Echo And the Bunnymen
Cruel World Festival With Siouxsie, Saturday & Sunday May 20 & 21
a glorious return to the stage
10 Songs, Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Just One Of The Guys – Jenny Lewis – This mid-tempo indie pop snoozer doesn’t offer much hope for a return to Jenny’s strengths on the new one? And what are her strengths in 2014? She is like Aimee Mann without the golden age. Produced by Beck, which proves you can fool all the people all the time – C+
Sneak Peaks: Upcoming Album Releases, June 3rd, 2014
I don’t dislike Fucked Up by any stretch of the lexicon, but I am not the fan everybody else is and I kinda wanted to go with Bob Mould but… I dunno, I don’t love Bob as much as I might either. What else? Ethan Johns is Laura Marling’s buddy so gets a shout out as such. New 50 cent? I wasn’t crazy about the single. Echo? Meh…
10 Songs, Sunday, June 1st, 2014
The Heart That Time Forgot – Kelly Willis – Off an album so great it remains one for my favorite of all time, from a great country singer (though I’m not convinced her newbie cuts it), this will rip your heart out with a powerful lament to the searches in need and ache – A
10 Songs, Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
Sneaky Freak – Imelda May – No nonsense rockabilly via Ireland and it makes you wonder why the UK are, and always have been, bigger rockabilly sneak freaks than the US. This is no nonsense stuff – B+