Advantages: A great album Disadvantages: The odd track can 'sound the same'
Say hello to The Gaslight Anthem. Dare I suggest the majority of you haven?t heard of them?? Well, some might know them simply as the band that got Bruce Springsteen to join them on stage during their performance at Glastonbury this year. Well, this is their album ?The ?59 Sound?.
Released in 2008 on SideOneDummy Records, it?s a twelve-track album which instantly personifies the ?Americana? type of band. Big choruses, full of melodies and short instrumental interludes and breakdowns ? usually surrounding a glitzy guitar solo.
The opening track, ?Great Expectations?, is just that. Big glorious choruses and verses that contain muted guitar riffs and snare-infected drum loops. The reference to Bruce Springsteen early is clear to see in their music ? it?s genuine rock music. Listen to it on your stereo, and then imagine to loud and it ...
Advantages: Excellent tracks, new and refreshing music style Disadvantages: Some tracks are a bit similar
*Intro*
In At The Deep End is the title of the debut album by RollDeep, the group which are most well-known for bringing you Wiley and the mecury music prize winner Dizzee Rascal. The East-London based group has been around for many years, mainly releasing underground work when the likes of Dizzee Rascal and Wiley were still part of the group, before they had broke off to do their own thing. This album is seen as being long-overdue, and is their first release aimed at breaking a way into the mainstream music market. However it has definitely been worth the wait, as this CD is a great mix of grime and pop, bravely mixed by RollDeep to create their own fresh and instantly recognisable style.
*RollDeep*
RollDeep consist of about 9 MC's and 3 DJ's and a vocalist (names and cartoon-pictures in the album booklet), and upon ...
Advantages: Interesting writing style, humourous in places Disadvantages: Story drags, things do not get resolved
One of my holiday reading choices was "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet", the first novel written by Canadian writer, Joanne Proulx.
The Story
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The story is of seventeen year old Luke Hunter who lives in a small (and seemingly depressing!) town called Stokum. Luke spends most of his time either on his skateboard or more often, smoking pot with an assortment of misfit friends in his friend "Fang" Delaney's basement.
Things change one night when, in a pot-fuelled high, he predicts the death of one of his friends, Stan, the very next morning with eerie accuracy. Luke's small but fairly straightforward life turns up side down as he is chased down by members of the church, members of the media and a mother of a missing girl who all want him to use his powers for their benefit. Luke tries through the time ...
