by Kent Manthie<\/p>\n
John Amen<\/b> All I\u2019ll Never Need<\/i> (Cool Midget Records)
\n Somebody gimme an Amen!!! The fresh musical stylings of one who calls himself John Amen are apt, terse and ultimately have some sort of spooky sensuality to it. An example is \u201cWaiting for Mary\u201d; a haunting reverie of unrequited love (?) that revolves around the refrain, simply, \u201cPlease come \u2018round\u2026\u201d; it\u2019s a bare-bones, plaintive wail to an object that evokes emotions that run the gamut and sometimes at the most \u201cinconvenient\u201d of times.
\n There is more to All I\u2019ll Never Need<\/i> than that slice, though. But it does run in a kind of blue-mood, introspective effort of acoustic guitar-fueled reflection and this album is the practical result of all that self-contemplation. Some examples of the personal infiltrating the musical on this record include the aforementioned \u201cWaiting for Mary,\u201d \u201cFortress\u201d as well as the lyrically bold, \u201cDaddy\u201d as well as its musical verve and \u00e9lan \u2013 complements to each other, for sure.
\n So, what you\u2019re getting when you go out and get a copy of All I\u2019ll Never Need<\/i> is the bared-to-the-soul stirrings \u2013 musically as well as lyrically \u2013 that can be equally cathartic to the listener who finds a copy of it and actually identifies with the lyrics and music on it and discovers within a release from his externally stressed-out life \u2013 as it must\u2019ve been to John when he wrote and recorded the CD.
\n To find out more about Amen, the people with whom he collaborated on this CD (G. Scott on bass, Pat Rives on drums, Bill Walpole on pedal steel as well as other talented individuals) plus more info, check out the website: http:\/\/www.johnamen.com \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n
Robert Steven Williams<\/b> I Am Not My Job<\/i> (Against the Grain Productions)
\n This mellow, introverted CD by newcomer singer\/songwriter Robert Steven Williams, I Am Not My Job<\/i> is a dreamy, softly sung album that is the epitome of \u201ceasy listening\u201d but not in a bad sense of the idiom.
\n The song, \u201cHe Was in Love\u201d is a good example whereof I speak. It\u2019s an upbeat ditty, but a slow-moving, acoustic-based paean to someone who had a spark of hope in his life for one brief moment before reality punched him in the face and spun him out of his reverie. The cut after that, \u201cThe Money\u201d is a melancholy-baby of a song; Williams\u2019s quietly plaintive wail makes one feel relaxed. Robert S. Williams gave me the impression of a basically not-too-depressed-entertainer who, simultaneously, while entertaining his loyal fans, is also exorcising some of his demons and nursing his troubles away.
\n But what\u2019s really cool is the tune (#10) \u201cPeace on Earth (That\u2019s What the T-shirt Says)\u201d – at first it starts off like a benignly meaningless tune about some kid and his dad going to the mall\u2026 but then one gets to the part where the man and his progeny pick up matching t-shirts that read \u201cPEACE on EARTH\u201d and they put them on together and walk around the mall and\/or the rest of the city or wherever and next thing you know, they\u2019re getting harassed by some cop, who tells them that they can\u2019t wear those t-shirts because they\u2019re not supportive enough of the terrible bloodshed that\u2019s been perpetrated on almost a million Iraqis all as the result of some sick joke that Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Bill Kristol and Richard Perle cooked up. By the end of the tune more and more people pick up on the heroics of the father and son and everyone starts wearing the same t-shirts: they all read \u201cPEACE on EARTH\u201d (which of course includes getting the hell out of Iraq and stop being overmoralizing, hypocritical hegemons).
\n But whoa \u2013 I\u2019m getting off the subject. As for the rest of the record, expect other hip little subtleties and brittle nuances that you\u2019ll miss if you don\u2019t pay attention (but that\u2019s OK, because you\u2019ll probably pick up on it through the next listening). The whole album stays in the velvety mellowness that begins with the opener, \u201cFallen Far\u201d and ends, with eleven tracks between them, a reprise of \u201cFallen Far\u201d.
