Music Reviews II
A successful mix of well-known Foo Fighter songs on vinyl. 2022.
Doom, post rock/metal. Frayle's first studio album, 1692, was released in 2020. It revolves around the Salem witch trials. Dark and atmospheric.
2022, their second album. Doom and post rock. Dark. Slow. Multi-layered, despite the reduced music.
Doom, Dark, Post-rock. This EP, released in 2018, marks Frayle's debut. 45 rpm and 4 tracks that are more than successful.
In 2024, Frank Smith and Philip Victor Bova released their second album, "Critical Misunderstandings On The Precipice." It's a blend of folk and rock, garnished with a touch of prog.
In 2021, right in the middle of the pandemic, Frank Smith and Philip Victor Bova released their debut album, "Tendrils." It's folk and rock of a more subdued kind.
Let England Shake
by PJ Harvey
2011. Won the Mercury Music Prize. Album of the Year 2011. Rightlfully so? Yes! Black Vinyl.
To Bring You My Love
by PJ Harvey
In 1995, Polly Jean 'PJ' Harvey released her version of love immortalized in this alternative rock firework: "I lay with the Devil, curse God above, forsaken Heaven, to bring you my love".
In 1976, the Frenchman made instrumental electronic music suitable for radio and the mainstream. Jarre impressively demonstrates here that the mainstream can also cut a good figure.
Oxygene 7-13
by Jean Michel Jarre
21 years after "Oxygene," the second Album, "Oxygene 7-13," was released in 1997. Was the wait worth it?
Oxygene 3
by Jean Michel Jarre
Nineteen years after "Oxygene 7-13," the third installment, "Oxygene 3," was released in 2016. And it's a good one.
Songs Of Grace And Ruin
by Kaery Ann
In 2023, the debut album of Italian singer Kaery Ann was released. Desert Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, Dream Pop, Doom.
Forever Autumn
by Lake Of Tears
"Forever Autumn," released in 1999, is Lake Of Tears' softest album to date. To me, it's refined dark rock.
The Swedes' last album, Ominous, was released in 2021. Here in the vinyl version.
Live blues from Northern Ireland as a live double CD, released on December 13th, 2024. Here is my review.
Woman takes Gothic-Wave, Shoegaze, a pleasant voice and turns it into interesting Dream-Pop.
Jancy Buffington's first album was released in 2021. Fine dark wave, dream pop with a post-punk touch. Here as a CD.
Breath And Air
by Heather Nova
Heather Nova's new album will be released on February 21, 2025. For friends of sophisticated singer/songwriter pop.
No Hay Mañana
by H. Oaks & C. Paloma
2021 – Techno, DJ, Dancefloor. Music I don't usually like. So why did this vinyl EP won my heart?
The Plague Within
by Paradise Lost
In 2015, Paradise Lost returned to death, doom, and gothic metal. And they succeeded with this picture LP.
Trip-Hop - from Bristol/England into the World. Album of the Year 1994.
Roseland NYC Live
by Portishead
This masterpiece of trip hop was released in 1997. The limited edition remaster was released in 2024. A remaster of the best kind in red vinyl.
Belgium, Ghent. Ramkot was founded in 2017. Ram/Rock/Hard Rock. Here is their second album from 2024.
„Too Many Roads“
by Thorbjørn Risager
A Danish band plays earthy American Chicago blues. And they play it really well.
Blues In Mono
by Seasick Steve
In 2021, Seasick Steve released his tribute to the pioneers of the blues. And in mono. Authentic and good.
Echoes In Time by Sills & Smith
Sills & Smith's probably best album was released in 2015. A successful fusion of rock, country, blues, jazz and progressive elements.
All Born Screaming
by St. Vincent
In 2024, multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, released her new album. It's a fantastic one.
Antares Station
by Martin Stürtzer
Mini Moog, Sub 37. Ambient music from Germany. Music to dream about and travel to distant worlds.
Breakfast In America
by Supertramp
Their most successful work, the album "Breakfast In America," was released in 1979. This is the original vinyl pressing from 1979, not a remaster.
