Album Name: Reminiscence Artist: Lunascape Year/Label: 2005 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Belgian band Lunascape have material from two European releases to make this cd. Singer Kyoko Baertsoen and Walter Hilhorst make atmospheric, ethereal-sounding music.…
Category: Album Reviews
Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.
Album Review: Harpos Ghost by Thea Gilmore
Album Name: Harpos Ghost Artist: Thea Gilmore Year/Label: 2006 / Sanctuary [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Some time ago, someone I met (and only know) online suggested I get a Thea Gilmore CD. The…
Album Review: Adrian For President by Adrian and the Sickness
Album Name: Adrian For President Artist: Adrian and the Sickness Year/Label: 2006 / LABEL This is a little harder and more frenetic that stuff I listen to on a regular basis. So personally, I have to be in the right…
Album Review: The Esperantos
Album Name: The Esperantos Artist: The Esperantos Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Not sure why this was sent to me. It’s not female, and it’s not the genres I usually like. But I mean it when I say I listen to…
Album Review: Reclining Female by Monique Ortiz
Album Name: Reclining Female Artist: Monique Ortiz Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Monique Ortiz normally fronts the excellent Bourbon Princess, but this is a collection of demos. We get Ortiz solo with her bass and guitar.…
Album Review: Heather Duby by Heather Duby
Album Name: Heather Duby Artist: Heather Duby Year/Label: 2006 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell I was smitten with Duby’s previous album “Come Across the River”. This one takes more time to love, but is no…
Album Review: Live on the Air by Alacartoona
Album Name: Live on the Air Artist: Alacartoona Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Alacartoona’s new record is a live broadcast from KKK1’s show The Red Wheelbarrow. Their modern cabaret sound is intact from their debut. Chanteuse…
Album Review: One Millennium Before Sunrise by Cristina Necula
Album Name: One Millennium Before Sunrise Artist: Cristina Necula Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Cristina Necula’s debut is nice. Her singing is almost operatic and the backing keyboards are used like the ones on Leonard Cohen’s…
Album Review: Out by Gabriella Kulka
Album Name: Out Artist: Gabriella Kulka Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I also have Kulka’s first album Between Miss Scylla and a Hard Place, and I found that one a little less accessible.…
Album Review: Blue Sunshine by The Glove
Album Name: Blue Sunshine Artist: The Glove Year/Label: 2006 / Rhino [Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This CD is a re-release by a band that I didn’t even know existed until recently. They’re called The Glove…