Posted in Folk-Rock on Oct 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Mona Bone Jakon only began Cat Stevens‘ comeback. Mona Bone Jakon had been full of references to death, but Tea for the Tillerman was not about dying; it was about living in the modern world while rejecting it in favor of spiritual fulfillment. As a result, Tea for the Tillerman became a big seller and, for the second time in four years, its creator became a pop star.
William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Father and Son (BBC, London 1971) [3:43]
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Posted in Prog-Rock on Oct 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Steven Wilson has fully embraced his love for heavy metal and atmospheric rock music, merging the two styles very convincingly here, surely his relationship with progressive death metal band Opeth greatly influencing his writing style these days.
Sea of Tranquility
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here [12:02]
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Posted in Post-Rock on Oct 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Hovering in the shadows comes Apse’s Spirit, a mesmerizing album where the shrouded world of Gothic gloom meets the outer stratosphere of space rock. However one chooses to interpret the set, its mood and music casts an unbreakable spell, leaving the listener haunted by the images evoked and the atmospheres conjured up.
Jo-Ann Greene, All Music Guide
Legions [7:01]
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Posted in Garage Rock on Oct 17th, 2008 No Comments »
As this great debut album unfolds (at times, completely unspools), it becomes apparent that’s how White Denim prefer to go about things. A band plugged into some recognisable sources – Black Flag, Minutemen – but with some arguably far less recognisable ways of doing things, not least their penchant for mildly psychedelic digressions, White Denim have made a garage-rock album that at the very least forces you to think differently about your garage.
John Robinson, Uncut
All You Really Have To Do [2:48]
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Posted in Lo-Fi on Oct 11th, 2008 No Comments »
The Wave Pictures are a deeply personal band – their lyrics full of intimate detail, the semi-lo-fi quality of their recordings covering the music in a layer of cosy crackle. The Wave Pictures have been going for years, releasing half a dozen self-recorded albums already – Instant Coffee Baby is only the most recent incarnation of an already polished act.
Drowned In Sound
I Love You Like A Madman [2:59]
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Posted in Baroque Pop on Oct 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Scott Walker’s success as a teen idol singer of Spectorish ballads with the Walker Brothers in no way prepared listeners for the mordant, despairing lyrics of his solo debut. To compound the surprise, he does his best to imitate the vocal girth of Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra on this mix of original tunes and covers, which also features sweeping, bloated orchestral arrangements.
by All Music Guide
My Death [4:57]
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