of BBC recordings from 1996 to 2001. The draw for devotees is four rare songs from a 2001 session, including a hilarious fan letter to kindred indie-pop intellectuals the Go-Betweens ("Shoot the Sexual Athlete") and a kind of hushed farewell sung by Isobel Campbell, who left the group soon after ("Nothing in the Silence"). Otherwise, aside from a breezy glockenspiel... Rating: 3.5 Stars
The Music, Strength In Numbers
The Music may be taking the long road, but with Strength In Numbers they've started walking it.
James Hunter, The Hard Way
More blues, maybe? More twanging rock'n'roll, perchance?
Wild Beasts, Limbo, Panto
This is a fine debut, full of surprises.
Nickelback - Dark Horse
Artist: Nickelback Review: What's a poor rock band to do when your last album sold 8 million copies at a time when nobody buys CDs anymore? You can hire a guy who produced AC/DC, Def Leppard and Shania Twain albums that sold even more. On Dark Horse, "Mutt" Lange lightens Nickelback's dreary post-grunge plod, applying guitar shimmer to prom ballads and detonating big beats under frat-party shouts and raplike vocal parts. Lyrics revel in dorkitude, hair-metal style: "No class/No taste/No shirt/'N shitfaced." The two... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Kasprzycki Robert
W panteonie krakowskich poetów śpiewających tradycyjnie umiejscawiany jest gdzieś między Grzegorzem Turnauem a Maciejem Maleńczukiem....
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Friends, Solos Sessions & Encores
Solos Sessions and Encores gives us a perfect opportunity to reappraise the blistering talent of Stevie Ray Vaughan.