Music Reviews tagged with folk
Clue to Kalo Lily Perdida
Lily Perdida, Mark Mitchell's newest psuedo-concept album, paints a picture of Lily using ten different brushes. The result is an engaging, if not befuddling, character profile of the album's titular heroine.
Andy Stewart scratches his head in wonder...
Various Artists Dark Was The Night
An album to make the indie kids wet their pants.
Cara Nash reviews...
The Donkeys Living On The Other Side
This laid-back outing from the Donkeys arrived to little fanfare in late 2008. John Darnielle loved it; most publications dismissed it. But who was right?
David Coleman considers...
Little Joy Little Joy
It's official. I don't care if The Strokes ever put out another album.
Brett Oronzio reviews...
Six Organs of Admittance RTZ
Those of us who aren’t already familiar with the wealth of Six Organs of Admittance rarities collected on RTZ and are getting limited mileage out of Chasny’s recent exercises in finely honed border-psych will find that these patient, meditative, sky-minded nocturnes are just what the witch-doctor ordered.
Tom Whalen returns to zero...
Color Cassette Forever Sparrow
A boy becomes a sparrow, and it sounds like this.
Sean Caldwell reviews...
MV and EE with the Golden Road Drone Trailer
Drone Trailer is the kind of record that could easily be shelved as a “nice enough” roots rock exercise, but the more it spins, the more it reveals itself as a rich emblem to the signature alloy of poise, wonder, and itching expansion that has typified MV and EE's post-Tower Recordings work.
Tom Whalen heads out toward the drone...
Bon Iver Blood Bank
Melancholy gives way to shades of optimism as Bon Iver delicately expands his sound on his new EP, while retaining a sense that these songs were created in a time forever ago.
Apart from a subjective opening paragraph, Cara Nash reviews objectively…
Cat Power Dark End of the Street
This EP proves Cat Power’s transformation from jaded indie queen to credible soul singer is almost complete; but rather than bordering on brilliant, these covers border on bland.
Cara Nash reviews...
Thousand & Bramier Go Typhoon!
In the last five years there have been a clutch of non-American artists serving up moody 'Americana' music. Parisian duo Thousand & Bramier might well be the very best.
David Coleman digs out his banjo and strums along...
