Album: The Black Magic Show
Artist: Elefant
Release Date: 18 April 2006
Country: New York, USA
Members:
Diego Garcia - Vocal
Mod - Guitar
Jeff James - Bass
Kevin McAdams - Drums
From New York, Elephant delivers The Black Magic Show, their second recording studio album after their debut album Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid in 2003. On fisrt listen, I would've thought this band could have been from Great Britian because they have a more British pop sound then Americans, and The Black Magis Show sounds like a mixture of British bands like Editors, Starsailor, Keane with the ever so haunting gurtar riffs of Interpol. Although The Black Magic Show does not have anything new musically, but it's is a very solid, all round good package for the band. The music are just simply sincere and captivating.
Beaker's Verdict: A
Album: Everything All The Time
Artist: Band Of Horses
Release Date: 21 March 2006
Members:
Diego Garcia - Vocal
Mod - Guitar
Jeff James - Bass
Kevin McAdams - Drums
From New York, Elephant delivers The Black Magic Show, their second recording studio album after their debut album Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid in 2003. On fisrt listen, I would've thought this band could have been from Great Britian because they have a more British pop sound then Americans, and The Black Magis Show sounds like a mixture of British bands like Editors, Starsailor, Keane with the ever so haunting gurtar riffs of Interpol. Although The Black Magic Show does not have anything new musically, but it's is a very solid, all round good package for the band. The music are just simply sincere and captivating.
Beaker's Verdict: A
Album: Everything All The TimeArtist: Band Of Horses
Release Date: 21 March 2006
Country: Seattle, USA
Members:
Ben Bridwell - guitar, vocals
Mat Brooke - guitar
Chris Early
Tim Mienig
Joe Narnone
Band of Horses copied My Morning Jacket, their music is entirely unoriginal, but just like Jessica copied Britney, Ashley copied Hillary while Hillary copied Avirl, the only difference is My Morning Jacket is perhaps the good choice to copy while omg-Britney-Jessical-Ashley-Hillary is totally not cool no matter who imitated who. Anyway, point made, Everything All The Time is those album that will eventually grows on you the more you listen to it because it's just the way it is. Some really good songs like The First Song, The Funeral, The Great Salt Lake while other are just ho-hums, not that appealing to me. Suitable for listening on some lazy breezy sunday afternoons,god, that rhymes.
Beaker's Verdict: B+
Album: She Wants Revenge
Artist: She Wants Revenge
Release Date: 31 January 2006
Members:
Ben Bridwell - guitar, vocals
Mat Brooke - guitar
Chris Early
Tim Mienig
Joe Narnone
Band of Horses copied My Morning Jacket, their music is entirely unoriginal, but just like Jessica copied Britney, Ashley copied Hillary while Hillary copied Avirl, the only difference is My Morning Jacket is perhaps the good choice to copy while omg-Britney-Jessical-Ashley-Hillary is totally not cool no matter who imitated who. Anyway, point made, Everything All The Time is those album that will eventually grows on you the more you listen to it because it's just the way it is. Some really good songs like The First Song, The Funeral, The Great Salt Lake while other are just ho-hums, not that appealing to me. Suitable for listening on some lazy breezy sunday afternoons,
Beaker's Verdict: B+
Album: She Wants Revenge
Artist: She Wants Revenge
Release Date: 31 January 2006
Country: Los Angeles, USA
Members:
Justin Warfield
Adam 12
She Wants Revengs is the latest branch from the Interpol-wannabe family tree, after The Bravery and Editors in 2005, music almost close derivative to Interpol, then the lead vocal Justin Warfield trying sing like the next Paul Banks, and whats even better, they just got their name into the Worst-Band-Name hall of shame. It's harsh I know but it's okay because I totally dig this genre. She Wants Revenge IS the parody of Interpol's Turn On The Bright Lights mixed with the Remixed-Antics and if that's not enough, they decided to take it further by adding Spoon's Gimmie Fiction. She Wants Revenge is only good for a certain period and it won't be surprising if it's disposed to the 5 dollar bin next year
Beaker's Verdict: B
Members:
Justin Warfield
Adam 12
She Wants Revengs is the latest branch from the Interpol-wannabe family tree, after The Bravery and Editors in 2005, music almost close derivative to Interpol, then the lead vocal Justin Warfield trying sing like the next Paul Banks, and whats even better, they just got their name into the Worst-Band-Name hall of shame. It's harsh I know but it's okay because I totally dig this genre. She Wants Revenge IS the parody of Interpol's Turn On The Bright Lights mixed with the Remixed-Antics and if that's not enough, they decided to take it further by adding Spoon's Gimmie Fiction. She Wants Revenge is only good for a certain period and it won't be surprising if it's disposed to the 5 dollar bin next year
Beaker's Verdict: B
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