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Posted: February 17th, 2010 | Author: Helena | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: Helena Tinklin, Sivert Hoyem | No Comments »
For any of you who knew of Madrugada, one of the biggest rock bands in Norway, then you will be pleased to hear that the vocalist is back with his very own solo career, and his album’s pretty catchy!!
After the sudden death of Madrugada’s guitarist – Robert – and then Sivert’s father 2 weeks later, he plowed on and the results are shown in his brilliant new album. One of my personal favourite tracks, Moon Landing, has a certain upbeat tempo to it that lifts me up and leads me to feel I’m going to have a better day. Sivert’s interesting deep and full voice completes the lovely lyrics. Inspired by the psychedelic splashes of The Doors, amongst other wonders leads me to be sure that this song will be a huge seller.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first track on the album called Belorado. The guitar piece for the first minute is extremely catchy and is finished off when Sivert’s voice comes into its own as he sings of life and changes.
Sivert definitely knows how to rock things up, yet slow things down with his masterful Going for gold and Shadows/High Meseta. I wont spoil the album for you; you should be able to have the joy of listening to this one yourself. But if these tracks don’t leave you feeling a sense of enjoyment and pleasure, I don’t know what will.
Posted: February 14th, 2010 | Author: Helena | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: Helena Tinklin, Mind Control | No Comments »
From a person who listens to almost anything except from opera and sometimes country, it will maybe shock you to hear that I just could not get into this album.
Mind Control’s new album Addicted is anything but a knock out to me. Every song is so similar that sometimes I struggle to tell the difference. I realize that the compilations may have been composed specifically so they will flow seamlessly from track to track, but in my personal opinion I want something to listen to that keeps me interested, not sends me to sleep.
Having said this I have to dutifully add that track 4 on the ‘hooked’ CD – Dancer – did have me tapping my fingers to the rhythm for a little while, but I’m afraid that’s as far as my enthusiasm can go. The last two tracks on CD one: Plane Groovin and Brain Wash, made one of my friends laugh. Though composed by 3 different people, (two on the first and one on the second) I think its remarkable that not one could do something with the track to make me want to say something positive.
I can’t say anything different for CD two. It is yet again jam packed full on mind-numbing music. If I had to pick a favourite track I would say ‘Work it’, but simply on the basis that it reminds me vaguely of another song that I actually think is great.
To conclude DJ/Producers Peter Bailey and Richie Santana claim they set out to “control one’s mind and body with music.” Well I suppose credit is due…. It did control mine for about a minute!
Posted: February 11th, 2010 | Author: Helena | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: Helena Tinklin, Stanley Brinks, Wave Pictures | No Comments »
Although I am not a person to be found listening to folk music, I will try to be as honest as I can with the next review. The album Stanley Brinks And The Wave Pictures is a very slow one. It does not have any high point in all the songs featured in it. Although there are some interesting elements in the instruments as in guitar riffs it sounds like the songs are defiantly missing the last ingredient to make this a solid album. In my opinion one of the main weaknesses in this album is the vocals. I feel like the vocalist, Stanley Brinks, can get very repetitive at times and i just feel like he doesn’t have anything special to offer. In fact I believe that almost anybody with little experience in vocals can pretty much do what he does.
This album could have been much better if a new taste of vocals was added in the songs. Also i feel like they could have done a better job in the album and would have attracted more fans to it if they have incorporated a bit of a upbeat sound in maybe a couple of songs. The way the songs are in the album currently it can become very repetitive and monotonic.
Posted: February 9th, 2010 | Author: Helena | Filed under: Reviews | Tags: Helena Tinklin, White Rabbits | No Comments »
White Rabbits newest release It’s Frightening is a must have for people interested in relaxing up beat music. Most of the songs featured in this album such as Percussion Gun and Lionesse are lead by the drumming and percussions of Jamie Levinson and Mathew Clark and then followed by an interesting mixture of guitar and piano. All these instruments featured in this album make it stand out because all the songs have their own special parts in them.
In my opinion the songs that stand out the most in the album are Percussion Gun, Rudie Fails and Right Where They Left. All these songs differ from one another but they all have something to really attract the listeners’ attention. Rudie Fails has a very deep sounding intro which includes the piano, bass and guitar playing the same part, this accents that one riff and makes it stick to your head for the rest of the day, in a good way. Right Where They Left is a very catchy song as a whole. I think it’s where the bands full potential shows. It is the song where I feel the bands vocalists’, Stephen Patterson, voice stands out the most in terms of musical talent. I won’t talk much about Percussion Gun because as the single of this album it will be the most liked song.
Overall It’s Frightening by the White Rabbits is a great album to pick up. When listening to them it calmed me down, put me in a better mood and made me think what a great album this would be to listen to in the car during long drives.
For any of you who knew of Madrugada, one of the biggest rock bands in Norway, then you will be pleased to hear that the vocalist is back with his very own solo career, and his album’s pretty catchy!!
