by Sandeep Sehbi | Sep 21, 2014 | Album Reviews
I’m happy Blonde Redhead has new material out. They haven’t lost their sound. Blonde Redhead is possibly characterized by weird beats, percussive and textured softly sung female vocals, quirky guitar parts, and plenty of depth and atmosphere. Heavy use of...
by Sandeep Sehbi | Sep 21, 2014 | Album Reviews, Reviews
All things at once, this is a dense album to say the least. I’ve probably listened at least 10-20 times, and I still feel like I’m just scratching the surface. What I can say for sure is it rocks. It reminds me of Paul McCartney’s ‘Chaos and Creation in...
by Sandeep Sehbi | Sep 16, 2014 | Album Reviews
A sparse acoustic record about longing, loss, and other love related maladies. Karen O has released an interesting collection of lo-fi songs entitled Crush Songs. Clearly the disc is about crushing on someone. In the way Karen expresses it, the crush feels...
by Sandeep Sehbi | Sep 16, 2014 | Album Reviews, Reviews
The cover is a skeleton in a hat, sitting at a desk looking upward. 10 songs, 38 minutes. A lean release. Instrumented with some strings. Primarily Robyn singing, with his typical poetic writing sung over what sounds like an acoustic guitar. The joy when listening to...
by Sandeep Sehbi | Sep 16, 2014 | Album Reviews, Reviews
Life, death, love, heartbreak. and an awe for all the mystery that is life. This is Kevin Drew at his most introspective. He’s looking the future in the face, the prospect of loss, change, and the unknown. But he’s embracing it, wistfully. The new Kevin Drew album is...
