Before I can even start this review, you need to check out the genres this album covers. Yes, that would be hip-hop there, your eyes are not deceiving you; just think of it as 80s hip-hop rather than the mess that calls that genre home today. Continue reading →
4 stars
19
Oct 09
Sing the Sorrow (2003) by AFI
I know there are going to be some hardcore AFI fans out there that’ll trash me for saying this, but I liked this album. I mean, in comparison to decemberunderground, you have to admit Sing the Sorrow at least retained the punk roots that garnered AFI’s cult following over the years. Continue reading →
14
Oct 09
Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future (2009) by The Bird and The Bee
The Bird and The Bee
Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
2009, Blue Note Records
electronic, indie pop
The Bird and the Bee seem like yet another artsy duo attempting to find success in the indie pop field with their second album Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future; even the title of their album is appropriately off-beat to fit that image. But the songs on Ray Guns are rather simplistic instead of esoteric, both in lyrics and in beats. Yet even those lyrics and beats are haunting enough to be memorable, and it’s that catchiness that really carries this album – see “Love Letter to Japan.” I do have to applaud them for subtle jazz influences and the fact that lead vocalist Inara George’s voice is great when she’s singing or speaking. Hey, let’s face it, a good singer doesn’t necessarily know how to pull off a chant or even sound good when they’re not singing, but George does.
“My Love,” “Meteor,” “Diamond Dave.”
myspace, last.fm
Moonbabies’s War on Sound, Stephanie Dosen’s A Lily for the Spectre
