Album Name: Where Do You Start Artist: Tokeli Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Like Ho Lan’s, this record is not made up of original compositions so it won’t get a full review here. Well, they’re original to someone but not to…
Category: Album Reviews
Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.
Album Review: Echo from Deep Valley by Ho Lan
Album Name: Echo from Deep Valley Artist: Ho Lan Year/Label: 2006 / Mandala Now here’s something I don’t hear everyday. Ho Lan is a Taiwanese guitarist, singer, whistler and yodeler. No, I’m not kidding. She doesn’t really qualify for a…
Album Review: Dreaming through the Noise by Vienna Teng
I broke down today and bought Vienna’s new record (I was trying to save some cash and was hoping someone in her camp would send it for review, but alas…) I just have to say holy crap. It’s beautiful. It’s…
Album Review: Shake the Stars by Sharon Goldman
Album Name: Shake the Stars Artist: Sharon Goldman Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I’ve reviewed two of Sharon’s previous releases and I enjoyed them both. However, I honestly believe this is her best…
Album Review: Bittersweet by Jana Losey
Album Name: Bittersweet Artist: Jana Losey Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I feel bad saying this, but this record did not grab me right away. There was even a moment or two when…
Album Review: EP by Anna Dagmar
Album Name: EP Artist: Anna Dagmar Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds a Review by Amy Producer of Collected Sounds I reviewed Anna Dagmar’s previous record, Solo Songs (see link at left) I liked…
Album Review: The Morning Way by Tefflon
Album Name: The Morning Way Artist: Tefflon Year/Label: 2006 / Independent There are a lot of bands right now doing this sort of emo/sweet boy-rock thing so in order for people to pay attention; you’ve got to be pretty good.…
Album Review: New Leaves Over by Larissa Jaye
Album Name: New Leaves Over Artist: Larissa Jaye Year/Label: 2006 / Rella Records Larissa Jaye has a really unique sound. It’s somewhere between rock and pop but there’s a fair amount of quirk present as well. “Underwater” is a great…
Album Review: Complicated Mess by Debra Arlyn
Album Name: Complicated Mess Artist: Debra Arlyn Year/Label: 2006 / Independent I guess the thing that stands out the most about Debra Arlyn is that her voice is perfect. It almost sounds too perfect. If she were a major label…
Album Review: Full Circle by Halie Loren
Album Name: Full Circle Artist: Halie Loren Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I’ve exchanged some emails with Halie Loren for a few months now regarding her being our artist of the month for…