Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle – Bill Callahan 8.5/10 Just as I thought I was tiring of the alt-country/new folk revival, along comes an album – from one of the scene’s relative old timers – of such immersive beauty that I can’t get enough of it. While there is much about Bill Callahan’s [...]
Wish fulfilment
May 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Alt-country, Alt-rock, Alternative, Folk/Acoustic, Music, Pop/Rock
Tags:Acoustic·Alt-country·Bill Callahan·Brian Beattie·country·Folk·orchestral·piano·Smog·Violin
Hidden depths from across the Atlantic
March 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Alt-rock, Alternative, Music, Pop/Rock
Album Review: Richard Swift – Atlantic Ocean 8/10 Often compared to Harry Nilsson, Richard Swift shares the 60s maverick’s category-avoiding, highly melodic and eccentic brand of pop rock. Swift, who prefers the analogue four track production techniques of the Nilsson era, recorded ‘The Atlantic Ocean’ – his latest for Secretly Canadian – in Wilco’s loft [...]
Tags:banjo·Pat Sansone·piano·Pop/Rock·Richard Swift·Ryan Adams·Sean Lennon·Secretly Canadian·synths·Wilco