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Neurosonic, Gramercy Theater, NYC 06.29.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
Warming up the teen to 20-something crowd, The Cult blasts through the smokey pre-gig air inside Gramercy Theater. Brimming with expectation, groups of frat rock styled, baseball cap wearing kids, fein fights, looking to impress the studded belt and tattooed chicas. (That is, until the band hits the stage with a threatening “How we doin’ [...]
Dub Trio - “Cool Out and Coexist” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
Not too many bands would have the balls to put out a live album recorded at Union Pool in B’klyn, but that’s the thing about Dub Trio, when they were standing on the ball line, they each got maybe one, probably two extra. So that would make whatever they do, including this live record and [...]
Editors - “An End Has A Start” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
Editors have certainly raised the bar with their second album, with clean production on songs ranging from punchy guitar romps to heady and brooding slowburns, doting on themes such as death, anger and the faint silver lining of hope. Not to worry, in the hands of Editors, such dreary notions do not make for [...]
Moto:Rosa/Make Music New York, Bedford Ave., W’Burg 06.21.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
It’s the first day of summer and the first annual Make Music New York festival, an event which has been happening for years in cities like Paris but for some reason, just found its way to the best city in the world (and its boroughs).
Launching the official event, Moto:Rosa played not one, but two sets, [...]
Mooney Suzuki - “Have Mercy” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
How could four New Yorker’s produce the most generic rock and roll ever? By perfecting it. It’s all here – acoustic blues fills, the token keyboard, the story time lyrics. Have Mercy is your quintessential rock album of the summer; dashboard-drum sing-alongs (“First Comes Love”), handclap party ballads (“This Broke Heart of Mine”) and your [...]
Polyphonic Spree - “The Fragile Army” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
Well, The Polyphonic Spree has dropped their robes. But nope, they’re not running around all bare-stinky-assed; they’ve covered themselves up with jumpsuits. This isn’t a kinder gentler Polyphonic Spree; this is a Polyphonic Spree who wants to be ready in case shit goes down. In the meantime, they’re going to keep playing they’re polyphonic [...]
Savath & Savalas - “Golden Pollen” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
Guillermo Scott Herren’s Spanish breaths of sonic fluidity throughout this album can be audible therapy. It all depends on what kind of ailment you’re trying to remedy. Or if you hablá español. Herren doesn’t stray too far from the template of modern Latin American folk, using mostly traditional instrumentation and sparse texturing. Although the mid-tempo [...]
The White Stripes - “Icky Thump” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
Jack’s back, and like any hot and bothered bluesman, he wants to talk women and God. He can’t get no rest with these issues on his conscience. The good news is that Icky Thump wears his worries like a tortuous battle scar. Our man in red has never been more conflicted or vulnerable. New to [...]
The White Stripes, Irving Plaza, NYC, 06.19.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
By now you should have read the full transcripts of Jack White’s Jack-be-nimble eerily deadpan between-song banter on blogs like Stereogum. If not, please indulge yourselves now, for in order to get a feel for the full monty, so to speak, of a certifiably amazing White Stripes gig, you must be privy to every [...]
The Coral, The Astoria, London 06.18.07 : Sentimentalist Magazine Review
The Coral whirled through a dizzying set that spanned their supple career and delivered oldies and newbies. Songs were intercepted with dazzling jam sessions to a packed Astoria crowd that even included avid supporters Oasis. (Now those are some fans to write home about.–ed.)
The soulful Scousers were light on the banter but heavy on the [...]
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