Author Archive for aaamusic

Emmyou Harris & Rodney Crowell – Live @ Hammersmith Apollo, London

By aaamusic on May 12, 2013 in Live

Thursday 9th May

Legendary American singer-songwriter and musician Emmylou Harris has released 25 albums and won 12 Grammys. With her country soprano voice she recently reunited to sing in harmony with Rodney Crowell, the soft Texan who helped her solo career forty years ago. Their recent album Old Yellow Moon is a collection of their country duets.

A fast honky tonk beat in Luxury Liner contrasted with Tulsa Queen, a sad tale of loss, and Bluebird Wine, the song that first united [...]

Mesh – Live @ Islington o2 Academy

By aaamusic on May 11, 2013 in Live

Sunday 21st April

I have always been really into Mesh’s music and new album ‘Automation Baby’ is one of their best yet. I love how every track in tonight’s set is announced with the album it comes off and the what track number it is like on the old iPod’s the ones you had when they first came out. This is a great start to set the setting for a modern day futuristic sounding set, that really depicts the time we live in.

Opening with ‘Adjust your Set’ off this [...]

THE COMPUTERS – Love Triangles, Hate Squares

By aaamusic on May 10, 2013 in Albums, Reviews

I like rock music. I like it all. I like everything about it. Something about me likes the abuse of having my ears used as sonic speedbags. And, while the tried, tested and retried genre presents one of the broadest spectrums for musical expression, we all too often witness the myopia of those bands that seem content with being one-trick ponies. Not The Computers. Hurtling out of Exeter, the quintet brings with it a wide armament of vintage influences to [...]

Charlie Straight – I Sleep Alone

By aaamusic on May 10, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

Despite the rainy morning in London, it is still possible to find a reason to foolishly dance in front of the window. This reason is the new upcoming single ‘I Sleep Alone‘ by the Czech band Charlie Straight; the single features the collaboration of the Oscar-winning-singer Marketa Irglova.

Closer to the tradition of the new Indie-folk rock genre which has its main representatives in the Mumford and Sons, rather than the Britpop bands Oasis and Blur, the Czech quartet [...]

Thea Gilmore – Live @ The Queen Elizabeth Hall

By aaamusic on May 09, 2013 in Live

Wednesday 8th May

It’s sometimes said that critically acclaimed Thea Gilmore is one of the few British world class female singer-songwriters. She took a break after the birth of her second son, in the summer of 2011, but remains a determined and committed workaholic.

This evening she was supported by talented Welsh artist Al Lewis and mainly sang songs from her new album Regardless, that she jokingly referred to as ‘that difficult 14th album’.

Thea’s beautiful Love Came Looking For Me, released in [...]

ANIMAL KINGDOM – The Looking Away

By aaamusic on May 09, 2013 in Albums, Reviews

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The Looking Away opens with the mellow ‘The Wave’. It’s a smooth and catchy start to the new album by Animal Kingdom. High pitched vocals blend with the crashing guitar waves to produce a sound appropriately evocative of the ocean. ‘Get Away With It’ features vocals almost reminiscent of The Scissor Sisters. The track keeps the mellow mood of the opener but with more of an 80’s dance-pop feel. ‘Glass House’ has a funkier sound to it with its whirring guitars and [...]

THE BEAUTIFUL WORD – May Not Be Love

By aaamusic on May 09, 2013 in Reviews, Singles

Simply by watching The Beautiful Word’s music video one can see how much effort has gone into this project (it’s a cute homemade stop motion feature). The way the video is done could come across as childish but it adds nicely to the music, fitting in well with the style of the song. ‘May Not Be Love’ is simple but melodic and effective. A darling little love song with sweet vocals, pretty guitar melodies and a sparkle of glockenspiel. Wonderfully [...]

DOUR: Video Trailer & Lineup

By aaamusic on May 09, 2013 in Festival News, Festivals, News

DOUR FESTIVAL: Best Lineup of the Summer?

A CHAT WITH: THE COMPUTERS

By aaamusic on May 09, 2013 in Interviews

Five-piece punk-rock band The Computers have just released their second album “Love Triangles, Hate Squares” and are now touring the UK. Inspired by love, hate, life and certain deaths, the second album picks up right where their debut album left off. AAAmusic interviewer Kjersti Westeng chatted to lead singer Screaming Al just a few days before the album release.

AAAmusic: Your new album “Love Triangles, Hate Squares” is out this week, congratulations! Are you nervous about the release? [...]

CUT YOURSELF IN HALF – Mekkanizm

By aaamusic on May 09, 2013 in Albums, Reviews

Excellent Debut from Bradford mentalist’s.

Cut Yourself In Half have delivered a quite simply an awesome debut. From the opening second, Mekkanizm just grabs you and gives you a listening experience that can be described as getting dragged by a moving car only for the car to stop, the band get out, kick the crap out of you and then mess your hair up!

The band deliver a collision of sounds that always ends in a groove ridden nod fest. It flies by with each [...]