Album Name: Corrupted Flowers Artist: Industrial Honey Year/Label: 2002 / Little Yellow Bastard Records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Desdamona Racheli fronts Industrial Honey. Her music is alternative rock with plenty of energy and poise. Racheli’s voice is capable of…
Category: Album Reviews
Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.
Album Review: PurrBox by PurrBox
Album Name: PurrBox Artist: PurrBox Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds PurrBox could be described as fun, peppy, poppy with a punk edge. Miss Mellie (Melanie Isaksen) heads the group and her voice is…
Album Review: Shake It Around by Alison Pipitone
Album Name: Shake It Around Artist: Alison Pipitone Year/Label: 2002 / Slice Records Review by Pam Huwig I have a weakness for raspy, unrefined voice–especially combines with the kind of fingers that can white-knuckle their way through most any song.…
Album Review: Moravian Star by Brittany Shane
Album Name: Moravian Star Artist: Brittany Shane Year/Label: 2000 / Brittany Safranek Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Brittany Shane’s music is gentle yet intense. It has a country-tinged feel to it. Tracks like the marvellous “I Think I Live/Die” show…
Album Review: Queenie by Queenie
Album Name: Queenie Artist: Queenie Year/Label: 2001 / Fierce Petticoat Records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Queenie has what it takes to stand out in a crowd. Her soft voice and evocative sound contribute to that. Songs like the thougthful…
Album Review: Reflecting Seyelence by Lunascape
Album Name: Reflecting Seyelence Artist: Lunascape Year/Label: 2002 / B Track [Buy at Proxis.com] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Belgian band Lunascape offer up an intriguing album. Their ethereal but poppy sound is centered round singer Kyoko Baetsoen’s fluid grace.…
Album Review: See Red by Cindy Alexander
Album Name: See Red Artist: Cindy Alexander Year/Label: 2002 / JamCat Records Review by Digman In Today’s competitive market “See Red” is a Performance Data (Cindy Alexander) Investment CD. A Musical Certificate of Deposit, with an annual percentage yield of…
Album Review: Faces by Jen Porter
Album Name: Faces Artist: Jen Porter Year/Label: 1999 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Jen plays the piano and Jeff Gordon plays all the other instruments on this recording. It’s short at only seven songs, and it’s raw, but…
Album Review: Be Not Nobody by Vanessa Carlton
Album Name: Be Not Nobody Artist: Vanessa Carlton Year/Label: 2002 / A&M Records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Before this CD came out I heard “A Thousand Miles” and I loved it. So I…
Album Review: Luxury of Sadness by Maggie Connell
Album Name: Luxury of Sadness Artist: Maggie Connell Year/Label: 2002 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Maggie Connell has a great, original lyrical style and a sound that is rich. Her first solo record after time…