As a collective, the latest from The Minus 5 is summed up by “Cigarettes Coffee and Booze” and “Twilight Distillery,” two substance flavored tracks that toy with rockabilly, country and jangly pop. Sure, we’ve heard this all before with The Minus 5, but it’s the guests that keep you coming back. “The Gun Album” is no exception.
Wipe the slate clean. Ray Davies has dawned over rock’s new millennium. Davies, formerly of The Kinks, is a complicated, socially conscious musician, who delivers his message by drawing from a mount of musical styles.
Garrison Starr is single-minded in her songwriting. Not that there
Forty minutes of mostly forgettable, meandering soundscapes.
Jenny Lewis, The Rilo Kiley front-woman has struggled with her child star-meets-sex symbol status with grace, yet after a summer of opening the big sheds for Coldplay, you knew her star was about to shine brighter. Rabbit Fur Coat reinvents Lewis as a brainy borderline diva, who merges her indie spunk with cozy bygone harmonies.
If I had a list with my 100 all time favorite recordings, They Only Come Out At Night would be on it, but mainly for two songs,
Aliza Grant AKA LSA (Life
Aloneaphobe is Steven Mark
Posthumous albums often tend to be a forced effort from record companies to squeeze every last penny out of an unfortunate circumstance. Rarely do you find an artist with an extensive catalog worthy of such legacy. But it