\n You really can\u2019t judge a book \u2013 or in this case, a CD \u2013 by its cover: looking at the cover of I Am Not My Job<\/i> I see, on the back, this balding, middle-aged stereotypical image of an investment-banker or other financial services professional standing on a street corner downtown New York, in the financial district, aka Wall Street, in a suit and tie, as if he just went downstairs for a smoke break or lunch or something, but instead he\u2019s doing the urban street musician thing and is photographed playing an acoustic guitar, the case on the sidewalk, open so as to invite tips from passersby. On the front cover it\u2019s a similar scene, only he looks like he\u2019s being given advice \u2013 or consoled \u2013 by two possibly fellow Wall Streeters.
\n Musically it is a relaxing set of tunes; they\u2019ll tone down all the buzzing stress that\u2019s wound you up after a long, rough day at work. Quiet, acoustic songs that have upbeatness about them, a certain je ne sais quois about them and a not-altogether-hopeless attitude, which is admirable when it is so easy to be more cynical than the next guy.
\n For two more gems on this CD, check out \u201cWill You Come Out Tonight?\u201d and \u2018Going For a Ride\u201d two more cuts worth mentioning. Want to learn more about Robert? Well, by all means, then, check out this website: http:\/\/www.againstthegrain.com \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n
Dana Varon<\/b> Back to My Roots<\/i> (self-released)
\n Well, what do we have here? A young, beautiful songstress with a mind of her own. Initially, upon hearing her debut, released all by herself, \u201cBack to my Roots\u201d one was reminded, a la the vocal stylings, of Hope Sandoval, the dreamy, doe-eyed vocalist for Opal and Mazzy Star.
\n With Dana Varon, though, one gets a more personal record, one which ends up speaking with one voice, one person\u2019s expressions and that consistency helps create both continuity and celerity. Two songs, \u201cJelly\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Shut Me Out\u201d both stand out to me \u2013 speaking of \u201cJelly,\u201d there is also a person with the moniker \u2018Jelly\u2019 who helps out vocally on this album \u2013 there was just something catchy about both tunes in different ways, respectively, but they weren\u2019t catchy in a pop sort of way, not \u201chook\u201d-driven, etc. Just something about those two songs that was hard to articulate; you\u2019ll just have to listen for yourself to find out what I\u2019m talking about.
\n Another great tune that stood out for me was an uncredited song (figures, huh?) As far as the back of the CD goes, there are only 8 songs listed and \u201cGoodbye to Yesterday\u201d was the last one to be listed and so I assume that \u201cGoodbye to Yesterday\u201d was the slow, acoustic and wistful goodbye of a tune. Then, to my surprise there came another song \u2013 track nine and isn\u2019t it funny that this surprise, untitled track was one of the best ones on the CD!
\n In spite of the fact Dana has a clear, tuneful, well-enunciated and just plain beauteous vocal range, she\u2019s not just your average, everyday chanteuse; Dana\u2019s got talent, she is a musician for real; on Back to My Roots<\/i> Varon, besides singing, plays \u201cguitars, bass lines, percussion & other ear candy\u2026\u201d she also, besides writing all the songs herself, produced the CD too. It just shows that the only reason you see so little of this independence in a talented woman \u2013 even in today\u2019s \u201cHillary 4 Prez\u201d society must be due to some hierarchical machinations or some just hard-headed resistance to change or just plain hatred from the \u201cestablishment\u201d, run, of course, by old men (you know, that \u201cvast, right-wing conspiracy\u201d ha-ha). Talent, motivation and originality make all the difference; prettiness helps, but beauty, whether authentic or surgically enhanced \u2013 fake \u2013 beauty is ephemeral and fleeting.
