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.
Brett Dennen - Hope For The Hopeless
Artist: Brett Dennen Review: Brett Dennen was a hippie camp counselor before he became a John Mayer-approved troubadour on 2006's So Much More. So brace yourself for "Closer to You," where he admits to "wearing nothing but my birthday suit." That unsettling mental image aside, Dennen's third disc suggests he may soon give Dave Matthews a run for his tour grosses. "Make You Crazy" is a jubilant rave-up with Femi Kuti on vocals, while the quiet ballad "So Far From Me" is perfect for a dorm-room make-out. Dennen can be heavy-h... Rating: 3 Stars
Feeder, Silent Cry
Feeder have definitely found and settled into their niche sound, though there are some fresh ideas on Silent Cry.
Jay Z
"Allow me to re-introduce myself/ My name is Hov', OH, H-to-the-O-V" kokieteryjnie literował swoją ksywę na "Black Album", mającym być jego ostatnim w karierze....
Supergrass, Diamond Hoo Ha
Another jewel in the guitar pop dung heap ? good work fellas.
Sun Kil Moon - April
Artist: Sun Kil Moon Review: Sun Kil Moon?s Mark Kozelek is not a man to be rushed. April, like many of his solo albums, is full of sad, quiet songs that move as slowly as molasses in outer space. The pace can be a problem, but the music is long on understated beauty: ?Harper Road? sets Kozelek?s stoned croon over mellow guitar-picking, evoking a hazier version of Neil Young?s After the Gold Rush. Still, with electric rave-downs such as ?The Light,? it?s clear the best moments come when this sensitive dude plugs in. Rating: 3 Stars
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Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances
Artist: Titus Andronicus Review: Named for an obscure Shakespeare play and flaunting song titles like "Albert Camus," this fivesome of suburban punks are proud nerds. But they know when to kick ass: "Fear and Loathing in Mahwah, NJ" sounds like a kiss-off ballad, until the 23-year-old singer-songwriter Patrick Stickles stops short and bellows "Fuck you!" with his bandmates and they hurtle into a breakneck Celtic rocker that recalls the Pogues at their most raucous. There's emo in the tortured lyrics and E Street Band in the arr... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Lazenby, The Loft Years
Track for track, Lazenby's sound defies categorisation.
The Long Blondes, Couples
The band's second album is not as brilliant as you might hope...
Biffy Clyro, Singles 2001-5
Looking back with tracks like these is a hugely enjoyable process.
Bregović Goran
Goran Bregović już dawno zrzucił maskę gwiazdy rocka i zajął się aranżowaniem swojej starej muzyki, na ciągle modne folkowe rytmy z Bałkanów....
The Zutons, You Can Do Anything
The Zutons are, you'll be relieved to know, on fine form.
Simone Nina
Historia Niny Simone to przede wszystkim historia Afroamerykanki, kobiety, artystki, pianistki i wokalistki, której publiczność nadała tytuł "dr". ...
Various Artists, Every Mouth Must Be Fed
A rewarding collection of foundational roots, pitch-perfect in mood for its summer release.
Hank Williams - Hank Williams Unreleased Recordings
Artist: Hank Williams Review: In 1951, if you were awake at 7:15 in the morning and your radio was within the long reach of Nashville's WSM-AM, you had Hank Williams with your farina, singing with his Drifting Cowboys and selling sacks of flour for his sponsor, Mother's Best. Williams wasn't in the WSM studio at that hour; he prerecorded the shows on days off from touring. But the 54 performances in this three-CD set pack a magical, concentrated immediacy that is, in its time and way, as electrifying as Johnny Cash's Sixties... Rating: 4.5 Stars
Kayah
Zanim wydała debiutancką płytę, musiała przejść długą drogę artysty drugoplanowego. Dziś zajmuje niekwestionowane, czołowe miejsce gwiazdy pop na polskiej estradzie muzycznej....
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Artist: Coldplay Review: Coldplay's fourth release has been billed as their experimental record, as well as their political record. And it is both, relatively speaking. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends opens with an anthemic riff played not on guitar but on a Persian santur — a hammered dulcimer common to the traditional music of Iraq and Iran. The album's lead single, "Violet Hill," describes a scene in which "priests clutched onto Bibles/Hollowed out to fit their rifles." Half the album's tracks float... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
Artist: Elton John Review: Elton John was a lot of things — sideman, session man and flop, with a long tail of failed solo releases, including the 1969 LP Empty Sky — before 1970's Elton John made him an overnight star. He wasn't afraid to admit it. John packed a bonus scrapbook in the original lavish packaging of 1975's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy with bad-hair photos, comic music-press ads ("You've been warned! Elton John is 1968's great new talent") and other ample proof of his time, with... Rating: 4.5 Stars
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.
Bang Gang
Z czym się kojarzy Polakom Islandia? Z gejzerami i krańcem Europy. Może dzięki koncertom Bang Gang zacznie się kojarzyć z dobrą muzyką alternatywną. ...