Category: Album Reviews

Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.

Album Review: Map of the World by Kathleen Sabo

Album Name: Map of the World Artist: Kathleen Sabo Year/Label: 2009 / Independent [Download at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Kathleen Sabo’s music is pleasant, but not without bite and precision. Opener Hey Jimmy! sees her pen a soft…

Album Review: Face by Nigel Clothier

Album Name: Face Artist: Nigel Clothier Year/Label: 2010 / Ryehabour Records [Download at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Nigel Clohier’s new solo record is a folksy, intimate set with some neat songs. You Come Here is a comforting, warm…

Album Review: Home by Rosie Nimmo

Album Name: Home Artist: Rosie Nimmo Year/Label: 2011 / Kick My Heels Records [Buy at her page] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Rosie Nimmo’s new album is a pleasant, folksy set of intimate songs with soft vocals. Never Go Back…

Album Review: Darkbloom by Naomi Greenwald

Album Name: Darkbloom Artist: Naomi Greenwald Year/Label: 2011 / Transom (release date January 18) [Pre-Order at Amazon] [Download at Amazon, once out] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell I’ve previously reviewed an ep by Naomi Greenwald, and was looking forward to…

Album Review: A View of the Sky by Paleo

Album Name: A View of the Sky Artist: Paleo Year/Label: 2010 / Partisan Records [Buy at Amazon] [Download at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Paleo is a solo artist who records a sort of lo-fi music with some gusto.…

Album Review: Rumors by Joy Ike

Album Name: Rumors Artist: Joy Ike Year/Label: 2010 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] [Download at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Joy Ike has a pleasant voice and a style that recalls Vienna Teng on this lovely album. Sweeter has…

Album Review Roundup 2010

These are the albums I had in my rotation as of December 27th that I wanted to review, I just didn’t have the time. So I’m doing mini-reviews of these all in one post. Horror/Forsaken by VoidWork [CDbaby] [Amazon] [VoidWork…

Album Review: Camouflage Baby by The Histrioniks

Album Name: Camouflage Baby Artist: The Histrioniks Year/Label: 2010 / Independent [Download at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds The Histrioniks and I go way back. Actually, I don’t really know them personally at all. Just exchanged…

Amy’s faves of 2010

I got my list up! [Here’s the list of ones I reviewed this year.] There are only 10 this year. There were a bunch of [honorable mentions]. But I decided to put in the top spot, only the ones I…

Album Review: Bird’s Dream by Fiji Mermaid

Album Name: Bird’s Dream Artist: Fiji Mermaid Year/Label: 2010 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] [Download at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Fiji Mermaid has been reviewed here before…in fact their CD, [Green Pond] was my 1,000th…