Nonetheless feels airy and welcoming, qualities that have sometimes eluded its more recent predecessors, it resonates emotionally in ways that befit elder statesmen who can look to the future while comfortably acknowledging the past.
All I know about the artist is at his SoundCloud page: This is an
“alternative-rock project by guitarist and music producer,
Eugene San; previous credits include alternative-metal act
Kojira, personal ambient-orchestral piano project
Gene Shanzo, and electronic-pop group
Mint Cherry.”
Toner – “OX ’45”
This is a casually DIY and angular/warped slice of guitar-based indie rock that harks back to the good ol’ years of the 1990s.
All I know about this band is at their SoundCloud page:
“White Buffalo Roam, the third & upcoming LP by West End’s [I was assuming England,but the band’s from Oakland, California!] TONER. [The LP] will be out on September 3rd… via
Joe Jackson
Prelude
Stay
Like a less hefty Meatloaf, Joe Jackson goes the Bat Out of Hell II route with this sequel to his most commercially successful album, 1982 s Night and Day. Fans of Jackson s earlier ode to New York City are afforded moment.
more »s of déjà vu. Pop hooks and programmed Latin rhythms abound, and the signature chords from Steppin Out find their way into Glamour and Pain and Stay. But Jackson has new tricks up his sleeve, including a potent string quartet and character-driven songs with vocals from Marianne Faithfull (on the darkly operatic Love Got Lost ), Iranian singer Sussan Deyhim (on the no less elegiac Why ), and transvestite protégée Dale DeVere (on the Pet Shop Boys-like Glamour and Pain ). Still, it s Jackson who delivers the sucker punch with his bittersweet delivery on Hell of a Town, Stranger Than You, and the particularly barbed Dear Mom. The sequel gimmick may not get Jackson another hit, but it should reintroduce