Recorded in just one day, La Hell Gang’s debut album was recorded in 2009 but remained unreleased till 2013 as singer/guitarist Francisco Cábala concentrated on other projects. It’s an exercise in analog recording techniques and a retro approach to getting the music on tape before it’s ruined with polish. If you like Grand Funk or Blue […]
Having spent 8 hours in the studio today recording three songs with Ed Rogers and Don Piper, I suppose it might have been optimistic to think that I could make Emel Mathlouthi’s concert tonight at Lincoln center. Arriving there a full hour after she had finished the closest I got to hearing her sing was seeing […]
Like a gang of drunk Millwall supporters tumbling out of The Residents tour bus, Fat White Family are a terrace full of contradictions. Hailing from Peckham in South London their anarchic brand of relevant noise has you applauding as you curse them. All flesh, fags and beer, angular guitars, screaming and songs that make Happy […]
Formed in 1978 in County Durham, Prefab Sprout were something of an anomaly, easy pop on the surface running with deeper waters. I always thought they were ironically produced but it seems like the critics in the UK at least realized what they were, praising Paddy McAloon’s sophisticated songwriting and lyrical visions. Consequently they became […]
L’au-delà (The Hereafter) is the opening track on Vanessa Paradis’ album, Love Songs released in 2013. Beautifully recorded with strings and lush production by singer/songwriter/actor producer Benjamin Biolay, at other times the album features electric guitars, warm acoustics, muted horns, percussion, piano and soft organ – and some French Pop. The album is Paradis’ first […]
What I like about Birdy is the trembling operatic quality of her voice, something Ellen Foley about it, such maturity for such a young girl. I like songs that have this pulse, it’s almost Shoegaze, it’s moody, I’d like to hear Bowie sing it. Birdy is just 19, English with some Belgian ancestry, Birdy is her […]