The Raconteurs, Consolers Of The Lonely
Hardcore Stripes fans may bemoan the 'uncool' sheen of professionalism that coats this album, but this beats Icky Thump by a country mile.
Spiritualized, Songs In A & E
Now, more than ever, Spiritualized are less about the trip into the outer limits and more about the frailty of love and mystery of individual existence.
Perry Katy
Śpiewająca o pocałunkach z dziewczynami córka pastorów zauważona przez samą Madonnę....
Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
With such sublime depth on offer, Crystal Castles marks a nuanced emotional territory that dance music never covered before.
Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off
Artist: Tapes 'n Tapes Review: It may strut its funky virtuosity like Prince, threaten to collapse in a drunken heap like the Replacements or rage like Hüsker Dü, but Minneapolis rock is always tuneful — an important comfort to folks freezing their nuts off most of the year. On the follow-up to their 2006 debut, The Loon, Minnesota's Tapes 'n Tapes hew to tradition, conjuring the Hüskers on "Le Ruse," a tirade on betrayal, with guitars and cymbals swarming like late-summer mosquitoes. Flaming Lips producer... Rating: 3 Stars
The Sugars, The Curse Of The Sugars
The Leeds trio prove themselves well worthy of the buzz that's been surrounding them.
Various Artists, Greensleeves Spring Sampler
With tunes this good, it's a welcome re-addition to Greensleeves' regular release roster.
Perfect
Socjalistyczne władze nie przepadały za Perfectem, którego refren "Chcemy być sobą" zmieniano na koncertach w "Chcemy bić ZOMO". Faktem jest, że teksty pisane przez Olewicza i Hołdysa niezbyt pochlebnie wyrażały się o sytuacji w Polsce......
The Replacements - Let It Be (Deluxe Version)
Artist: The Replacements Review: "Label wants a hit/and we don't give a shit!" Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg once sang. Yet the real miracle of his legendarily self-destructive band is that it created masterful pop in spite of itself. Success wrested heroically from seemingly inescapable failure: that was the Replacements' magic, as the recent reissue of their first four releases reaffirms. It still seems impossible that the most indelible of the four, 1984's Let It Be, came from these booze-crazed gutter punks.... Rating: 4 Stars
Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
Artist: Gnarls Barkley Review: When Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo strike a pose together as Gnarls Barkley, they'll dress up as anything from Star Wars characters to the Dude and Walter from The Big Lebowski. But their greatest costume concept has to be Hunter S. Thompson and his attorney, because that captures the fear and loathing in their music. "Crazy" seemed jovial on the surface, which is why it became the world's favorite song in 2006. But the longer you listened, the creepier it felt — especially Cee-Lo's cackle... Rating: 3.5 Stars
Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
Artist: Tokyo Police Club Review: Many songs on this spiky Canadian quartet?s full-length debut are best appreciated with a Webster?s Unabridged Dictionary close at hand — especially with lines like ?Dead lovers salivate/Broken hearts tessellate.? Tokyo Police Club?s 2006 EP, A Lesson in Crime, earned them copious blog love and frequent comparisons to the Strokes, but Elephant Shell makes clear that the band?s ambitions are as much literary as musical. Singer-bassist David Monks? words pour out in clotted couplets... Rating: 3 Stars
Lucinda Williams - Little Honey
Artist: Lucinda Williams Review: "Is your death wish stronger than you are?" Lucinda Williams asks in "Little Rock Star," a cautionary song swathed in guitar noise that someone should instant-message to Pete Doherty, Ryan Adams and Amy Winehouse. While it shows that the 55-year-old barbed-wire country singer is wary of rock's trappings, Little Honey proves she's still crushed out on the music. On "Real Love," amid boogie-rock riffing, she alternately pledges her heart to a guy, a girl and an electric guitar. And "Honey Bee"... Rating: 4 Stars
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"....
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
Christine Perfect, The Complete Blue Horizons Sessions
Although hardly essential, a very welcome listen.
Douglas Dave
Dave Douglas (ur. w 1963 roku) uchodzi za pierwszą trąbkę współczesnego jazzu. Potrafi on w zadziwiający sposób zjednać sobie względy zarówno bardziej konserwatywnej części publiczności, jak i miłośników awangardy....
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Elton John Review: Elton John was a lot of things — sideman, session man and flop, with a long tail of failed solo releases, including the 1969 LP Empty Sky — before 1970's Elton John made him an overnight star. He wasn't afraid to admit it. John packed a bonus scrapbook in the original lavish packaging of 1975's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy with bad-hair photos, comic music-press ads ("You've been warned! Elton John is 1968's great new talent") and other ample proof of his time, with... Rating: 4.5 Stars
Kayah
Zanim wydała debiutancką płytę, musiała przejść długą drogę artysty drugoplanowego. Dziś zajmuje niekwestionowane, czołowe miejsce gwiazdy pop na polskiej estradzie muzycznej....
Winehouse Amy
"Czy Amy Winehouse doczeka kolejnego weekendu?", "Dajcie wódkę, to zaśpiewam!", "Amy paliła marihuanę przez 36 godzin! Non stop!", "Woskowy trup!"....
Feist scoops up 1,2,3,4,5 Canadian music awards (Reuters)
Reuters - Feist dominated Canada's music
awards on Sunday, scooping up five Junos for a year in which
the singer-songwriter shot to international stardom when Apple
Inc. used her single "1234" in iPod TV ads.
Anthony Hamilton - The Point Of It All
Artist: Anthony Hamilton Review: Most of today's gold-plated R&B stars are ideally suited to economic boom times. Anthony Hamilton is a down-home sort: a man to help you muddle through a recession. "We don't have to worry 'bout no groceries/We can fill up on love alone," he sings on "Cool," from his sixth album. The least flashy of the neosoul singers that emerged in the Nineties, Hamilton still has a Seventies jones (check out the Curtis Mayfield impersonation in "The News"). But his real calling card is solace, emotional and... Rating: 3 Stars