Album Name: Listen Up Artist: The Gossip Year/Label: 2006 / Backyard a Review by David Adair Arkansas’ answer to Aretha Franklin performing against a slow building disco groove, with a slight jungle backbeat demonstrates Gossip’s funky feel given off in…
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Album Review: Lisa Lauren Loves the Beatles by Lisa Lauren
Album Name: Lisa Lauren Loves the Beatles Artist: Lisa Lauren Year/Label: 2007 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds While this is a “cover album”, it’s really unique. These songs are all done quite…
Album Review: The Room by Teri Falini
Album Name: The Room Artist: Teri Falini Year/Label: 2007 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I reviewed Teri Falini’s previous release, Sun Under Me in 2005 and I liked it. It was…the term…
Album Review: Strange Afternoon by Infinite Bliss
Album Name: Strange Afternoon Artist: Infinite Bliss Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I wasn’t sure what to make of this record. Firstly, the band does not have an official site, only a MySpace…
Album Review: Transplants by The Comforters
Album Name: Transplants Artist: The Comforters Year/Label: 2006 / Big Timbre Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I really don’t know why it’s taken me so long to write about this record. I got it in the middle…
Interview: The Tommys by David Adair
The Tommys ::An Interview by David Adair They’re Waiting In The Line To See The Tommys. “It’s not about that they’re girls; they can fucking play!” Responds Stevie Shepperson, the blonde streetwise mouthpiece of the Nottingham originated and Crewe based…
Album Review: MOR Duran by MOR
Album Name: MOR Duran Artist: MOR Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Well this is odd, Iceland’s Mor Margaret Eir and Robert Porhallsson play eight songs by Duran Duran in a jazz style. Even odder is that…
Down video
I know, I know I’m all about the videos recently. What can I say other than, “Hello, my name is Amy and I’m a YouTube addict.” This video though has a really good reason for being here…it features an artist…
Album Review: The Human Value by The Human Value
Album Name: The Human Value Artist: The Human Value Year/Label: 2006 / Big Deal Records [Buy at Amazon] [Buy at Amazon UK] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell The Human Value’s debut is an abrasive and thrilling work, propelled by vocalist…
Say it’s Possible
Myself and about eleventy hundred other folks fell in love with Terra Naomi’s song, “Say It’s Possible” on You Tube last year. This song touched so many people that they filmed themselves singing/playing it and posted their results on You…