Album name: Plastic Beach
Artist name: Gorillaz
Genre: Gorillaz Pop
Released: 3 March 2010
Label: Parlophone/Virgin
ZME Rating: 9/10
Website: www.gorillaz.com
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It appears that the the self-titled debut of Gorillaz was the induction of the 21st Century into the popular culture, ya know before all that nasty terrorism and war stuff. Its follow-up, Demon Days, was a reaction to all of the [...]
Album name: Life
Artist name: Uniform Motion
Genre: Folk-pop-cartoons
Released: 9 February 2010
Label: Aahhh Records
ZME Rating: 5/10
Website: uniformmotion.net
I’m something of a deliberate philistine when it comes to fine art. Despite spending six years or so studying the subject in one form or another, I never really saw the appeal. I mean, sure I can appreciate it up to [...]
Album name: Good Mystery
Artist name: Amber Rubarth
Genre: Sweetness
Released: 12 January 2010
Label: Unsigned, which is criminal
ZME Rating: 8/10
Website: amberrubarth.com
Much of this world passes me by with alarming speed and frequency. Trends, fads, fashions and vehicles alike all skim dangerously close to my face, while I remain the proverbial Captain Oblivious, wrapped up in a cocoon [...]
Album name: Perfect View
Artist name: Libby Johnson
Genre: Folk
Released: 23 February 2010
Label: Wrong Records
ZME Rating: 8/10
Website: libbyjohnsonmusic.com/
I want to preface this review with a plea, and a thank you. You see, this Libby Johnson album - quite a good album, as you’ve yet to find out - is, following Nite Nite and Phantom Family Halo, the [...]
Album name: How To Touch The Moon
Artist name: Nite Nite
Genre: Gothy Stuff
Released: 12 January 2010
Label: Crash Avenue
ZME Rating: 6/10
Website: myspace.com/niteniteband
As a beret-wearing, beard-stroking music cricket, there are certain aspects of my job I consider to be pretty vital. First among these is blagging as much free stuff as possible: if there’s a gig I can [...]
Album name: Monoliths & These Flowers Never Die
Artist name: Phantom Family Halo
Genre: Rock
Released: October 2009
Label: Crash Avenue
ZME Rating: 5/10
Website: myspace.com/thephantomfamilyhalo
Um.
Phwwwr.
Chhhhk.
Ahem. It’s not that there are no words to describe the Phantom Family Halo’s recent offering: it’s just hard to string whatever words come to mind into a working sentence. Let us be quite clear: [...]
Hey ZME Universe, I’m sorry I’ve fallen a bit off the map in terms of my columns, but I’m excited about these end-of-decade lists. I’ve been preoccupied with my own list of best albums of songs. I love the lists that the ZME crew is putting together, but something tells me no one else on [...]
Pearse McGloughlin is a Sligo-born songwriter and musician, who served his time in a series of bands before deciding to fly it solo – taking in many locations along the way. Spells in Dublin, London, Canada and France have no doubt shaped his broad musical talents and acute observational lyrics, and with “Busy Whisper”, he [...]
Album name: Sweethead
Artist name: Sweethead
Genre: Rock
Released: November 2 2009
Label: Strange Addiction/Play It Again, Sam
ZME Rating: 5/10
Website: sweethead.net
I sure hope the record company suit who decided it’d be a good idea to release Sweethead’s debut album in early November is picking bullet fragments out of his own navicular bone right now. Sweethead, if you didn’t [...]
Album name: The Circle
Artist name: Bon Jovi
Genre: Rock
Released: November 2009
Label: Island
ZME Rating: 7/10
Website: bonjovi.com
There are two possible scenarios that come to mind when I try to picture a Bon Jovi songwriting session. Obviously, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora are there. They’re probably joined by their co-writer of choice - say, Desmond Child or Billy [...]
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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