Reviews | AAA Music - Part 133
The Cast of Cheers – Animals
23 April 2012 | aaamusicI’ve never heard of The Cast of Cheers before, but they officially have my new favourite band name. What a relief then that I also really like their new track Animals. It has a lively and fresh sound, built … Read More
Holy Esque – Holy Esque EP
23 April 2012 | aaamusicScottish indie band Holy Esque is the new name from Glasgow. Ayoung band, they aren’t in their twenties yet. They formed only few months ago. And they are very talented. Their debut self-titled EP will be released tomorrow 23rd … Read More
Breathe Out – Champion
23 April 2012 | aaamusicChampion is the new single from London’s Breathe Out. The band interestingly came about after James Goodhead suffered a surprising cardiac arrest in 2010. In hospital, James and Alex Clegg shared music together and discovered a mutual creativity which … Read More
Weird Shapes – Clouds
23 April 2012 | aaamusicClouds is the new single from Stock-On-Tees band Weird Shapes. The song opens in a melodic, spacey and dare I say, almost cloudy style from the guitars, synth and overlapped vocals. As the song continues this fades out to … Read More
The Mercy House – A Broken State of Bliss
23 April 2012 | aaamusicDear lord, the first time I clicked “play”, I thought I’d stuck Soundgarden on by accident. But then as I stuck with The Mercy House’s ‘A Broken State Of Bliss’, I found it winding itself in strange and even … Read More
Clockwork Era – Fear Inside EP
23 April 2012 | aaamusicIt’s not very often I feel like a press release has got it right, but Clockwork Era’s little write up for ‘Fear Inside’ has it dead on. All the malevolent noisiness of The Jesus Lizard, with a mesmeric force … Read More
Savage – Sons of Malice
22 April 2012 | aaamusicStaking their claim as survivors of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in a similar way to Anvil being Canada’s great Thrash survivors, Mansfield Metalers Savage are a marginally more successful version of the Canadian quartet that charmed … Read More
The Robbie Boyd Band – I Won’t Let You Go
22 April 2012 | aaamusicYou know that advert where some impossibly photogenic Man/Woman/Animal does something cute/quirky/adorable, in a park/field/forest on an impossibly bright summers day? Well, you probably don’t considering I made it up but Houston, we’ve found the soundtrack. Mumford and Sons … Read More
KRYSTLE WARREN AND THE FACULTY Love Songs – A Time You May Embrace
22 April 2012 | aaamusicKrystle Warren is a Missouri singer songwriter compared with Nina Simone and Tracy Chapman. Her influences are Dusty Springfield, Paul Simon, Bill Withers, and Donny Hathaway. Elegantly she fuses soulful balladry and scat jazz with echoes of ragtime, waltz … Read More
PAUL BRADY – Dancer In The Fire
22 April 2012 | aaamusicPaul Brady is an Irish folk singer-songwriter who was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age. Initially he played traditional Irish music, but then turned to a more rock inspired electric style, often with political … Read More
