Reviews | AAA Music - Part 187
Mira Black – I Remember Love
9 October 2011 | aaamusicI Remember Love is the debut single by Mira Black, a woman with a quite diverse musical past (first dabbled with folk with touring band Acoustically Inclined, then moved on to jazz for the release of her own “Live … Read More
Lisa Hannigan – Passenger
9 October 2011 | aaamusicListening to this record prompted me to try and trace back my first exposure to Irish folktress Lisa Hannigan. It wasn’t too hard to figure out: 2006, Abbey Road studios, duet with Damien Rice on his superb 9 Crimes. (Just … Read More
Matadors – 3 track sample
8 October 2011 | aaamusicWell now, what do we have here? What we have is a Hertfordshire band that are definitively not Enter Shikari, and I could not be more pleased with that alone. What Matadors seem to be doing instead seems to involve … Read More
Kidda – The Whistler
8 October 2011 | aaamusicStarting with what could easily be the middle buildup from ‘Hey Jude’, Kidda has landed on his feet here with ‘The Whistler’. Glasslike female vocals glimmer over a thick bassline, an electrified synth rhythm and of course, a prominent whistled … Read More
Flashguns – Passions of A Different Kind
8 October 2011 | aaamusicIt’s a loaded name, Flashguns. One would be forgiven for thinking that they were dealing with some long forgotten 80’s hair metal band, ill fitting spandex and hairspray up the proverbial arse with nary a hint of irony, subtlety … Read More
Dave Hause – Resolutions
8 October 2011 | aaamusicGodammit punk singers of today, why must all of you take a sabbatical from your bands to make solo records that are indebted to the holy triumvirate of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen? It would be getting … Read More
MATT DIBBLE & FABIO ZAMBELLI – Minor Mood
8 October 2011 | aaamusicMatt Dibble and Fabio Zambelli are jazz artists who respectively play clarinet and guitar. They met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London nine years ago and are internationally known. Their ensemble also includes Luca Fraula … Read More
Sam Gray – Brighter Day
8 October 2011 | aaamusic
Sam Gray is a British singer-songwriter who sounds like an American singer-songwriter. His debut album – ‘Brighter Day’ – is a collection of breezy acoustic songs that shine brightly (sorry) in their simplicity. Perhaps it’s his warm vocals and … Read More
Matt Stevens – Relic
3 October 2011 | aaamusicMatt Stevens is ever, ever so good at the guitar. So good, he doesn’t need much else to accompany his riffing, strumming, and fingerpicking – including vocals. Yes, ‘Relic’ is an instrumental album, and it is one of those … Read More
Sunday Recovery – Coma
3 October 2011 | aaamusicSunday Recovery are an Italian hard rock band, and English isn’t their first language. After deciding they wanted to sing in English, they enlisted a little help for their lyrics – in the form of Andrew James Whelan. However, vocalist … Read More