Artist: +44 Date: February 8, 2007 Opening Act: The Tommys,The Maple State and The Sounds Venue: Manchester Academy 1 City: Manchester Review by [David Adair] A drilling percussion combination is delivered by The Tommys’ Fran Robinson for opener ‘You’re Not…
Author: Amy
Album Review: Polyhymnia by Jaggery
Album Name: Polyhymnia Artist: Jaggery Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Not sure what genre Jaggery belongs to. They have a jazz feel to their complex music but don’t play standards or freeform jazz. At times I’m…
Album Review: Devil’s Rope by Kate Mann
Album Name: Devil’s Rope Artist: Kate Mann Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Kate Mann’s record has a nice if desolate Americana flavor to it. She has a nice voice and writes very impressive songs. The title…
Album Review: Priorities by Zeebee
Album Name: Priorities Artist: Zeebee Year/Label: 2006 / Monkey (Broken Silence) / Angelika Koehlermann [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Zeebee is an Austrian electronica artist whose previous album was a delightful exercise in Björk-ish music. Her second…
Album Review: The Journey by Freud
Album Name: The Journey Artist: Freud Year/Label: 2006 / Tantajo Records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Ingo Hauss formed Freud with singer Cora O’Donovan. Their second album adds singer Maria Sanchez to the band. The sound is multi-layered and makes…
Sharon Knight News
Sharon Knight Band has a lot of fun things happening now. They got a sponsorship deal with Larrivee guitars, so they got fancy schmancy new guitars. They are in the process of working on a European tour this summer. They’ll…
Concert: Ellery & Brianna Lane (2007)
Artist: Ellery and Brianna Lane Date: February 3, 2007 Venue: Collected Sounds Living Room City: Minneapolis, MN Review by [Amy Lotsberg] Producer of Collected Sounds Well, Ellery was here this month. What a joy. First of all, Tasha and Justin…
Album Review: 1001 American Nights by Annie Dinerman
Album Name: 1001 American Nights Artist: Annie Dinerman Year/Label: 2006 / Independent a Review by Amy I’m trying to get this album, I really am. Judging from the cover art Annie Dinerman looks like someone I’d like to meet. She…
Watch Wife Swap, no seriously!
You guys this is really exciting! One of Collected Sounds’ featured bands, 3 Kisses, is going to be on Wife Swap! Be sure to check it out two weeks from tonight Feb 12) at 8pm EST on ABC. I don’t…
Ani has baby news!
Don’t ask me how I missed this one. Ani is one of my favorite musicians. But I read about this in Entertainment Weekly about 5 minutes ago. Ani gives birth to baby girl! Congrats to Ani and her boyfriend, Mike.…