"The world owes you nothing" by Amber Air

Amber Air is a British folk band from the south of Kent, with a traditional repertoire. You might compare them with Steeleye Span or even Renaissance. Their debut album "The world owes you nothing" is not spectacular or original, but doesn't disappoint either. This album brings nothing new, but is a solid (and a bit predictable) album for fans of seventies folk. Nothing more, nothing less.

"The world owes you nothing" by Amber Air

"Ultimate Expression" by Galusha Anderson

Galusha Anderson used to have a band called "Expression", but they never got to get an record deal. So he changed his style, his attitude and his band. Now he sings friendly popsongs, but with a certain bite.
This is not the regular music for young girls. It's more of an adult approach of being young. Think Robbie Williams, think George Michael, or even Rod Stewart, when they were young.

They too knew how to write a good pop song.

"Ultimate Expression" by Galusha Anderson

"Origin of symmetry" by Muse

This is what Wikipedia writes about "Origin of symmetry": ... is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released on 17 June 2001. ( ... ) Origin of Symmetry was produced by David Bottrill, John Leckie (who previously worked on the band's first album, Showbiz) and the band themselves. In the UK it reached #3 and was certified platinum. The title for the album comes from a concept put forward by Michio Kaku in his book Hyperspace.
The album is seen as a departure from the alternative rock sound of Showbiz, as the band experimented instrumentally throughout the album. Matthew Bellamy used a pipe organ on "Megalomania". Due to the requirement of a pipe organ, this song is rarely played live by Muse...
Nestlé tried to use the song "Feeling Good" in a coffee commercial, though the band refused to give the company permission to do so. After using the song anyway, the band successfully sued Nestlé for £500,000, which the band donated to the charity Oxfam. Fragments of the song "New Born" have been used in an advertisement for Oxfam designed by Tim Burton. The advertisement uses part of the piano intro and the first driving guitar riff...

So Muse seems to have something with food, and maybe even with cutlery, or even gastronomy. So you might see the objects on the original record sleeve as forks...




"Origin of symmetry" by Muse

"The inadequate life" by Balezza

Balezza is an Italian gothic band but with less grunting and more classical instruments. Their singer Sophia Permessa studied on the Academy of Classical Music in Rome, and then moved to New York. But she and her band only got succesfull after recording this album "The inadequate life". It's an impressive showcase of the talent of this band. The first single "All ways" is about to break through worldwide, and holds a wonderful promise for the future.

"The inadequate life" by Balezza

"Good in the first place" by Wootton Basset

There's a lot of angry young girls in the world, and there's a lot of them that are trying to get rid of their anger to sing about it. Wootton Basset is surely one of them. But there's more.
Basset knows how to write a typical song. She has something to tell, in an intelligent way, with an original use of words and within three miutes. Real craftmanship.
"Good in the first place" is a brilliant statement by a young woman with a clear voice and a clear mind. I can't wait for the second album, due to be released in december already.
Get your hands on it.

"Good in the first place" by Wootton Basset

"Those I do understand" by Recca

The career of Recca was a short one. In 1984 they released their album "Those I do understand", but after one world tour and three hitsingles (with "Past age" as a million seller) the band called it a day. With strong drug abuse and constant disagreements a split was inevitable.

But after all this years the record company decided to re-release the album. And it has lost nothing of his original power.

Fans should be glad there's finally a cd release.

"Those I do understand" by Recca

"The Historic Collection" by Neil Young

Neil Young is one of these artists I strongly dislike (and I'm being polite). But somehow he must be interesting enough to take care of. I did a funny makeover by choosing pictures in different styles from Google (if you disapprove, tell me), and by creating a completely different style...
Like, for example, how would a Neil Young cover look like if he played different styles of music - different from the boring, wining what-do-you-call-it he played in the past years?

If he were young in the eighties, and he would've played britpop, his record sleeves could've looked like the first one. But if he were a jazz gitarist his record sleeve might look like the second one. And if he were a kind of a Mark Knopfler in the eigties his CD booklet would contain pink. But if he would know what went on in New York nowadays he might look like the guys from Fleet Foxes (including beard and shabby clothes).

Which one do you prefer?

"Body and soul together" by Carina Tracheae

To emphasize the fact that she makes underground music, Carina Tracheae used a picture of a subway on her album sleeve. I'm sorry to say so, but it's not convincing.

She's too much Lily Allen, too much girlie, too much poppy, too much preppy...

So I'ld say, go home, come back with much more mature album and surprise your audience.

Because all this albums lacks is exactly what is mentioned on the sleeve: body and soul!

"Body and soul together" by Carina Tracheae