Guillemots, Red
Red is a frustrating record; for every moment of brilliance you find yourself tearing your hair out at their deliberate obtuesness.
T.I. - Paper Trail
Artist: T.I. Review: "Facing all kinda time/But smile like I'm fine," T.I. crows on "No Matter What." The Atlanta rapper recorded his sixth album while under house arrest for weapons possessions charges, and he faces a year-long prison sentence beginning in 2009. But as the plodding "existential" concept album T.I. vs. T.I.P. (2007) showed, he is a far better braggart than brooder — smiling like he's fine is good for business. On Paper Trail, T.I. mostly dispenses with the Tupac-wannabe gangsta-confessor... Rating: 3 Stars
Counting Crows, Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
One listen to this album shows you, once again, how damned efficient they are at summoning up the spirit of an age that cared more about music than image.
Coleman Steve
Steve Coleman to twórca M-Base, koncepcji, która wywołała spore poruszenie (a może nawet małą rewolucję) w jazzie lat 80. Alcista nie spoczął jednak na laurach i w następnych dekadach rozwinął swe muzyczne wizje....
Paddy Casey - Addicted To Company (Part 1)
Artist: Paddy Casey Review: This Irishman first tapped a nerve overseas with raw folk songs fleshed out with electronics, yet it was his blue-eyed soul and acoustic pop that catapulted him to Irish royalty. Here, he continues to transform from New Dylan to New Elton, crafting folk pop with Seventies flourishes. But the syrupy strings and faux-soulful backup vocals can?t cover for overly serious folk-singer lines like ?I am part of a time that is no more/?Cept in my heart and in my dreams.? Rating: 2.5 Stars
Brett Dennen - Hope For The Hopeless
Artist: Brett Dennen Review: Brett Dennen was a hippie camp counselor before he became a John Mayer-approved troubadour on 2006's So Much More. So brace yourself for "Closer to You," where he admits to "wearing nothing but my birthday suit." That unsettling mental image aside, Dennen's third disc suggests he may soon give Dave Matthews a run for his tour grosses. "Make You Crazy" is a jubilant rave-up with Femi Kuti on vocals, while the quiet ballad "So Far From Me" is perfect for a dorm-room make-out. Dennen can be heavy-h... Rating: 3 Stars
Last Shadow Puppets, The
The Last Shadow Puppets to wspólny projekt Alexa Turnera i Milesa Kane?a....
Beck
Krytycy długo uważali, że Beck jest tylko człowiekiem jednego przeboju i zniknie ze sceny tak szybko, jak się na niej pojawił....
Mystery Jets, Twenty One
At times this makes for rather surreal, though tantalizingly marvelous listening.
Wild Beasts, Limbo, Panto
This is a fine debut, full of surprises.
Domu Presents Pete Simpson, Look A Little Further
The ethic here is to retain a sense of realness, both vocally and instrumentally.
Coma
Łódzka formacja rockowa, która przez pierwsze pięć lat istnienia, bez kontraktu z wytwórnią, gromadziła na koncertach 1,5 tysiąca fanów....
The Fratellis, Here We Stand
Here We Stand is a baffling album... really, it's hard to see the point.
Wilson Cassandra
Cassandra Wilson to wyśmienita wokalistka, która nie rozmieniła swojego talentu na drobne, mimo że eklektyczne podejście do muzyki często wodzi artystów na ?komercyjne pokuszenie?....
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"....
Woods
Czy w 2005 r. jest jeszcze ktoś, kto wydaje album na kasecie?...
U2 - Boy
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: 4.5 Stars
Christine Perfect, The Complete Blue Horizons Sessions
Although hardly essential, a very welcome listen.
Martina Topley-Bird
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. ...
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
Artist: Ne-Yo Review: There's a difference between a ladies' man and a man who loves women, and Ne-Yo reps for the latter. The 28-year-old singer-songwriter says his latest collection of heartfelt love songs is a tribute to the Rat Pack's pressed-suit style, but it's actually a superb concept album about what a great boyfriend he can be — call it Songs in the Key of Nice. Having already penned lady-power hits for Beyoncé and Rihanna, he's the Gloria Steinem of R&B on "Miss Independent": "She move like a... Rating: 4 Stars
Deadbeat
Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat do tej pory przekładał na swój muzyczny język wiele gatunków od techno przez idm, minimal po - mistrzowski w jego wykonaniu - dub....