\n Dana Varon, man or woman is a talented musician and hopefully will continue to grow, musically and lyrically and that this won\u2019t be the last we hear of her. I would be happy if her next musical effort was just better than this one which is always \u2013 or always should be \u2013 the goal of any musician\/singer\/band. For more information on this dynamo, check out: http:\/\/www.danavaron.com \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n
Jami Ross<\/b><\/i> (3- single sampler) (Demo)
\n So, there\u2019s this guy, Matthew James Murphy and he\u2019s got this hot babe of a girlfriend who calls herself Jami Ross; so he writes up some pop songs and even \u2013 aww isn\u2019t that sweet \u2013 he even gives her co-credit for writing the lyrics.
\n So, to start her career off, Murphy packaged up either the only three songs he\u2019s thus far written or else the three best tunes that he\u2019s come up with. Whatever; so, he got two session men together \u2013 Michael Seifert, on acoustic & electric guitar and piano \u2013 plus a separate credit listing him on \u201cprogramming\u201d, in other words, he has some software on his I-Mac or whatever and that, I guess enhances the music somehow; also in on the fun was Jimmy Weaver who played bass, no Paul Chambers, but a cat that kept things anchored.
\n For the most part, expect effete, soulless dance music that is as ephemeral as a gum wrapper. Of course, it\u2019s not always easy to judge a performer based on a demo CD with only three songs it, but in Jami Ross\u2019s case, I would expect a full-length to sound pretty much the same as the three cuts on this CD, but mixed up, sliced-and-diced to fill up enough space to make it a full-length-er; for information go to this website: http:\/\/www.michaelseifert.com \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n
Mystery Train<\/b> Third Rail Blues<\/i> (self-released)
\n This new CD from those hep cats, Mystery Train is tailor made for relaxing and unwinding to: at home or at the bar of your choice \u2013 this jammin\u2019 dark, sweaty semi-dive blues band, Mystery Train, has just put out, on their own, their debut CD, Third Rail Blues<\/i> \u2013 from the get-go, it rocks \u2013 it starts off with a smoking version of \u201cShake Your Moneymaker\u201d, complete with a raw, bitchin\u2019 harp; but hey, don\u2019t believe everything you read because the track listings on the back of the CD are all off \u2013 the first song listed reads \u201cStop Look & Listen\u201d, but it is quite obviously \u201cShake Your Moneymaker\u201d, which is listed as track 6, but when you get to #6 it\u2019s \u201cLucille,\u201d which is misspelled and misidentified as song number 7. So, you\u2019re going to have to have some innate or already-there knowledge about these blues standards to know exactly to which one you\u2019re listening. But don\u2019t let that tiny faux pas ruin everything for you; Third Rail Blues<\/i> fires up some high-voltage bluesy rock and roll, white boy style: put this in your pineal gland: some dark dive, the smell of leather, cheap whiskey, an admixture of sweat and stale beer, piercing your eyes with the sting of cigarette smoke and grease from the kitchen, where they fry all that overpriced food for you drunks that get the munchies.
\n This new CD, Third Rail Blues<\/i> is a good disc to have on in the background at a party, as a backdrop for you and a few drinking buddies or to play in the car late at night on a long, lonely drive across a desolate highway, especially with the cool, smoldering \u201cSummer Blues\u201d (listed as no. 9, but actually it\u2019s #10) Song #11 has this shuddering drum solo, a free-form, wig-out that is a great bridge between two towers of jam. To find out what they\u2019re up to, where they\u2019re playing next or when they are coming to your town, go to: http:\/\/mysterytrainlive.com \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n
Amber Adair<\/b> Take Note<\/i> (self-released)
\n Tis a busy season in the independent state of music these days: no longer are the people who record their own stuff in their garage, basement or bedroom just anti-establishment freaks \u2013 communists even! Nowadays, with waves of technology, each one leaving more stuff in its wake, everyone and his grandmother can be a recording artist. It\u2019s become harder lately to separate the wheat from the chaff because there are lots of wonderful, original and iconoclastic artists out there who, because they\u2019re just getting started or due to the fact that they want complete control of the music they write and record and\/or they just prefer the life of an \u201cindie\u201d artist; but man, there sure is a lot of \u201cchaff\u201d that one must pick through in order to get to the good stuff.
