Toots and the Maytals, Light Your Light
Toots' voice sounds just as captivating as it did in the 60s.
Scouting For Girls
Męskie trio z Londynu zdołało już nie raz i nie dwa zawojować, w ciągu zaledwie trzech lat swojej scenicznej aktywności, w czołówkach zestawień brytyjskich bestsellerów. ...
Madonna
Przeciętna wokalistka, niezbyt utalentowana aktorka, niczym niezachwycająca tancerka. A mimo to na jej koncertach długo nie milkną owacje ryczącej z zachwytu publiki....
Al Green, Lay it Down
On this showing Al Green will still be knocking 'em dead both in the chapel and the concert halls for a long time to come yet.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival Review: Hailing from El Cerrito, California, Creedence Clearwater Revival should've logically been another hippie collective waving flowers in neighboring San Francisco. As these 40th-anniversary editions suggest, leader John Fogerty instead invented an alternate identity for his band based on its otherwise unremarkable 1968 debut album's rumbling reinvention of a rock oldie. His singing voice swollen with the exaggerated vowels and slurred consonants of shouting Southern bluesmen, Fogerty discovered... Rating: 4 Stars
Jazzie B, Presents School Days: Life Changing Tracks From The Trojan Archive
The charm of this compilation comes from its rosy glow of musical nostalgia.
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
Winehouse Amy
"Czy Amy Winehouse doczeka kolejnego weekendu?", "Dajcie wódkę, to zaśpiewam!", "Amy paliła marihuanę przez 36 godzin! Non stop!", "Woskowy trup!"....
Cure, The
Trzydzieści lat minęło jak jeden dzień. Dawniej jedni z prekursorów zimnej fali, dziś żywa legenda stanowiąca inspirację dla niezliczonej ilości artystów....
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
Joan Baez - Day After Tomorrow
Artist: Joan Baez Review: "I believe in prophecy," Baez sings on her new album. For five decades, her ringing soprano has been a prophetic sound, summoning the earnestness and anger — and, a bit too often, the self-righteousness — of the folk revival that made her its poster child. For her 24th studio release, Baez has teamed up with Steve Earle, who produced the album and contributed three songs. It's a fruitful partnership: Earle's hard-won earthiness acts as a counterweight to Baez's ethereal tendencies,... Rating: 3 Stars
The Herbaliser
Twórczość Herbalisera pokazuje, jak elastyczna może być hiphopowa formuła. Dokonania londyńskiego duetu niewiele mają wspólnego z kojarzonymi z tym gatunkiem stereotypami....
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. ...
Cool Kids Of Death
Dawno, dawno temu w Łodzi - mieście kojarzonym wyłącznie z fabrykami włókienniczymi i dwoma zespołami piłkarskimi - powstał pewien zespół rockowy. ...
Seal - Soul
Artist: Seal Review: Amy Winehouse, what hath thou wrought? In the wake of the Great Beehived One's world-beating success, it seems everyone is getting in touch with his or her retro-soul muse. The latest bandwagon-jumper is Seal — who, with megaproducer David Foster playing the part of Mark Ronson, has delivered a collection of classic-soul covers, dripping with melodrama and tricked out with swooping symphonic orchestration. Seal is a fine singer, whose flavorful tenor combines the smoothness of old-school... Rating: 2.5 Stars
Anya Marina - Slow and Steady Seduction: Phase II
Artist: Anya Marina Review: Anya Marina's childlike voice doesn't jibe with her randy album title. But that doesn't stop the San Diego singer from growling come-ons on "Afterparty at Jimmy's" ("You got soul onstage, boy/How about soul in the sack?") or purring like Jessica Rabbit on the cabaret-style "All the Same to Me." She dials it back on "Vertigo," a sweet ode to a dizzying dude. With blippy drum loops, it sounds like a play date with a Casio — proof that Marina still has G-rated fun. Rating: 3 Stars
Bregović Goran
Goran Bregović już dawno zrzucił maskę gwiazdy rocka i zajął się aranżowaniem swojej starej muzyki, na ciągle modne folkowe rytmy z Bałkanów....
An On Bast
Na świecie elektroniczna scena coraz bardziej się feminizuje, choć wśród tych naprawdę wyrazistych i znaczących postaci kobiece nazwiska są wciąż w mniejszości....
Travis
Kto wcześniej nie słyszał o tym zespole, powinien szybko nadrobić zaległości....
Nalepa Tadeusz
Przyczepa, przylepa - prostacko i do rymu. Po latach Tadeusz Nalepa śmiał się z tych przezwisk, ale w szkole bardzo mu przeszkadzały....
Bushman, Get It In Your Mind
Get It In Your Mind is Bushman's strongest album for a while.