Lloyd - Lessons In Love
Artist: Lloyd Review: Lloyd Harlin Polite Jr. isn't your average R&B smoothie — he's much hornier. On his third album, the 22-year-old New Orleans native trains his high croon on titles like "Have My Baby" and "Sex Education," coming off like a pop-wise lothario or a slightly less-weird version of R. Kelly. With help from producers like Eric Hudson and Polow Da Don, Lloyd keeps it brightly tuneful over an Eric B. and Rakim sample and other pricey beats outfitted with electro squiggles. Between its love for inte... Rating: 3 Stars
Bauhaus
W dobie renesansu postpunkowej surowizny, reaktywacja i nowa płyta Bauhausu powinny wzbudzić sensację. Oczywiście prasa muzyczna odnotowała te wydarzenia, a w dość hermetycznych dziś środowiskach gotyckich temat był szeroko komentowany....
Loco Star
Efekt owocnego spotkania doświadczonych muzyków ? Marsiji i Tomasza Ziętka w avant-popowej przestrzeni....
Courteeners, The
Na pierwszej próbie spotkali się w 2006 roku. Rok później do mediów trafił ich pierwszy singiel. Po półtorarocznej działalności mają na koncie debiutancki album "St. Jude"....
Marika
Choć ukazująca się właśnie płyta "Plenty" jest fonograficznym debiutem Mariki jako solistki, wokalistka aktywnie działa na polskim rynku już od kilku lat. ...
Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
Artist: Katy Perry Review: "I hope you hang yourself with your H&M scarf/While jacking off listening to Mozart," Katy Perry tells her metrosexual ex on "Ur So Gay." Risqué words, coming from the daughter of two Christian pastors who only let her listen to gospel tunes as a kid. Now 23, the L.A. singer bucks the WWJD'ers with a debut full of mall-punky, grrrl-power tunes produced by Glen Ballard (Alanis Morissette) and Dr. Luke (Avril Lavigne). But her attention-grabbing doesn't feel very rebellious: On the New Wave-y club... Rating: 2 Stars
Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
Artist: Alkaline Trio Review: When My Chemical Romance struck platinum, Alkaline Trio might have wondered, "Why not us?" The Chicago group has spent more than a decade evolving from a Misfits-inspired hardcore act into craftsmen of exquisite doom-pop. Having recently signed with a major label, the Trio grab for the brass ring with Agony & Irony, enlisting producer Josh Abraham (Linkin Park, Velvet Revolver) to spin their big-hooked tales of funerals and heartbreak into radio-friendly cluster bombs. That new sound fits them... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Cool Kids Of Death
Dawno, dawno temu w Łodzi - mieście kojarzonym wyłącznie z fabrykami włókienniczymi i dwoma zespołami piłkarskimi - powstał pewien zespół rockowy. ...
Mary J Blige, Growing Pains
One thing's for sure, Mary's still keeping it real.
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
Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends
Any way you look at it, this is a massive album.
The Music, Strength In Numbers
The Music may be taking the long road, but with Strength In Numbers they've started walking it.
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
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.
Morcheeba
Ich nazwa to kombinacja słów: "mor", czyli środek drogi (z ang. "middle of the road") oraz "cheeba", slangowy odpowiednik marihuany....
The Clash - Live at Shea Stadium
Artist: The Clash Review: In late 1982, the greatest punk band of all time was in the midst of a swift, sad decline: Though the Clash had just released their most commercially successful album, Combat Rock, they had also just booted longtime drummer and then-smack addict Topper Headon — a move that, according to late, great frontman Joe Strummer, sent the band "limping to its death." The f0llowing year would see the departure of singer-guitarist Mick Jones, and the classic Clash lineup would never cut another... Rating: 4 Stars
Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me
Artist: Arthur Russell Review: Arthur Russell was the secret link between New York music scenes of the Seventies and Eighties — an experimental composer, a pathbreaking disco producer, a rocker in Talking Heads' orbit, a wildly original singer. His downfall, though, was a perfectionism that kept him from finishing his recordings. Culled from his ample archives, this set collects unheard pop songs from 1973 to 1991, a year before his death from AIDS-related complications. Russell's lighter-than-air voice, murmuring about... Rating: 3.5 Stars
The Black Keys, Attack & Release
Attack & Release is a remarkably easy album to like.
Guillemots, Red
Red is a frustrating record; for every moment of brilliance you find yourself tearing your hair out at their deliberate obtuesness.
Marc Broussard - Keep Coming Back
Artist: Marc Broussard Review: Marc Broussard's early albums established him as the heir to Texas white-soul icon Delbert McClinton. But Keep Coming Back shows the 26-year-old Louisiana singer coming into his own. His coarse baritone fires up the Seventies-style funk of "Power's in the People," the disco-fied anthem "Man for Life" and the warm, strings-drenched piano ballad "Evil Things." He lapses into pedestrian pop-soul-disco on the ponderous "Another Night Alone," but he makes up for it on "When It's Good," a brawny... Rating: 3 Stars
Topley-Bird Martina
W połowie lat 90. jej hipnotyzujący, unikatowy głos za sprawą płyt Tricky'ego znali wszyscy fani trip-hopu. Dziś Martina Topley-Bird to w pełni samodzielna artystka, realizująca własną wizję muzyki. ...