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CD Review:
The album that brought Count Basie back from the low point in his musical career, Count Basie Swings Joe Williams Sings brought both Basie and Williams some needed attention.
Basie went in a different direction with this release. This album is more Blues than Jazz. The sound was heavier and emphasized Williams voice. Frank Foster arranged most of the album with Basie on piano, and a group of about a dozen players including: Frank Wess, Marshall Royal, Bill Hughes and others.
This album will mostly rest on your enjoyment of Williams's vocals and large number of players playing what is described in the liner notes as "bop era sonic discoveries to swing." The arrangements were at the time quite new and fresh (it did not sound like the Blues from previous decades). I have a bit of difficulty with the vocals of Williams and the overall sound of the album sounds dated. But it is still a well rounded great example of how Basie rediscovered himself in the '50s.
FS Staff
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| Band |
Angel Pier |
| Album Title |
Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors |
| Date Of Release |
2007 |
| Genre |
Rock |
| Official Website |
Angel Pier |
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CD Review:
Being a big fan of Britpop, which re-emerged in the 90s with the enigmatic band The Stone Roses leading to the success of world famous acts like Pulp, Oasis and Blur, I was intrigued when I received an email from a musician from my hometown of Ottawa indicating he was now a guitarist for a Stone Roses-influenced Irish band called Angel Pier.
Luke Paluch, the man in question, is the guitarist for Angel Pier. Along with band mates Darragh Nolan (vocals, guitar), Vinny Redmond (bass) and Mark Colbert (drums), Luke hooked up with producer Kieran Lynch (http://smalltone.com) to release their debut EP Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors. Lynch has worked with such artists/bands as Elvis Costello, U2, The Beautiful South, Hal, and Relish. With that caliber of production behind them, Angel Pier is making the right choices at the beginning of their career.
Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors is a four song EP that the band describes musically as melancholic melodies to a gothic groove. This apt description permeates the whole EP but is best represented on the first track "Pray," a depressingly upbeat song about longing for someone after a breakup.
It should be interesting to see if Angel Pier takes some of its indie cred built up over the last year to catapult themselves out of Ireland's green fields into the greater European and North American music scene. If their way appearance at the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC is any indication they are on their out.
FS Staff
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