Eric Frisch: Music Under the Sea
Eric Frisch Music Under the Sea (Like a Fox Records) A mournful piano plays into a chunky beat and synth melody line on “Slow Drawn/Feeling in My Heart,” the opener to Eric Frisch’s new Music Under the Sea. From a doubled vocal to some sweet guitar noodling to even a spoken middle part of this love song, one is quickly taken along on the personal More...
Mike Oldfield: Return To Ommadawn
Mike Oldfield Return To Ommadawn (Mercury Records) I really should just only give you four words for my review of Mike Oldfield’s new Return To Ommadawn – holy mother of God! Presented here as parts one and More...
Guy Grogan: Glitter in the Gears
Guy Grogan Glitter in the Gears (self-released) Opening with a slicing punk slap verse and harmony-chorused vocal of “Anatomy of a Crush,” we are well on our way with Guy Grogan’s latest, Glitter in the More...
The Flaming Lips: Oczy Mlody
The Flaming Lips Oczy Mlody (Warner Bros.) The Flaming Lips have evolved into quite a number of incarnations over their 34 years together and their new album, Oczy Mlody, seems to be the start of another new More...
Ryan Adams: Prisoner
Ryan Adams Prisoner (Blue Note) The swirling organ on “Do You Still Love Me” flows into spiky power chords as Ryan Adams wails about his lover, for the opener of his latest, Prisoner. Supposedly whittling More...
Killer Bee: Eye In the Sky
Killer Bee Eye In the Sky (Mighty Music) Killer Bee bassist Anders “LA” Rönnblom and lead vocalist Brian “Bee” Frank (the songwriters here), guitarists Andre Hägglund and Chris Sjöström, Denny DeMarchi More...
Camille Peruto: From the Sea to the Sky
Camille Peruto From the Sea to the Sky (self-released) From the metallic piano jump of opener “Crooked Roads” and “Biscuit Moon”’s electric folk with an echo beat, to the high pop of percussion and soft More...
David Bowie: No Plan
David Bowie No Plan (Columbia) What might just be the very last bit of music we get from David Bowie, his No Plan EP, is from stuff he was planning to have heard in a big musical he was readying. Whether or not More...
April Martin: In the Blink of a Life
April Martin In the Blink of a Life (Shrimp Toast Music) The simply strummed acoustic and soft bongos of “One Breath” opens April Martin’s 13-song In the Blink of a Life album. With some soft backing vocals More...
Judas Priest: Turbo 30
Judas Priest Turbo 30 (Sony Legacy) Released in 1986, and delivering a wealth of heavy metal revelry at the time, Judas Priest’s 1oth studio album gets an update and add-ons here in this Turbo 30 release. On More...
