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Some people like to complain that true music died and all that contemporary artists produce is shit. Usually it is strangely related to those people getting older and becoming less open, more nostalgic and focused on the past. Well... What can you do? The world moves on.
However, as long as you can still top the charts just with a good melody, powerful voice and acoustic guitar, I officially announce: the Music is well, thank you for your concern. OK, good looks won't hurt, either. ;-P |
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Selah Sue - "Raggamuffin" |
Showing posts with label acoustic rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acoustic rock. Show all posts
14 March 2013
Music is well, thank you: Selah Sue - "Raggamuffin"
31 January 2013
Sylmer - "Perdus dans le temps"
Bad bad bad (2/10)
Another miss. And no progress since "Ultime cri". Unfortunately... The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format. |
[Artist's Website] |
Labels:
acoustic,
acoustic rock,
cc-by-nc-sa,
free,
French,
guitar,
jamendo,
pop rock,
rock,
singer-songwriter,
songs for the deaf
17 January 2013
Sylmer - "Ultime cri"
Lousy vocals ruin everything (2/10)
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[Artist's Website] |
What can I say... It's better than "Originaire", but still bad. The same weaknesses as before. Oh, I like the cover photo.
The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.
Labels:
acoustic,
acoustic rock,
cc-by-nc-sa,
free,
French,
guitar,
jamendo,
pop rock,
rock,
singer-songwriter,
songs for the deaf
16 January 2013
Sylmer - "Originaire"
Beware (1/10)
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[Artist's Website] |
I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Lousy voice, terrible drums, uninteresting melodies. Guitar is quite good, but all is wasted because of badness of other elements. Poor production tops it off, but the biggest problem is lack of vocal and arranging talent. Maybe the lyrics are impressive? I don't know it, because I can't speak French.
The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.
The album has been released on Jamendo and is available for downloading in mp3 encoding format.
Labels:
acoustic,
acoustic rock,
cc-by-nc-sa,
free,
French,
guitar,
jamendo,
pop rock,
rock,
singer-songwriter,
songs for the deaf
03 January 2012
Baiki - "Do It Yourself"
A promising act - check it out if you like folk rock (6/10)
This is quite an interesting work, blending rock, pop rock and folk rock, based on heavy use of acoustic instruments, with the singer trying to sing in four different languages. I do not know if it was such a good idea, because I have the impression that because of lack of language skills his performance is much weaker than it could be. This is definitely true with my native Polish, but Spanish also sounds very unconvincing, as if he had much trouble with proper pronunciation. Nevertheless, it is a promising act, with a potential to grow. For the time being some tracks lack good melodies, the others have them too obvious and simple. The ugly cover of the Polish folk standard "Sokoly" shows clearly that they should work much much harder on their arrangements and ability to transmit musical energy through their recordings. Still, I listened to this album with interest and I put them on my watchlist, hoping they will improve. Check them out if you like folk rock. |
[Artist's website] |
20 December 2011
Celibatfighters - "Remise en ordre"
Lack of interesting melodies, too eclectic (5/10)
I was not too pleased with this recording. It lacks interesting melodies and is too eclectic. Eclecticism must not be a bad thing, but only if it is a planned action. Eclecticism on this album seems to be a result of a coincidence: "we somehow succeeded in composing some songs, so here they are". Also technical skills and quality of recording of some of these tunes are questionable (e.g. 03 Qu'est ce qui m'arrive?). Only two tracks are better than average: 1 Aller simple - a very dark and moody tune with an interesting melody; 10 Bande a part - a light acoustic guitar song with a funny melody. [Artist's Myspace] |
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Labels:
acoustic,
acoustic rock,
cc-by-nc-nd,
eclectic,
free,
French,
guitar,
jamendo,
pop,
pop rock,
rock,
singer-songwriter
07 December 2011
Kaczmarski, Gintrowski, Lapinski - "Mury" (1981)
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I usually discourage people from buying records issued by the majors, as almost all the money goes to the recording industry mafia anyhow and will be used later for committing crimes such as unlawful harassment of fans and bribing authorities to implement changes in law, which would infringe basic human rights. However, in this case, the said "mafia" did a really good job at remastering all the works of Jacek Kaczmarski and helped reviving his popularity in the 90-ties, supporting him until his premature death in 2004. His works are published with all due respect and esteem that this greatest Polish singer/songwriter deserves. Therefore - you won't hear it from me often - if you like this album, I encourage you to buy it. In this case the record label (Pomaton EMI) really earned its pay and deserves to be rewarded. |
Tracklist:
01. Ze sceny
02. Encore, jeszcze raz
03. Pani Bovary
04. Przyjaciele, których nie miałem
05. Pejzaż z szubienicą
06. Śmiech
07. Casanova - Fellini. Scena niemiecka.
08. Pompeja
09. Kraj
10. Krajobraz po uczcie
11. Dziady
12. Cesarz
13. Starzy ludzie w autobusie
14. Mur
15. Źródło (Wąwóz)
16. Mury
[Wikipedia]
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010
EAC extraction logfile from 19. November 2011, 19:08
Kaczmarski, Gintrowski, Łapiński / Mury
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Interested? Follow this link:
http://polskiecd.blogspot.com/2009/08/gintrowski-kaczmarski-apinski-mury.html
Labels:
acoustic,
acoustic rock,
eac,
flac,
guitar,
lossless,
non-free,
Polish,
rock,
singer-songwriter
18 April 2011
ajk - "Uratowac resztke mnie cz. 2"
Decent acoustic rock (6/10)
It is quite decent acoustic rock. First of all, we have here good lyrics sang in tune and with confidence. Maybe the voice of the artist could be stronger, maybe the melodies could be catchier, but it is not a bad recording. Check it out if you are a fan of the genre. All the songs are in Polish, and since lyrics are quite important in such kind of music, this work probably will not be interesting for people not speaking po polsku. ;-) |
Labels:
acoustic,
acoustic rock,
cc-by-nc-sa,
free,
jamendo,
Polish,
pop,
pop rock,
rock,
singer-songwriter
20 February 2011
Macroform - "Barren Tree" [EP]
Great downtempo (9/10)
Well, I think I'll just repeat more or less what I already wrote in my review of the first album by Macroform. This record is full of fantastic downtempo tunes. Sometimes a little experimental, but still smooth - no hardcore here. Technically, it's a crossover of electronica and acoustic rock. Great catchy melodies, nice soothing atmosphere, fine use of real instruments. Never boring, like so many bad "atmospheric" productions. Just a pure feast for yer ears. Simon says: Check it out now! The highlights: 1 Forgiven 3 My ankles Hurt 6 Space Ship 8 Can you make me better? P.S. Why not 10? 10 is given too often on Jamendo. Note that good albums start at 7... What's use for rating if every album gets 10? |
[Artist on Facebook] |
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Labels:
acoustic rock,
atmospheric,
breakbeat,
calm,
cc-by-nc-sa,
downtempo,
electronica,
free,
jamendo
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