Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Spin the black circle

Ruby - Salt Peter. 9 years old and still sounds fresh. Lesley Rankine shines in this sort of rock/trip-hop classic [which again influenced Garbage] featuring one of my tracks of the 90's - Paraffin.
Splender - Halfway Down the Sky. Some delightful Todd produced pop/rock.
Thea Gilmore - The Lipstick Conspiracies. Modern pop/folk at its best, and another of 2003's best releases.
Whiskey Mule - Fuel For the Mule. Demo CD bu bunch of 17 year olds, featuring a friend. 70's rock influenced. Lead singer is woeful, but with a little work there is potential there.
The Boomtown Rats - Best of . Bob and the boys did crank out some cool tunes
Boss Hogg - Whiteout.

And the tracks:

Curve - Hell Above the Water. Curve really should have been bigger. Garbage essentially ripped off half their sound and made money whilst Curve hardly kept their head abouve the water. This track from the album 'Gift' was proof that they could still crank out a good tune.

Iron Maiden - Rainmaker - Just when I was sure that they would never record a decent tune ever again ... One of pleasant surprises in the singles market of 2003.

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