Album Review: Dark Was the Night: Red Hot Compilation - Various Artists
8/10
Most posts of Red Hot Organization’s ‘Dark Was the Night’ compilation begin with a summary dismissal of compilations in general, and particularly those in the name of charity. If such projects are as bad as people say, ‘Dark Was the Night’ - one of [...]
Red hot in the dark
March 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Ambient, Electronica, Folk/Acoustic, Music, Pop/Rock, Various, post-rock
Tags:Acoustic·AIDS·Andrew Bird·Beirut·Bon Iver·Broken Social Scene·Charity compilation·David Sitek·Feist·Folk·Grizzly Bear·HIV·Indie·Kevin Drew·My Morning Jacket·Red Hot Organization·The National·TV on the Radio·Various artists·Yeasayer·Yo La Tengo
Feist - The Reminder
May 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Best of 2007, Folk/Acoustic, Music, Pop/Rock
Beguiling second album
8/10
Not being familar with her first solo effort or previous (pre-Broken Social Scene) encarnations in the Canadian punk scene and beyond, it was something of a surprise to come across this album. Such is the massive (frequently brilliant) overloading of Broken Social Scene’s musical pallette that Feist’s vocals are often buried quite deep [...]
Tags:ballad·Broken Social Scene·Canada·country·Electronica·French pop·jazz·Leslie Feist·Montreal·MP3·soul·Torch songs