Showing posts with label folk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folk. Show all posts

Nov 12, 2007

Carina Round - The First Blood Mystery (CD, 2001)

I've had this cd for a while, and paid a pittance for it, but I seem to have been lucky, given the prices on amazon.com ($75 US bucks is freaking ridiculous - I paid 10 of a much less valuable currency!). Prices on amazon.co.uk seem substancially more realistic, but still, all the copies seem to be used, maybe because I can't find any trace of the label that released it (Animal Noise).

Anyways, I like this album a lot, about as much as her second album, The Disconnection (which, being on a different label, is easy to find in most places). I'd avoid her latest album though. Too commercial. Yucky. The only flaw on this album is the arrangement of 'Let It Fall', which I have attempted to remedy by including her far superior (i.e. there's more screaming, and Pixies and Iggy Pop references) live version of the same song.  She gets compared a lot to PJ Harvey and Patti Smith, because that's who all loud female singer-songwriters are compared to, but she isn't that similar. Her vocal and lyrical theatrics are the things to watch out for here. Highly recommended.



Oct 29, 2007

The Broadway Hush - The Broadway Hush EP (CDR, 2006)

This release is one of a pressing of 50 released by The Broadway Hush last year. The Broadway Hush are Michael Nau and Whitney McGraw of the US indie pop group Page France, who, in this release, switch their normal singing roles (ie Nau on lead vocals, McGraw on backing) to great effect. Page France have released 3 albums and a two EP set within the last 2 years, and all come highly recommended by me and various other people. Nau's other side-project, The Cotton Jones Basket Ride, will also soon be releasing an album in a similar folky pop vein to his other releases. These are definitely bands to watch! (and buy!)

In this file, I've also included The Broadway Hush's cover of Gene Austin's 'Tonight You Belong to Me', and the original for your listening pleasure.

The Broadway Hush