U2 - October
Artist: U2 Review: From the beginning, U2 aspired to profound ecstasy. But it took Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. a while to get there. Two of U2's first three albums are undeniable classics: 1980's precociously magnificent Boy for its proudly spiritual optimism in the thick of post-punk nihilism and for the Edge's reveille-treble guitar; 1983's War for its arena-rock muscle tone (honed over three years of touring) and the matured blend of soldier's ardor and pop wile in the singles "Sunday... Rating: 4 Stars
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. ...
Wild Beasts, Limbo, Panto
This is a fine debut, full of surprises.
Boyz II Men, Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
Comparisons to the originals will always be made and are often less than complimentary.
Loco Star
Efekt owocnego spotkania doświadczonych muzyków ? Marsiji i Tomasza Ziętka w avant-popowej przestrzeni....
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
Artist: Van Morrison Review: By 1974, Van Morrison was probably exhausted. During the past ten years, the Irish troubadour had morphed from a garage rock king (as the leader of Them) to a pop hit machine to the craftsman of such landmark albums as Astral Weeks and Tupelo Honey. His eighth album, Veedon Fleece, hit stores in late 1974, shortly after the release of those instantly accessible masterpieces — and it was greeted by a collective shrug by the rock critical establishment. Time has proven them wrong. The album... Rating: 4 Stars
Cool Kids Of Death
Dawno, dawno temu w Łodzi - mieście kojarzonym wyłącznie z fabrykami włókienniczymi i dwoma zespołami piłkarskimi - powstał pewien zespół rockowy. ...
Gonzales Jose
Wzrastająca w ostatnich latach popularność folku pokazuje, że mimo wszechobecnej wysoko rozwiniętej technologii w XXI wieku ludzie dalej poszukują w muzyce prostoty, szczerości i emocjonalności. ...
Lady Pank
Debiutancka płyta "Lady Pank", wydana w 1983 przez Tonpress, zrobiła w kraju furorę. Zespół dał w tym roku 360 koncertów, nieraz występując dwa, a nawet trzy razy dziennie....
Kings Of Leon
Gdy debiutowali, byli jedną z wielu kapel zaliczanych do nurtu nowych rockowych rewolucjonistów. Dziś Kings Of Leon to grupa, która jako jedna z niewielu przetrwała modę i zaliczana jest do puli "najgorętszych bandów" na światowej scenie rockowej....
3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down to kawałek dobrego progresywnego rocka. Zarówno przed laty, jak i teraz krótko po wydaniu czwartej płyty grupy zatytułowanej po prostu "3 Doors Down"....
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....
Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher
Artist: Old Crow Medicine Show Review: Old Crow Medicine Show aren't revivalists. They're anachronists. On their fourth full-length, produced by Don Was, the Nashville quartet mash up a well-nigh 19th-century sound — hopped-up folk, bluegrass, country and gospel — with lyrics that are firmly planted in the 21st century. "Huff paint, cocaine, playing chicken with a train/Smack dab, meth lab, mellow out, rehab," hoots Ketch Secor in "Alabama High-Test." Several songs cast a journalistic eye on hard partying, from the countr... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Madonna
Przeciętna wokalistka, niezbyt utalentowana aktorka, niczym niezachwycająca tancerka. A mimo to na jej koncertach długo nie milkną owacje ryczącej z zachwytu publiki....
Edyta Górniak
O Edycie mówi się dużo. O Edycie mówi się różnie. Jedno jest pewne: bez niej polska scena rozrywkowa byłaby o wiele uboższa....
Various Artists, Greensleeves Spring Sampler
With tunes this good, it's a welcome re-addition to Greensleeves' regular release roster.
Rodney Crowell - Sex & Gasoline
Artist: Rodney Crowell Review: Ever since 2001's The Houston Kid, country singer Rodney Crowell has been coming to terms with his private life in his music. The largely acoustic Sex & Gasoline is his meditation on femininity — not just a celebration of women, but a real attempt at empathy. In the midtempo shuffle "The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design," he imagines what it feels like to be female. Over the fingerpicked folk of "Moving Work of Art," he reveals his own tendency to objectify women. And in "I've Done... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Various Artists - Everything that Happens Will Happen Today
Artist: Various Artists Review: David Byrne and Brian Eno retreated to pop's periphery years ago, but their influence is suddenly front and center. There are echoes of Byrne's old band, Talking Heads, in the avant-funk of LCD Soundsystem and other dance-rock bands, and you can hear the singer's workaday hysteria in the cadences of Arcade Fire's Win Butler and Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock. Coldplay sought producer Eno to help them make Viva la Vida, a record that recalls another album with Eno's mark, U2's The Joshua Tree.... Rating: 4 Stars
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.
dEUS, Vantage Point
This might even be the thin edge of the wedge that heralds the return of prog rock.
Enrique Iglesias keeps focus on career, music biz (Reuters)
Reuters - Enrique Iglesias has just finished a
two-month trek of Europe, where he was touring in support of
his 2007 English-language release, "Insomniac,"