Album Name: Sarah Rabdau and the Self-Employed Assassins Artist: Sarah Rabdau and the Self-Employed Assassins Year/Label: 2008 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Sarah Rabdau’s previous record was more electronically influenced than her follow-up. She’s found…
Category: Album Reviews
Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.
Album Review: Pages in My Diary by Margot Blanche
Album Name: Pages in My Diary Artist: Margot Blanche Year/Label: 2009 / Oriole Entertainment [Buy at her site (download)] Review by Anna Maria Stjarnell Margot Blanche has a sultry vocal style that perfectly suits her music, which mixes new and…
Album Review: Conflict Resolution by The Passive Aggressives
Album Name: Conflict Resolution Artist: The Passive Aggressives Year/Label: 2008 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds The Passive Agressives are a brave band. They (or someone) sent me their self-titled EP back in 2006. [I wrote…
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: Divining by Chloe March
Album Name: Divining Artist: Chloe March Year/Label: 2008 / Powderkeg Records Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Wow, this is a beautiful record. Anna Maria reviewed her previous release, [Snowdrop] (I love that title) back in 2004. But…
Album Review: The Baroness Redecorates by Sarah Slean
Album Name: The Baroness Redecorates Artist: Sarah Slean Year/Label: 2008 / Independent [try buying here] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Wow, such controversy! Well, Sarah Slean started out as a Tori clone. Which was OK because there…
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…
Album Review: The Biggest Waves Come At Night by Levator
Album Name: The Biggest Waves Come At Night Artist: Levator Year/Label: 2009 / Levator Music Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Levator is fronted by singer/multi-instrumentalist Sky Lynn complimented by Rando Skrasek and Nate Henry. This is their third album of…
Album Review: Seeing Angels by Boggie
Album Name: Seeing Angels Artist: Boggie Year/Label: 2008 / Independent [Buy at Boggie.net] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Boggie Dimitrova’s new record is a solid effort. She’s mostly soft-spoken but her words speak volumes. “Thought Abbout It” is a moving…
Album Review: The Acid Cowgirl Audio Trade by Salme Dahlstrom
Album Name: The Acid Cowgirl Audio Trade Artist: Salme Dahlstrom Year/Label: 2008 / Kontainer Music Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Salme Dahlstrom decided to go it alone after being disappointed by major labels. Her bright, poppy sound makes it seem…