O.A.R. - All Sides
Artist: O.A.R. Review: Like fellow jam bands Phish and Dispatch, O.A.R. have built an impressive fan base by touring incessantly and encouraging fans to trade bootlegs of their shows. That strategy has helped them sell over 1.4 million records and score headlining gigs at Madison Square Garden, and on their sixth album, they've cultivated a slick pop sound to match their arena-size ambitions. Produced by Matt Wallace (Maroon 5), All Sides features glossy modern-rock songs that range from sweeping ballads ("One Day,"... Rating: 2 Stars
Christine Perfect, The Complete Blue Horizons Sessions
Although hardly essential, a very welcome listen.
Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners
Artist: Graham Nash Review: "How do you write about breaking up with Joni Mitchell?" asks Graham Nash in the liner notes to his first solo album. Good question. His 1970 split with the willowy Canadian singer-songwriter was the seed of this modest 33-minute solo debut, which proves the cliché that unfortunate events can generate excellent art. The stripped-down piano ballads "Better Days" and "Simple Man" ("I just want to hold you/I don't want to hold you down") and the majestic "I Used to Be a King," spangled with Jerry... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Parts and Labor - Receivers
Artist: Parts and Labor Review: The Facebook generation just got its own spectacularly overblown epic in the tradition of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Channeling the motorized grooves of Can and the industrial experiments of Throbbing Gristle, these Brooklynites deliver a chilling, post-apocalyptic concept album about failing to keep up with capitalism and technology. On the synth rocker "Nowheres Nigh," singer Dan Friel shouts, "Consumption is our plight/These wasteful Westerns of our time." And "Satellites" is a rush of electro... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Operator Please, Yes Yes Vindictive
Operator Please have created some unashamedly sunny music.
Grzegorz Ciechowski
Muzycznie debiutował w tczewskiej grupie Nocny Pociąg. Również jako flecista występował w 1976 r. w zespole Jazz Formation. Grał także w duecie Łapka Misia i Res Publika....
Luciano, Jah Is My Navigator
Jah Is My Navigator is a return to form, and a good indication of what the fuss is about.
Marika
Choć ukazująca się właśnie płyta "Plenty" jest fonograficznym debiutem Mariki jako solistki, wokalistka aktywnie działa na polskim rynku już od kilku lat. ...
Dion, Son Of Skip James
Son Of Skip James is one for both longtime fans AND blues afficianados alike?
Miley Cyrus - Breakout
Artist: Miley Cyrus Review: History teaches us not to dismiss kiddie pop. Stevie Wonder was once Little Stevie Wonder, just as Lil Wayne was once little Lil Wayne, child gangsta rapper. And let's not forget ex-Mouseketeers Britney and Justin. Purists disdain teenybopper music as cynical pap, foisted on the young by Svengalis who lurk in the shadows, counting money. But bubblegum can be a great farm system, honing skills that pay dividends in later life. Lately, Disney's kiddie pop has been plenty profitable, with High... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Dr. John - City That Care Forgot
Artist: Dr. John Review: He's not talking about Cleveland. City That Care Forgot is the New Orleans soulman's impassioned lament about the natural destruction of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made tragedy of the aftermath. Over ominous funk ("Land Grab"), gospel-inflected blues ("You Might Be Surprised") and horn-boosted R&B ("Time for a Change," featuring Eric Clapton), Dr. John's bourbon-and-sandpaper vocals reflect the bitterness of a man who can sense that "the smell of death still hangs on the honeysuckle vine."... Rating: 3 Stars
White Denim, Workout Holiday
On this evidence alone, all signs point to a bright future.
Dr. Dog - Fate
Artist: Dr. Dog Review: "Let go of the old ones/We've got some new ones," sings Scott McMicken on "The Old Days," a woozy parlor-room piano-rock reverie. The Philadelphia band's albums have always sounded like they should be filed alongside "old ones" like the Band, the Beach Boys, the Beatles and the Bonzo Dog Band, but Fate feels less like a straight tribute to Dr. Dog's elders and more like a finely tuned collage. "The Breeze" begins as a trembling folkie ballad for acoustic guitar, piano and harmonica, then... Rating: 3 Stars
O.A.R. - All Sides
Artist: O.A.R. Review: Like fellow jam bands Phish and Dispatch, O.A.R. have built an impressive fan base by touring incessantly and encouraging fans to trade bootlegs of their shows. That strategy has helped them sell over 1.4 million records and score headlining gigs at Madison Square Garden, and on their sixth album, they've cultivated a slick pop sound to match their arena-size ambitions. Produced by Matt Wallace (Maroon 5), All Sides features glossy modern-rock songs that range from sweeping ballads ("One Day,"... Rating: 2 Stars
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"....
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
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.
Edyta Górniak
O Edycie mówi się dużo. O Edycie mówi się różnie. Jedno jest pewne: bez niej polska scena rozrywkowa byłaby o wiele uboższa....
The Notwist, Devil, You & Me
A masterpiece of electronic songcraft.
Mars Volta, The
Na początku był zespół At the Drive-In. Młodzi muzycy z El Paso w Teksasie, zafascynowani dokonaniami Pink Floyd, Fugazi i The Smiths, na początku lat dziewięćdziesiątych rozpoczęli poszukiwania swojej własnej drogi....
Loco Star
Efekt owocnego spotkania doświadczonych muzyków ? Marsiji i Tomasza Ziętka w avant-popowej przestrzeni....