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Tiger Shadow THE RISE OF TIGER SHADOW (Tiger Shadow Music) |
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Something of an unusual sounding bunch this lot, mixing hip hop with indie, adding a sprinkling of psychedelia, before propping it up with some funked up rhythms, making it an interesting listening experience at least. They are a four-piece band from Leeds, essentially the brainchild of main musician Jim Tycho and rapper Komla MC, who [...]
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Nancy Elizabeth WROUGHT IRON (Leaf) |
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Nancy Elizabeth (Cunliffe) is a singer-songwriter and instrumentalist from Lancashire, United Kingdom who mixes folk and post-rock influences to make her music. Her first album BATTLE AND VICTORY was released on the Leaf label in 2007. It was all recorded in a 17th century cottage in rural Wales and a village hall on the outskirts [...]
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White Out: SENSO (Ecstatic Peace) |
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WHITE OUT
with Jim O’Rourke and Thurston Moore
‘SENSO’ 2xCD
Ecstatic Peace records + tapes
26th October 2009
BACKGROUND
WHITE OUT are indeed ‘white’ and, in transcendence of such inherent nothingness, most definitely ‘out’. Lin Culbertson and Tom Surgal met in the still wild mania of 1986 New York City in front of CBGB during a Big Black show (Steve Albini’s [...]
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John Blum WHO BEGAT EYE (Konnex) |
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Who Begat Eye
Who begat Eye
Who begat Fear
Who begat Wing
Who begat Bone
Who begat Granite
Who begat Sweat
Who begat Nothing
Who begat Never
Never Never Never
– John Blum
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Diana Krall QUIET NIGHTS (Verve) |
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Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Her father Jim Krall’s large record collection helped to expose the young Krall to jazz legends. She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. When she was 15 she started [...]
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AFI: CRASH LOVE (DGC/Interscope) |
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AFI (A Fire Inside) is an American punk band from Ukiah, California, formed in 1991. They have consisted of the same lineup since 1998, lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backup vocalist Adam Carson, with bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget, who both play keyboard and contribute backing vocals.
AFI has released eight studio albums [...]
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