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Dr Nigel: Seeing In Squares EP

Shane Handler February 5, 2004 No Comments

Working on solo projects outside a touring band has become commonplace, but recording and touring with two bands above and beyond a solo career is a rarity. The unassuming focal point of a small, simmering music scene in Boston, keyboardist/composer Neil Larson is usually found bringing the synth-madness to Amun Ra and moonlighting with Nikulydin, but has somehow managed to keep his day job as solo artist, Dr Nigel.

Phantom Planet: Phantom Planet

Aaron Mendelsohn February 2, 2004 No Comments

Phantom Planet is still trying to find their identity. After two moderately successful albums of melancholy, California pop rock, Phantom Planet has taken a cue from some of their East Coast counterparts and released a self-titled LP of straightforward, guitar driven rock. Offering their best Strokes imitation, Phantom Planet has concocted a solid post-punk/post-grunge album that becomes more engaging upon each listen.

Teitur: Poetry & Aeroplanes

Shane Handler February 1, 2004 No Comments

Teitur, a self-professed troubadour from Denmark’s Faroe Islands is a songwriter first and foremost, as he manages to blend voice and poetry into a polished acoustic realm – think Badly Drawn Boy or Coldplay with a splash less rock and roll. But it’s his acoustic confessional lyrics, with a knack for gentle pop harmonies that make Poetry and Aeroplanes, a collection of twelve stark confessional pangs, a cozy listen.

Earl Slick: Zig Zag

Shane Handler January 27, 2004 No Comments

With a mix of instrumentals and compositions featuring guest vocalists, the album has two distinct feels – one of vital rock and one of 80’s throwback. But it’s the strong guest vocal numbers, such as David Bowie’s spectral croon on “Isn’t It Evening,” adding a mysterious aura over Slicks’s subtle guitar fades that provides us with a handful of ripe moments.

Joss Stone: The Soul Sessions

Shane Handler January 26, 2004 No Comments

Joss Stone may only be 16 years old, but with radiating pipes that can jump start a dead battery in the dead of winter, age is a mere afterthought on her debut – The Soul Sessions. Displaying the explosive anguish of Aretha Franklin, this young blonde from the Southwest of England surely hits the sweet spot, while taking the listener back to the early 70s’ era of Motown and adding her own 21st century spin.

Thicker Than Water: Music From A Film By Jack Johnson And The Malloys

Shane Handler January 26, 2004 No Comments

Not to be confused with its soundtrack follow up The September Sessions, Thicker Than Water serves as Jack Johnson’s coming out party – as filmmaker and musician. Although the film is defined as a collection of images and memories hauled in for an eighteen month journey through the North Atlantic, South Pacific and the Bay of Bengal; Johnson’s music plays a small part in this compilation featuring ten different artists.

Hamsa Lila: Gathering One

Brian Gearing January 19, 2004 No Comments

From the first glance at Gathering One

The Desert Fathers: The Spirituality

Dan Bliss January 15, 2004 No Comments

What took almost four years and seven studios to record, The Spirituality aptly leads the listener on a quest for inner peace and eternal life with songs revolving around an introspective dream-state. But the music is definitely not for the casual listener, as the abstract rhythms and convoluted vocals can border on distracting as opposed to mesmerizing.

The Crystal Method: Legion of Boom

Shane Handler January 15, 2004 No Comments

Since the mid 90

Ben Folds: Speed Graphic & Sunny 16

Shane Handler January 11, 2004 No Comments

Over the past few months, cozying up in his personal studio, piano man Ben Folds has recorded and simultaneously released three EP

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