Best of 2004

Album Name: Give In Artist: Anne Heaton Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I may be a tad biased about these songs since I heard them played in my own living room last month (Nov 2004). But I think we can all agree that this is a fantastic...
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Album Name: Nu Artist: Edie Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Edie’s previous release, “Shades” was reviewed here at Collected Sounds some time ago, but the review was done by my co-hort Anna Maria Stjärnell so I never actually heard it. After hearing this one I’m sorry I...
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Album Name: Day One Artist: Sarah Slean Year/Label: 2004 / Wea International Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Well, Collected Sounds has a bit of a history with Ms Slean. She was one of the first artists we ever spotlighted, the third CD we ever reviewed, and she was...
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Album Name: Mystical America Artist: Laura Sullivan Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Earlier this year I reviewed Laura Sullivan’s CD, Pianoscapes and I loved it. I am happy to report that one wasn’t a fluke. Sullivan has done it again. This CD is just as lovely…maybe even...
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Album Name: Wreck of the Day Artist: Anna Nalick Year/Label: 2005 / Sony Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I don’t normally do reviews of sampler EPs or anything that you as a music consumer can’t purchase, but think of this as a placeholder for the full-length CD, Wreck...
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Album Name: Infomercial Gasmask Artist: ALU Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds The voice coos… “Welcome to the wasteland. Close your eyes, Take hold of my hand. I will lead you through the barren streets where paranoid creatures pray in their sleep. You and I will make it...
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Album Name: Trouble Artist: Bonnie McKee Year/Label: 2004 / Reprise/Warner Brothers Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Bonnie McKee is now 19 (I believe, as of Spring of 2004). But her sound is much more mature. Could be due to the fact that she’s been through a lot more...
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Album Name: 10,000 Stones Artist: Adrianne Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Some months ago I received a sampler of Adrianne’s music with just two songs on it. Well, I’ve been hooked on those two songs ever since. So I’m very happy to report that the rest of...
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Album Name: White Turns Blue Artist: Maria Mena Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I was aware of Maria Mena and her release of her debut CD, “White Turns Blue” for some time because of a series of press releases I’d received. But I just...
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Album Name: Facsimile Dream Artist: The Gypsy Cowgirls Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This recording is described as “the musical odyssey of a young woman fed up with her relationships with men. She gradually crosses over, becoming a woman who loves women, and ends up much happier...
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