domingo, 26 de fevereiro de 2012

The Entrance Band

The Entrance Band (2009)

USA
Power trio!
Psychedelic Rock + Stoner + Pop + Prog
Guy Blakeslee (lead vocals, guitars), Paz Lenchantin (bass, backing vocals) & Derek James (drums)

Official Website
Wikipedia

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segunda-feira, 20 de fevereiro de 2012

The Indelicates

The Indelicates - David Koresh Superstar (2011)

UK
A fantastic concept album!
Indie + Alt Rock + Folk + Country + Desert + Punk + Art Rock + Politics + Religion + anything else…
Simon (Clayton) Indelicate (vocals, guitar), Julia (Clark-Lowes) Indelicate (vocals, whistle, piano, keyboards), Al Clayton (guitar), Laurence Owen (bass, vibes) & Ed Van Beinum (drums) – with: Lily Rae (guitar, voice, vibes), Sara Passmore (saw), Katty Rose Cox (fiddle), Todd Pertll (banjo, pedal steel, resonator guitar), Roberto Sanchez (drums) & The Indelicates (all other instruments)

Reviews:
Zenarchery
Pop Matters
Corporate Records

Official Website
The Indelicates blog
MySpace
Wikipedia



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quarta-feira, 15 de fevereiro de 2012

Mustasch

Mustasch - Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven (2012)

Sweden
The Cult on amphetamine
Rock + Hard + Stoner + Metal
Ralf Gyllenhammar (vocals, rhythm guitar), David Johannesson (lead guitar), Mats Johansson (bass) & Danne McKenzie (drums)

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MySpace
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segunda-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2012

Surrounded

Surrounded - Oppenheimer And Woodstock (2010)

Sweden
Amazing album!
Alternative + Psychedelic + Space + Post Rock + Americana + Prog + (Flaming Lips + Pink Floyd + Super Furry Animals)
Marten Rydell (vocals, guitar), Marcus Knutsson (guitar), Erik Gustafson (keyboards),
Tom Malmros (bass) & Johannes Linder (drums)

Read the review by Tom Walters @ The Line Of Best Fit
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Wikipedia
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terça-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2012

Steve Kilbey And Martin Kennedy

Steve Kilbey And Martin Kennedy - White Magic (2011)

Australia
Awesome & beautiful album!
Alternative + Psychedelic (later 60s / early Pink Floyd) + Folk + Art Rock + Post Punk + Dream Pop + Downtempo + Pop + Prog
Steve Kilbey (vocals, bass, guitars – The Church) & Martin Kennedy (all instruments – All India Radio) – with: Ben Sims (drums on 1, 2, 5, 9), Mark Wendt (bass on 2, 5, 6), Kaz Seiger (keyboards on 2, piano on 6), David Spall (strings, piano and theremin on 4), Michael Evans-Barker (drums on 10), Leona Prune (backing vocals on 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11) & Selena Cross (backing vocals on 1)

Review by John Bergstrom @ PopMatters
MySpace
Steve Kilbey @ Wikipedia

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quinta-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2012

Lifeguards

Lifeguards - Waving At The Astronauts (2011)

USA
Guided By VoicesRobert Pollard & Doug Gillard side project
Alternative Rock / Rock
Robert Pollard (vocals) & Doug Gillard (guitars, bass, drums, all instruments) with Travis Harrison (drums)

Lifeguards
MySpace

Robert Pollard
Official Website
MySpace
Wikipedia

Doug Gillard
Official Website
MySpace
Wikipedia

Guided By Voices
Official Website
MySpace
Wikipedia

Review by Mark Deming
"A quick look at Robert Pollard's post-Guided by Voices body of work makes two things clear - left to his own devices, his solo albums tend to be uneven and often indifferent, while when he teams up with worthy collaborators (such as John Moen and Chris Slusarenko in Boston Spaceships or Tommy Keene in the Keene Brothers), he's still capable of making smart, vital rock & roll with a hard edge despite their pop inclinations. If anyone needs an example of this principle in action, they need look no further than Waving at the Astronauts, the second album from Lifeguards, in which Pollard teams up with his former Guided by Voices bandmate Doug Gillard. Gillard is a fine songwriter as well as a powerful guitarist (he penned "I Am a Tree," one of the finest GBV tracks written by someone other than Pollard), and with a similarly talented colleague on board, Pollard has made the strongest album he's released since he retired GBV in 2004. Gillard and Pollard both contributed to the songwriting on Waving at the Astronauts, and while there are plenty of Pollard's usual melodic tricks here and his lyrics are clever but oblique in his usual manner, the tunes are also shot through with a wiry energy and an adventurous but hard-rocking attack that make the most of their shared obsession with 1970s rock. And with Gillard's guitar work giving this music a firm backbone and a bold sense of drama, Pollard steps up his game as a singer - he's sometimes sounded more precise than he does here, but it's been quite some time since he's felt like a for-real rock & roll singer, as he clearly does on this material. There are moments when Pollard and Gillard's fascination with the textures of prog rock allows these songs to meander more than they should, but far more often this music sounds intelligent but passionate and muscular, and Waving at the Astronauts is that rarity, a rock & roll album that's mature, adventurous, and exciting at the same time. It's clear Pollard and Gillard bring out the best in one another, and if they have any sense at all, they won't wait another eight years before starting work on Lifeguards album number three."

Check also a great review @ Whatevers with Doug Gillard's song-by-song notes
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