Category: Best of 2009

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: 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: 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…