Tagged: 4flames

Heartless Bastards Arrow Partisan Records [2012] Fire Note Says: The Heartless Bastards once again shine bright with their pulsing rock on Arrow ! Album Review: Erika Wennerstrom and her strong soulful vocals are back with the release of the Heartless Bastards fourth album Arrow . After relocating to Austin back before the release of The Mountain [2009] , I think most thought that the [...]

Sharon Van Etten Tramp Jagjaguwar Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Sharon Van Etten will quickly win you over on her new long player Tramp ! Album Review: If there is ever an artist that is on the verge of breaking out I would say that Brooklyn singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten is close to the top of the list. Her confident siren vocals are the instant focal [...]

The Unthanks Diversions Vol. 1: The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Antony & The Johnsons - Live From The Union Chapel, London Rough Trade Records [2012] Fire Note Says: The Unthanks release their excellent live show of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons covers. Album Review: Most people in the States are probably not that familiar with the British indie folk outfit comprised of sisters Rachel [...]

Mark Lanegan Band Blues Funeral 4AD Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Mark Lanegan makes a solid addition to his solo catalog with the grooving Blues Funeral ! Album Review: It really doesn't seem like it has been that long since we have heard a record from Mark Lanegan considering he has been very musically active with the Greg Dulli combo of the Gutter Twins and The [...]

A Place To Bury Strangers Onwards To The Wall [EP] Dead Oceans [2012] Fire Note Says: Another stellar listen from Brooklyn's A Place To Bury Strangers! Album Review: Brooklyn's A Place To Bury Strangers roars back onto the music scene with their new EP, Onwards To The Wall . The 5 song set features the louder "industrial" backbone you have come to expect from the group [...]

The Jealous Sound A Gentle Reminder Music Is Subjective [2012] Fire Note Says: A solid melodic rock return after nine years for The Jealous Sound. Album Review: I am sure that nine years in the music business probably equates around 100 years in the real world but that is how long it has been since The Jealous Sound released their critically praised debut Kill Them With [...]

Matt Pryor May Day Nightshoes Syndicate Records [2012] Fire Note Says: The Get Up Kid, Matt Pryor, once again ventures out with a solid acoustic driven solo set which shines around every corner! Album Review: The Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor returns here with his sophomore solo outing titled May Day that is another exciting success story from a Kickstarter campaign. Having your record [...]

Buxton Nothing Here Seems Strange New West Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Third album from folk-rock group Buxton is a grower that pays off! Album Review: Buxton are a five piece folk-rock outfit out of Houston, Texas that offer up an energetic record full of lush harmonies, mandolin, banjo, piano and good old guitar. Nothing Here Seems Strange is the groups third record overall and [...]

Graham Repulski My Color Is Red 7" Big School Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Short and lo-fi pop sweet! Album Review: The My Color Is Red 7" represents the 6th release in the past 2 years from Graham Repulski and it is their very first release on wax. The four tracks included on this 7" once again embrace the band's love for lo-fi [...]

Nada Surf The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy Barsuk Records [2012] Fire Note Says: A big sprawling return of an album from Nada Surf that is full of hooks, guitars and energy! Album Review: As Matthew Caws sings the line "This new peace - I can feel it now," in "Waiting For Something" on Nada Surf's sixth full length The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy , [...]

Wussy Strawberry Shake It Records [2011] Fire Note Says: Do you remember what indie rock sounds like? Wussy do! Album Review: Former Ass Pony Chuck Cleaver and his partner in crime, songwriter/co-vocalist Lisa Walker are back with Wussy's fourth album Strawberry . It is another infectious batch of 11 songs that alternate the lead vocals between Cleaver and Walker while the rest of the band backs [...]

Guided By Voices Chocolate Boy 7" Guided By Voices Inc. Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Add it to your collection now before they are all gone! Album Review: If you have been keeping up on the exciting return of the "classic lineup" Guided By Voices then the Chocolate Boy 7" is a must for your collection. Assuming that you have heard the excellent full length, [...]

Kathleen Edwards Voyageur Zoë/Rounder Records [2012] Fire Note Says: An intense and compelling journey through heartbreak, regrets and maybe even hope! Album Review : On Voyageur , Canadian songwriter Kathleen Edwards chronicles her journey through heartache and sadness of her recent divorce, as well as the possibility of renewal and happiness with new love [...]

O'Brother Garden Window Triple Crown Records [2012] Fire Note Says: O'Brother comes at you from a multitude of angles but they all lead to one heavy rocking debut in Garden Window ! Album Review: I guess art-metal-indie-rock is a thing and if not then I am just going to place Atlanta's O'Brother in that category because their debut, Garden Window, is one rocked out [...]

The Steve Adamyk Band Forever Won't Wait Dirtnap Records [2011] Fire Note Says: Wake up 2012 with the solid punk rock sophomore outing from The Steve Adamyk Band! Album Review: In the past it seemed like I always had a good new punk album within reach but over the years that ease of access has miserably dwindled. That of course doesn't mean that quality punk rock is [...]

Of Monsters And Men Into The Woods [EP] Universal Republic Records [2011] Fire Note Say s: The Into The Woods EP offers up strong support for a spring debut to check out from Iceland's Of Monsters And Men. Album Review: My guess is that Iceland's Of Monsters And Men will start gaining some hype here in [...]

The White Album Album Self-Released [2011] Fire Note Says: A band to watch in 2012! Album Review: I must tell you that a Google search for this band or album title will lead to much frustration but after you discover Copenhagen's The White Album, much of that will be forgiven. The Danish trio present a 6 song record that has its own blend of folk meets indie [...]

Trent Reznor | Atticus Ross The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack Mute Records [2011] Fire Note Says: This score will give your speakers and headphones new meaning! Album Review: Not sure if I would have ever predicted that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross would be Oscar award winning soundtrack composers but here we are on the duo's follow up to The Social Network (2010) [...]

Office Of Future Plans Office Of Future Plans Dischord Records [2011] Fire Note Says: J. Robbins returns with another band of top notch indie rock! Album Review: J. Robbins and angular indie rock go hand and hand and just like some of his earlier groups, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, and Channels, Office Of Future Plans brings together a talented group of musicians and [...]

Ty Segall Goodbye Bread Drag City Records [2011] Fire Note Says: Ty Segall emerges into a stellar singer-songwriter role on Goodbye Bread ! Album Review: A good way to describe Ty Segall's music is to take some of your favorite classic garage rock bands and picture their lead singers going it solo with the same swagger and slightly fuzzed up vocal [...]