Album Reviews | MTTM - More Than The Music

Sep 29, 2011

Pete Murray – Blue Sky Blue

Pete Murray has been the poster boy of Australian singer songwriters for over eight years and something tells me it’s to do with a lot more than his six pack and beautiful face. That’s not to say they don’t help, though… Blue Sky Blue is his fourth studio album and sees little variation from his tried and tested formula of soft vocals, clever chords and painfully heartfelt...

Sep 21, 2011

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Patti Smith – Outside Society

“I haven’t fucked much with the past, but I’ve fucked plenty with the future.” Outside Society, Patti Smith’s brand new and remastered retrospective proves her wrong. It’s pieces like Babelogue from Easter (1978) which turned me on to Patti. It’s the wild expressive poetry, the outrageous Godmother of Punk, spoken word and stream of...

Sep 17, 2011

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Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m With You

I’m With You is the 10th studio album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released by Warner Bros. on 26th August 2011. It has been five long years since the group’s last release, and with the exit of guitarist John Frusciante in 2009, there were suspicions that the group may not record together again. Instead however they have emerged with this fresh offering, embellished with...

Sep 16, 2011

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Juffage – Small Fires EP

Juffage is a one-man music maker from Chicago. Real name Jeff T Smith, Juffage creates his sounds from loop pedals and gadgets, whilst still sounding raw, much in the way Ed Sheeran does. However, to call his new release Small Fires an EP is a bit optimistic. It consists of three versions of the same song – original, viola version and a remix – and one other track. So probably...

Sep 14, 2011

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City of Glass – The Diving Bell EP

Named after their home city of Vancouver, City of Glass are the Canadian duo expecting great things with their planned 2012 debut album. Ahead of this, The Diving Bell EP gives listeners a quick snippet of everything they have to offer. Sticks and Stones shows their soft, indie sound. The EP is slower than their previous releases and their voices certainly suit the music. The...

Sep 12, 2011

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Tori Amos – Night of Hunters

Even as a huge Tori Amos fan, I’ll admit I haven’t been the biggest admirer of her most recent output – even though her newer albums have some great songs on them, they haven’t compared to her earlier records at all for me. One of the biggest problems with them is that they have been overly long – it felt a bit like she hadn’t edited them enough, and without some of the...

Sep 9, 2011

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Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind Of Fix

In 2009, Bombay Bicycle Club, who had only recently left school, released their debut album, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose – a guitar frenzy of indie songs with heartfelt lyrics reflecting the teenage years of lead singer Jack Steadman. In 2010, Bombay surprised fans and critics by releasing an entirely acoustic album. Flaws went into the top 10 of the album chart and...

Sep 7, 2011

Posted by Tess Askew | 0 comments

We Were Promised Jetpacks – In The Pit Of Th...

Adam, Michael, Sean and Darren make up We Were Promised Jetpacks, who release their new LP ‘In the pit of the stomach’ on the 3rd of October. They are a band who have been around for a number of years, making an impact on the Scottish indie scene whilst simultaneously making a whole load of influential affiliates along the way. They released their debut album ‘These Four...

Sep 7, 2011

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Cassettes Won’t Listen – Evinspacey

One man bands conjure images of a guy with a harmonica tapped to his face and cymbals strapped to his knees, however solo multi-instrumentalist DJ Jason Drake who forms the complex sound that is Cassettes Won’t Listen is fascinating and experimental in a different way. Long since the ignorance of mistaking electronic music for Nintendo’s this album crosses the boundaries of...

Aug 30, 2011

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Dolly Parton – Better Day

Better Day is the 41st album release from the legendary country singer Dolly Parton whose longevity in the music industry has been born from her musical talent, her magnanimous personality and her shrewd business skills – all of which have earned her the title of most successful woman in country music of all time. Not bad going from a girl who grew up “dirt poor” as she...