My Brewers had a rough time in Los Angeles, and face a must win game in Milwaukee on Friday to force a Game 7. Good thing we’ve got some great music to help ease the pain. Let’s get going.
Artist Name: Linda Em
Album Name: London Irish
Label: Talking Elephant Records
Genre: Pop
Track Listing: 1. Wild Fire; 2. Two Hands; 3. Little Lightmaker; 4. White Horse
Publicist: Shameless Promotion PR
Review: Linda Em was born in Ireland and currently lives in London. Her voice is incredible, mixing the etherealness of Enya with the more upbeat sound of the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan. The duet with her brilliant producer Gavin Glass on “Wild Fire,” which is the first single, will definitely stimulate your senses and make you want more of this truly amazing artist. The video for the song is very sensuous and provocative, and will likewise visually stimulate you. All four of the tracks on this EP are memorable, and will definitely have you listening again and again.
Recommendation: Don’t wait for the train to leave the station. Get this one now.
Artist Name: Subways on the Sun
Album Name: Capsize
Label: Spartan Records
Genre: Indie Rock
Track Listing: 1. Just to be With You; 2. Works; 3. Hope you Like Getting Old; 4. Capsize; 5. Tongues; 6. I’m an Island; 7. Side you Play; 8. Know it All; 9. Time’s not Long; 10. On Repeat
Publicist: Shameless Promotion PR
Review: Seattle has long been a hotbed of indie music, and they have launched another great one in the form of Subways on the Sun. Their sophomore album, Capsize, is everything you want in an indie rock band, and hits the ground running from the first note of the anthemic opener, “Just to be With You.” The band has been compared to everyone from Muse and Jimmy Eat World to The Cure and Death Cab for Cutie, and they have earned those comparisons. Their music is a prism for their individual beliefs, and each member contributes to the sound, creating a lush cascade of sound for the listener. Best tracks include “Just to be With You,” the first single “Hope you Like Getting Old” (which is already getting radio airplay in Seattle), the title track, the rockers “Tongues” and “Know it All,” and the introspective “I’m an Island” and “On Repeat.”
Recommendation: Run out and Get this one.
Artist Name: John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring
Album Name: Live in San Francisco
Label: Abstract Logix
Genre: Jazz
Track Listing: 1. Meeting of the Spirits; 2. Birds of Fire; 3. A Lotus on Irish Streams; 4. The Dance of Maya; 5. Trilogy; 6. Earth Ship; 7. Eternity’s Breath Part 1 & 2; 8. Be Happy
Publicist: MAD Ink PR
Review: “This recording of the final set at the Warfield Theatre brings to full circle the amazing advent of The Mahavishnu Orchestra In 1971, and its renaissance this night in San Francisco.” mused the boundary-shattering guitarist John McLaughlin. This album is a jazz lover’s dream, with the combination of McLaughlin and his band The 4th Dimension and one of his favorite musicians, Jimmy Herring and his band The Invisible Whip, recreating the music written nearly 40 years ago. The members of both bands have an almost psychic connection as they bring these songs to life, creating a masterpiece of jazz fusion that should be listened to over and over again. Sit back and enjoy this one, because it doesn’t get any better than this.
Recommendation: If you love great music, then this is the album for you. Rush out and Get this one for your collection.
Artist Name: GABI
Album Name: Empty Me
Label: Double Double Whammy
Genre: Pop
Track Listing: 1. Ahhh; 2. Sleep; 3. Until the End; 4. Wild Sunflowers; 5. Whole With You; 6. Let’s not Exist; 7. Boom Boom Kid; 8. Breath; 9. Naked; 10. :::: (flute); 11. Stranded in Heathrow; 12. Falling for a Stranger; 13. Holy
Publicist: Worldwide Friendly Society
Review: Although this is a 13-track album, the publicist only provided three of the tracks for review. The first of those, “Sleep,” reveals a dreamy ethereal sound reminiscent of Enya, making this album the perfect soundtrack for introspection and relaxation. We wish we could have reviewed the entire album, but the three tracks provided give us a pretty good idea of the quality of the rest of the album.
Recommendation: Definitely give this one a spin.
Artist Name: Rude Audio
Album Name: Rude Redux
Label: Zirkus Records
Genre: Electronic
Track Listing: 1. To the Sun; 2. To the Half Moon; 3. Rumble on Arab St; 4. Pipeline Screaming; 5. To the Half Moon (Rich Lane remix)
Publicist: Shameless Promotion PR
Review: Rude Audio is a London-based electronic collective creating a scene in the dance clubs of south and east London. Their music mixes dub and house into a living sound that permeates the room, enticing the listener to get up and dance. They also include a remix of “To the Half Moon” by Rich Lane, one of the best of the underground producers in the UK electronic music scene.
Recommendation: If you love to dance, then this one belongs in your collection.