Album Name: Tumbledown Artist: Mike Herrera’s Tumbledown Year/Label: 2009 / End Sounds [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I didn’t want to like this because I thought the I thought it was pretty egotistical to…
Category: Best of 2009
Album Review: Bound to be Mountains by Rachel Garlin
Album Name: Bound to be Mountains Artist: Rachel Garlin Year/Label: 2009 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Today when it came time to sit with this album, one on one, I was excited.…
Album Review: Bodega Rose by Kesang Marstrand
Album Name: Bodega Rose Artist: Kesang Marstrand Year/Label: 2008 / North Node Record [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I liked Kesang Marstrand’s album the first time I heard it, but I was struggling with…
Album Review: Love Ire and Song By Frank Turner
Album Name: Love Ire and Song Artist: Frank Turner Year/Label: 2009 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Frank Turner has been compared (favorably) to Billy Bragg and that was enough to make me…
Album Review: It’s Not Me, it’s You by Lily Allen
Album Name: It’s Not Me, it’s You Artist: Lily Allen Year/Label: 2009 / Capital [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I love Lily. If you’ve been checking this site with any frequency you know that.…
Album Review: Anamnesis by Shauna Burns
Album Name: Anamnesis Artist: Shauna Burns Year/Label: 2009 / Red Rock Music LLC [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds We here at Collected Sounds have been following Shauna Burns for years. What’s really cool is…
Album Review: Orange Days on Lemon Street by Lex Land
Album Name: Orange Days on Lemon Street Artist: Lex Land Year/Label: 2009 / Intelligent Noise Records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Producer of Collected Sounds God, I love this record. You have no idea. I love everything about it.…
Album Review: Kismet by Jesca Hoop
Album Name: Kismet Artist: Jesca Hoop / Jessica Hoop Year/Label: 2007 / Nettwerk [Buy at Amazon] [Download at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I am late to the Jesca Hoop party. Anna Maria mentioned Jessica (she…
Album Review: Somniloquy by The Endless
Album Name: Somniloquy Artist: The Endless Year/Label: 2009 / Queen of the Moon Music [Buy at Amazon] [Download at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds The band’s description of this record could not be any more my…
Album Review: Battler by Gregory Douglass
Album Name: Battler Artist: Gregory Douglass Year/Label: 2009 / Emote Man Music, BMI [Buy the record] Review by Amy Producer of Collected Sounds I know I say this every time I review his work, but each time Gregory puts out…