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
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....
Foals - Antidotes
Artist: Foals Review: For their adventurous debut, this Oxford quintet recorded with TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek; the schizophrenic result is both twenty-first-century Brit pop (see Bloc Party) and nuevo New York art rock (see Battles). On "Electric Bloom," the combination is magic: Interlocking guitars and glints of electro-metallic percussion swarm around intimations of disaster, with maybe the most compelling enunciation of the word "hospital" since the first Modern Lovers LP. Later, a metronomic guitar... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Marika
Choć ukazująca się właśnie płyta "Plenty" jest fonograficznym debiutem Mariki jako solistki, wokalistka aktywnie działa na polskim rynku już od kilku lat. ...
Motley Crue - Saints Of Los Angeles
Artist: Motley Crue Review: All the filth and fury of their Eighties heyday, finally funneled into an album Mötley Cüe have created a cottage industry out of rehashing their excesses: Their tales of debauchery have already fueled dozens of books and a standard-bearing episode of Behind the Music. Now they've woven those stories into their first album in eight years. Inspired by their 2001 sleazeography, The Dirt, Saints of Los Angeles finds Vince Neil flashing back to the band's golden age: gigging on the... Rating: 3 Stars
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
Vedder Eddie
Jeżeli w latach 70 królem amerykańskiego rocka był Neil Young, lata 80 należały do Bruca Springsteena, to herosem kolejnej dekady został frontmen grupy Pearl Jam Eddie Vedder....
The Breeders, Mountain Battles
You can't help wondering what kind of blistering gems this lot could have produced if they really let rip in the studio.
A Fine Frenzy
Alison nie od razu obiera kurs na muzyczną karierę. Dopiero jako siedemnastolatka, zainspirowana twórczością zespołów takich jak Coldplay i Keane, rozpoczyna naukę gry na fortepianie. Pierwsze piosenki układa, grając wyłącznie dwoma palcami....
The Pigeon Detectives, Emergency
One hit wonders this band ain?t.
Roy Orbison - The Soul of Rock & Roll
Artist: Roy Orbison Review: Roy Orbison was a superhero of song. Unassuming in appearance, he became someone extraordinary when his weeping tenor took flight, rising from deep, dark places on anguished ballads like "Only the Lonely" and "Crying." Orbison rebuilt the stark balladry of Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" as a jukebox opera house, expanded rock's arrangement limitations, and opened a door to Phil Spector and Freddie Mercury alike. This 107-track box captures Orbison's Fifties rockabilly beginnings on its first... Rating: 5 Stars
Alex O'Neal, Alex Loves
One to avoid like a cold sore on Valentine?s Day.
Bareilles Sara
Pisze piosenki, odkąd pamięta. Muzyka to dla niej świętość. Gra na wypożyczonym fortepianie. Podziwia Counting Crows i Radiohead. "Little Voice" to jej pierwsza płyta dla dużej wytwórni. Sara Bareilles ? specjalistka od love songs....
Chemical Brothers
Pewnego razu, w 1989 roku w Manchesterze, dwójka zafascynowanych hip-hopem i muzyką house studentów wydziału historii postanowiła zająć się DJ-owaniem....
The Academy Is. . . - Fast Times At Barrington High
Artist: The Academy Is. . . Review: In every emo band's career, there comes a time for "growing up" — dealing with more serious subject matter and jettisoning pop punk for a broader sound. Fall Out Boy have gone that route, but their friends the Academy Is. . . are happy to stay young a little longer. On their third album, themed around the senior year of high school, frontman William Beckett captures the struggle of being 18: the feeling that these are "the best days of our lives," as he sings on "After the Last Midtown Sho... Rating: 3 Stars
Vandermark Ken
Ken Vandermark to absolutna ikona awangardy jazzu dnia dzisiejszego. Muzyk szalenie wielowymiarowy, a zarazem ze wszech miar oryginalny. Co nie mniej ważne - artysta aktywnie kreujący współczesną scenę. ...
The Notwist, Devil, You & Me
A masterpiece of electronic songcraft.
Domu Presents Pete Simpson, Look A Little Further
The ethic here is to retain a sense of realness, both vocally and instrumentally.
Phish - At The Roxy
Artist: Phish Review: Recorded in 1993 during a three-night run in Atlanta, this mammoth eight-disc box captures Phish right when they were putting a spit-shine polish on the live improvisation that would make them kings of the Nineties jam-band scene. At the Roxy is a must-have for one reason: the second show on February 20th, where Phish unleashed their most experimental set to date. On Disc Five, guitarist Trey Anastasio, keyboardist Page McConnell, bassist Mike Gordon and drummer Jon Fishman play for 60 nonstop... Rating: 4 Stars
Waglewski, Fisz i Emade
Ojciec i dwaj synowie. Legenda rocka i legendy hip hopu - razem tworzą historię. ...
Razorlight
Pierwsza zasada PR mówi: nieważne, co mówią, ważne, by w ogóle mówili. Tej lekcji wokalista kwartetu Razorlight Johnny Borrell wysłuchał z aż nazbyt należytą uwagą. ...