Reviews | AAA Music - Part 13
BADBADNOTGOOD + GHOSTFACE KILLAH – Sour Soul
15 April 2015 | aaamusicBeautiful productions mixed with the slickest rhymes: Ghostface Killah delivers again. This is one rapper who certainly gets better with age and Ghost’s list of albums is very prolific. We’ve almost become accustomed to another Ghostface Killah album like a … Read More
THE TWILIGHT SAD – I Could Give You All That You Don’t Want
7 April 2015 | aaamusicFollowing the release of their second album Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave, Glasgow trio The Twilight Sad released their single ‘I Could Give You All That You Don’t Want’.
Lyrically bleak with a trace of paranoia … Read More
LIGHT OVER THERE – Light Over There
3 April 2015 | aaamusicSinger songwriters Aileen Henderson and Rex Haberman live on opposite sides of the Atlantic, in Galway, Ireland and Minnesota, USA respectively. They’re quite an unlikely duo to be working together on a rock, country and Americana project.
Young Aileen Henderson, … Read More
JAPE – This Chemical Sea
2 April 2015 | aaamusicThis Chemical Sea was released earlier this year and became Jape’s fifth album. This record could be called a pop record if there were no experiments with the usual sound, but one can clearly hear things that distinguish This Chemical … Read More
RATHBORNE – SOFT
1 April 2015 | aaamusicNo stranger to the music scene, Rathborne is Luke Rathborne’s second adventure into the musical realms, previously having recorded his debut album After Dark at the age of 16. Now with a few more years on his side (23 years … Read More
JARROD LAWSON – Jarrod Lawson At The BBC
31 March 2015 | aaamusicGifted singer songwriter and pianist Jarrod Lawson, from Portland, Oregon, has received huge critical acclaim worldwide. He released his self-titled debut in 2014 and within months he’d toured Europe and been identified as the hottest new soul talent in a … Read More
JOHN KILZER – Hide Away
28 March 2015 | aaamusicSinger songwriter John Kilzer, from Jackson, Tennessee, spent four years as a Memphis State basketball player before following a music career. His influences are blues, soul, folk, rock and country. First signed to Geffen Records in the 80’s, he released … Read More
POOL – Innervisions
26 March 2015 | aaamusicAs I pushed play on ‘Innervisions’, a track from German band Pool, my boyfriend came into the room playing the imaginary drums. A song that forces its way into your head and starts your muscles twitching involuntarily is a great … Read More
AWOLNATION – Run
25 March 2015 | aaamusicAWOLNATION cruised into the mainstream alt-music scene with the 2011 odyssey ‘Sail’. The band found a way to garner popularity with originality, blending harsh synths, simple beats, and repetitive choruses in a way that undoubtedly improved with every play. ‘Sail’ … Read More
POND – Man It Feels Like Space Again
23 March 2015 | aaamusicFeaturing an ever-changing lineup over their run so far, Pond’s previous albums had the busy sound of a communal approach to arrangement. With the current iteration including only four members, it’d be fair to expect less to be going on … Read More