The first rule of reviewing is, you have to let something be what it wants to be.
With that said, k.d. lang has released a career milestone with Hymns Of The 49th Parallel. After touring with Tony Bennett doing Louis Armstrong-based covers from an American songbook, k.d.’s idea was to get in touch with her [...]
There has never been a singer quite like Sade Adu.Although she is of Nigerian origin, and her voice is clearly that of a woman of color, she is equally influenced by her English upbringing; the resulting combination of African heat and British coolness, particularly when combined with her band’s elegant mixture of both American and [...]
US trio Yeasayer are musical magpies, cut from the same cloth as acts like MGMTor Santogold. “Odd Blood” is their sophomore disc, comprising catchy jittery electronic Pop with a myriad of influences.
The woozy “Strange Reunions” has a Middle Eastern feel as does “Madder Red” (with a hummed wordless chorus), while the psychedelic clap-filled ballad “I [...]
I started listening to Hot Chip shortly after The Warning came out, in 2006, and I fell in love with the band’s knack for writing catchy, melodic, and danceable tunes. The album had a brilliant balance of hard and fast dance tracks and slower, smoother ballads and pop songs. When Made in the Dark came [...]
The story of how Fear Factory’s seventh album, “Mechanize,” came to be is a rather messy one. After putting Fear Factory on the back-burner last year, frontman Burton C. Bell patched up his toxic relationship with former guitarist Dino Cazares, only to re-form the band without the consent of its other half. Drummer Raymond Herrera [...]
Sorry, but the remastering on this CD is awful. All of the previous Who collection sound better, especially “Then and Now.” Skip this.
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Product Description: Members of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and recent Kennedy Center Honorees, The Who combine energetic live performances with iconic songs [...]
10. It’s more concise than the 4-CD boxed set.9. The inferior 2-CD “Hooligans” compilation is out of print.8. It has informative liner notes, listing the date each song was recorded.7. The booklet includes pictures of all the Who album covers, and has some great photos of the band in action.6. The remastered songs sound great, [...]