‘Sherwood’ Archives
Trip-Hop
Tonight’s genre introduction is something I’ve definitely thrown into my reviews before; so I’m taking the chance to officially define it. Story time: Let’s spin the clocks back to the mid-90′s; Hip-Hop is starting to hit Britain and various [Read More]
Peace Orchestra
Album: Peace Orchestra Artist: Peter Kruder Genre: mixed Label: G-Stone Recordings If you’ve been looking for your next hit of “musical morphine”; I have some of the best Down-Tempo I’ve ever heard for you. A tangent of Kruder’s; from Kruder [Read More]
Mashup and Dzak
“Mashups” are a brand of music for those indecisive people who just can’t settle on one song. If you’ve ever heard a live dj; you will hopefully know what song blending is, imagine that 30 seconds between tracks, and apply it to an entire song (which [Read More]
Dubstep for all!
I’m going to skew off my normal “band reviews” tonight and introduce an entire genre of music. I’ve decided to do this because unless you listen to “electronic music” fairly often you probably haven’t heard of this genre. Dub-step [Read More]
Vampire Weekend
Artist: Vampire Weekend Album: Vampire Weekend Genre: Indie pop Label: XL recordings I’ll preface by saying that this band was poorly introduced to me. Contrary to unpopular belief, Vampire Weekend is not the new Audioslave nor a replacement for them (long story). [Read More]
Demon Days
Artist: Gorillaz Album: Demon Days Genre: Trip-Alt. Rock Label: Parlophone Gorillaz is definitely a noteworthy band and I have nothing but respect for the creators. All the sounds are original and an animated band was a whole new concept they pulled off very well (they even [Read More]
Grow Up and Blow Away
Artist: Metric Album: Grow Up and Blow Away Genre: Indie Rock Label: Last Gang Records For some reason I’m feeling a “what could have been” is in order for this album. This is actually Metric’s first recorded album, but for some reason was never [Read More]
Black Holes & Revelations
Artist: Muse Album: Black Holes and Revelations Genre: Alt. Rock Label: Helium 3 If you’ve never heard of Muse before it’s OK; we still love you. But you need to know, there’s two types of people in this world, those who have never heard of Muse, and those [Read More]
Mirror Conspiracy
Artist: Thievery Corporation Album: Mirror Conspiracy Genre: Chill out Label: ESL music I’ve always had trouble grouping Thievery Corporation into a genre; it might have something to do with how their music spans 4 to 5 of them. Yes, I called it “Chill [Read More]
None Shall Pass
Artist: Aesop Rock Album: None Shall Pass Genre: Underground Hip-hop Label: Definitive Jux Aesop Rock definitely holds a spot in my top 5 artists. Imagine “understandable” rapping where the artist’s voice is essentially another instrument in some great [Read More]
