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Heal The Last Stand: WHAT LOVE IS |
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Release date 4 September 2009 and available through www.healthelaststand.com.
Heal The Last Stand from Wrexham is something of a family affair. The band’s lead singer Laura Dickinson also plays guitar and percussion, brother Joey sings and plays guitar, while brother number two, Stan, sings and plays piano. Thom Bithall on vocals, guitar and harmonica completes the [...]
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PHANTOM LIMB Album Review |
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Special Edition Album, ‘PHANTOM LIMB’ Released on Naim Edge on 9 November 2009
“A seamless amalgam of classic, southern soul, country blues and gospel, intelligent music-making with impeccably high standards. Few bands can can boast a vocalist of the quality of Yolanda Quartey - a mix of Etta James, Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples.”
“Formed after an impromptu [...]
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David Garside: MODERN MEDIAEVAL (Frizz) |
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This is the third album from Birmingham based singer/songwriter David Garside, and for those of you interested in purity of sound, his first to be issued on vinyl. Garside’s bio states the following:
“It can be difficult in 2009 to make yourself heard above the noise, and it’s never been David’s style to fight his way [...]
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(500) DAYS OF SUMMER Soundtrack (Sire) |
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Okay, I’ve got to admit I’m a movie soundtrack fan, always have been, always will be. I love thesound quality, I love the diversity of music on offer, and often they’re better than compilation albums. I wish I could say the same about going to see movies but that’s a no-no because when the lights [...]
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Wallis Bird: NEW BOOTS (Rubyworks) |
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Album Release: ‘NEW BOOTS’ (Rubyworks)
Released: 7 September, 2009
The songs on ‘New Boots’ emerged partly from the most euphoric moments of Bird’s life - epiphanies and personal triumphs - and partly from the shadow of splits - with her label, with her partner - experiences that, she says, nearly broke her in half.
Recorded in varying locations - a [...]
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Damon & Naomi THE SUB POP YEARS |
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Following up on last year’s reissue of MORE SAD HITS, Damon & Naomi release a one-CD anthology of tracks drawn from their Sub Pop Records years: THE WONDROUS WORLD OF DAMON & NAOMI (1995), PLAYBACK SINGERS (1998), DAMON & NAOMI WITH GHOST (2000), and SONG TO THE SIREN, LIVE IN SAN SEBASTION (2002).
The original 1992 [...]
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