ALBUM REVIEW: “Rooms Filled With Light” by Fanfarlo
The proficient blending of folky and electro pop orchestrations with superb vocal harmonization makes each song feel purposeful and the album beautifully paced.
LIVE REVIEW: Ryan Adams @ Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA 2/18/12
Ryan Adams wowed crowds at LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall with stage banter, old hits, and new.
ALBUM REVIEW: “Arrow” by Heartless Bastards
It’s serendipitous that a band named Heartless Bastards, would be releasing an album on Valentines day of all days, but these bastards are liars, because they’re all heart.
ALBUM REVIEW: “Animal Joy” by Shearwater
In this age of overly produced, sonic hissed-out, auto-tuned to death, electro-fill in the blank music, Animal Joy is a “joyful” collection of something different.
ALBUM REVIEW: “Tramp” by Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten’s talent as a songsmith provides a comforting place for us to get lost. From beginning to end and back again.
HEAR THIS: The Lumineers
Folky deliciousness and soulful, heartfelt simple lyrics describe The Lumineers.
ALBUM REVIEW: “Parallax” by Atlas Sound
Parallax, his latest release under the Atlas Sound moniker, may be his most crystalline work to date.
ALBUM REVIEW: “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” by M83
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming can feel like a long abstract dream and at other times like individual dream vignettes. What lovely, joyful dreams.