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Early Album Of The Year: Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise

‘Black Noise’ has the classiest opening sequence of any album in a long time. The first three tracks coolly redefine the genre of ambient Techno in glorious, glacial panavision.

12Feb2010 | The Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer - Amsterdam Showdown, Kingstreet Throwdown

‘Amsterdam Showdown’ romps and rolls through dirty Blues, Hip Hop and 60’s Soul samples like a Quentin Tarantino movie. Fingerlickin’ fare for folks who like their music raw and kicking.

27Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner

Shannon Stephens sings about the frequent downs and rare ups of a life as a commuter. Up at five to get to the office in time - You know the drill. Yet Stephens will get a smile out of you before the album is over.

7Dec2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Jookabox - Dead Zone Boys

‘Dead Zone Boys’ is the aural equivalent of driving through the night with your windows down, taking in the sounds spilling onto the sidewalk in front of a run down strip of shops.

2Dec2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Castanets - Texas Rose The Thaw & The Beast

Texas Rose is a kind of ambient country album that uncoils lazily like a strip of tarmac in the desert while frontman Ray Raposa recounts his dark tales in a comfortably worn in voice.

30Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

If somebody had to turn cult UK horror movie The Wicker Man into a radio play, then it would sound like this. ‘Witch Cults Of The Radio Age’ is an unusual and very addictive album.

12Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Golden Bloom ‘Fan The Flames’

Move over, here’s the next generation of Indie rockers. Brooklyn-based Golden Bloom serves up a full helping of catchy tunes somewhere between Sufjan Stevens and The National.

18Aug2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Rumble Strips ‘Welcome To The Walk Alone’

The Rumble Strips repackage Scott Walker, the dark prince of 60’s pop, for a new generation. Like Dexy’s Midnight Runners did 60’s Soul for the 80’s, Rumble Strips play Walker for today’s ears.

6Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Hermas Zopuola ‘Espoir’

Rarely will you get an opportunity to hear World Music artists both ways - As they sound for their local market and the way they do for export. This lovingly compiled double CD succeeds in doing both.

2Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Mark Pritchard & Om’mas Keith ‘Wind It Up’

Whoa, here’s a bit of a potential R&B Dubstep crossover hit. ‘Wind It Up’ is a big tune combining US slickness with UK leftfield vibes in a massive Transatlantic mash-up.

29Jun2009 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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