Reviews | AAA Music - Part 125
JAMIE HARTMAN – Before I Close My Eyes
19 May 2012 | aaamusicJamie Hartman, an award-winning British singer-songwriter and Ivor Novello award nominee, was once the frontman to Ben’s Brother. His double A-side single Before I Close My Eyes / Buddha Allah Jesus Jones is released on May 21st 2012 on … Read More
Ninetails – Blue Bottle Flu
19 May 2012 | aaamusicThe latest from Manchester’s small scale yet perennially interesting Superstar Destroyer roster, Ninetails’ ‘Blue Bottle Flu’ is a dreamy prog-pop number via a tasty dash of 00s indie, with intricate, forlorn guitars and melancholy vocals, alongside a deceptively slick … Read More
Karin Park – Restless
19 May 2012 | aaamusicSugar and synths abound on Karin Park’s new single ‘Restless’. Sugar, synths, and some kind of sinister feverish drive. Park may initially seem like a ethereal presence with her breathy vocals and electro instrumentation, but there’s an undeniable dark … Read More
Blowgoat – Blowgoat EP
19 May 2012 | aaamusicWow. Okay, without a shadow of a doubt, this is a bloody savage EP. ‘Blowgoat’ doesn’t so much explode from the speakers as it does spray you with aural viscera and rubble from a nuclear explosion that took place … Read More
DONOVAN WOODS – The Widowmaker
19 May 2012 | aaamusicDonovan Woods is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Ontario, Canada. His influences are Paul Simon, Mark Knopfler, Bryan Adams, Emmylou Harris and Phil Kessel. His praised first album, The Hold Up, was released in 2007. His second, … Read More
SUMMERLIN – YOU CAN’T BURN OUT IF YOU’RE NOT ON FIRE
15 May 2012 | aaamusicPop-punk is a tricky genre. It’s always (and wrongly) overlooked as the chidren’s punk-pool where everyone sounds the same, yet seems to be constraining in terms of boundary pushing. It’s a place where fans of hardcore punk genres refuse … Read More
The Unkindness of Ravens – Virus
14 May 2012 | aaamusicYou listen to Nina Wagner’s voice and straight away you think of The Kills and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but there is much more to this London / Berlin based duo than this. The Unkindness of Ravens blends indie, electro … Read More
Gossip – A Joyful Noise
14 May 2012 | aaamusicAfter having gotten rid of a “The”, of the energy characterising Standing in the Way of Control and the catchy rage of Music for Men, Gossip release A Joyful Noise, the fifth album by Beth Ditto & Co. Well, … Read More
Sansa – Savior
14 May 2012 | aaamusicThis album features a mixture of electro synth and acoustic pop from Finland, and proves to be a fairly pleasant surprise. Sansa is a young female artist and this is her third album. Filled with a nice mix of … Read More
The Wild Eyes – I Look Good On You
14 May 2012 | aaamusicThere’s not much to say about I Look Good On You by The Wild Eyes. It’s a very generic and simplistic quasi-punk guitar rock number – which sounds like the sort of song you write after you’ve just started … Read More
