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Reviews | AAA Music - Part 187

Mira Black – I Remember Love

9 October 2011 |

I 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 |

Listening 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 |

Well 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 |

Starting 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 |

It’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 |

Godammit 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 |

Matt 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 |

 

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 |

Matt 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 |

Sunday 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