Reviews | AAA Music - Part 169
Sport of Kings – Logic House
11 December 2011 | aaamusicBrooklyn-based band Sport of Kings releases their first EP, Logic House, as an aperitif before debut album will come out in January. A mix of different influences, Sport of Kings is made of Dubliner singer/guitarist Richard Kelly, bass player … Read More
SONG OF RETURN – Trajectory EP
10 December 2011 | aaamusicSong Of Return are a Glasgow alternative post-rock quintet once known as Union Of Knives. It comprises: Craig Grant (Vox/Guitar), Louis Abbott (Vox/Guitar), Davie Reekie (Bass), Pete Kelly (Drums) and Alex McNutt (Programming/Keys).
Song Of Return’s new … Read More
Little Racer – Split The Coast
10 December 2011 | aaamusicThe first thing noticeable on Split The Coast, fresh from New York, is an urge to get in a car and drive down a sunny country road. Very similar to the sound of fellow label buddies Noah and the Whale, Split … Read More
SACRED HARP – Window’s A Fall
10 December 2011 | aaamusicSacred Harp is a quartet from Oslo, Norway which creates original arrangements out of improvisational and experimental music. In style they’re a little like Mercury Rev and Portishead.
The group comprises: Jessica Sligter (vocals, guitar, keys), Juhani Silvola … Read More
IARLA O’LIONAIRD – Foxlight
10 December 2011 | aaamusicMany folk enthusiasts will know Iarla O’Lionaird as the vocalist in Afro Celt Sound System and from the Irish Sean nós singing tradition. He sings on the Peter Gabriel album Ovo.
Solo albums Seven Steps to Mercy and … Read More
Various Artists – London
5 December 2011 | aaamusicChristmas is approaching fast, and so the need of a good, quirky gift for our beloved ones tires us all with the search of the ultimate “little something”.
“London” is an interesting compilation on London, which boosts the help of … Read More
Laki Mera – Crater Mogwai Remix
5 December 2011 | aaamusicA remix by Mogwai may not be an event anymore, considering how prolific the Glaswegian quartet is in putting their hands on other artists’ music, but Crater is really worthy of attention.
Mogwai show us here how to transform … Read More
The Cure – Bestival Live 2011
5 December 2011 | aaamusicThe problem with many live albums is that the spark that makes live music so powerful does not necessarily glow so brightly in a purely audio form. The atmosphere, the crowd, the energy are all elements to a great … Read More
Romay – Playing With Sounds
5 December 2011 | aaamusicRomay has been making dance music – in some capacity – for aaages (like, 16 years…), working and producing for many indie/undergrounded labels. ‘Playing With Sound’ is his debut album, and, perhaps because he has engineered quite a respectable … Read More
Graingerboy – Threecrowns
5 December 2011 | aaamusicGraingerboy is the electro-pop project of Simon Grainger, a Leeds based man of much musical history. Formerly half of 90s duo Electric Boutique and touring keys-player for A Man Called Adam, he began releasing music (two albums, in fact) under … Read More