\n Take one case: Amber Adair. She isn\u2019t some fabrication of Sony Entertainment, she\u2019s an honest-to-goodness real person; a person with some talent. She wrote a bunch of songs and instead of being treated like so much meat by these corporate bastards, she decided to put out her music her way, the way she wanted it to sound and the continuity that she wanted to follow. The result is Take Note<\/i> her DIY debut that is full of a rich voice, pleasant sounds like the simple-sounding piano noodlings, the quietly weeping guitars and the layered production. I just don\u2019t know about too over-produced records, though, since the real proof is in the pudding, so to speak. So let\u2019s hope that Amber can go out on stage, sit down at a piano and sing those songs in that same steady, breathy way that she seems to do so well on her debut. Songs like \u201cSanity\u201d \u201cBurnin\u2019 Up\u201d show a breadth of character and a real yearning to be taken seriously, along with an ease of adaptability.
\n In days of yore, that was the job of the record label: to go out and search clubs and the various scenes, where new things and ideas were being thought up by geniuses not heard from since. But anyway, their job was to see all the bands they could at all the places they could get to and from that wide list, whittle it down. Obviously there were ones that were just not ready for the \u201cbig time\u201d and those for whom obscurity was a must-be \u2013 something that was either decreed from on high or other times when the self-imposed pre-exile was what they were in it for, after all (they didn\u2019t want to give up their anonymity) they weren\u2019t in it for the money.
\n Nowadays things are so different it\u2019s like the 1960s were a hundred years ago \u2013 that is until you actually listen to some of the more talented and well-crafted pop songs as well as experimental stuff \u2013 music that sometimes was made by the same people on different sides of a record \u2013 when you sit back and listen to, say, \u201cPet Sounds\u201d or \u201cVincebus Eruptum\u201d you can actually hear a continuum to today\u2019s music and realize that the more things change, the more they really do stay the same \u2013 it\u2019s not just a clich\u00e9!
\n So, \u201cTake Note\u201d of Amber Adair, she is bound to show up again and again and with the talent shown she can do her own thing and whatever that happens to be, we\u2019ll all be the luckier for it. (http:\/\/www.amberadair.com) \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n
Celeste Lear<\/b> The Echo Inside<\/i> (Boutique Electronique Music)
\n Celeste Lear has quite an apt name \u2013 her music has an astral, celestial aura to it. It\u2019s got a pop-dance feel to it, only more slowed down, spooky-introspective. Her musical aptitude, her gift for writing pithy lyrics and the sensual attitude of this, her debut CD, The Echo Inside<\/i> make it hard not to say that Lear is the latest singer\/songwriter of the female persuasion to deserve at least the forum, which does now exist, a strong, intelligent and witty woman and a talented musician for any sex, not unlike a couple who\u2019ve come before her e.g., Tori Amos and Sinead O\u2019Connor.
\n From the opener, \u201cThe Riddle\u201d and \u201cLetter From a Train\u201d one gets a taste of some puffy-cloud, lounge stylings, which, at least get your mind in a state of grooviness. Things slow down and get just a touch more personal on \u201cWant and Need.\u201d When you get to track #8, \u201cThe Red Forest,\u201d you get caught up in this musically sedate meditation, broken only by the start of the next song.
\n Track number 12, \u201cKamila\u201d was almost a non sequitur vis a vis the rest of the music on \u201cThe Echo Inside\u201d, the type of song, had it been a bit longer than just under four minutes, would\u2019ve been the perfect sort of ambience to help one meditate on that title of the CD; it sounds simple enough, at first, almost trite, it doesn\u2019t really catch one\u2019s eye, while flipping through discs at a store, for instance. But when you sit and, almost entranced, think really hard about it, \u201cThe Echo Inside\u201d is a perfect title for this CD; I say \u201cperfect\u201d because it is an onion-like title, one that is wrapped in meanings, interpretable in myriad ways too, which, I\u2019m sure, to some that may sound crazy, but que serra serra
\n Celeste Lear has a good, solid voice, a sort of mezzo-soprano range of a voice; a cute, not overly diaphragm-ish, not too breathy, just Celeste being herself and letting her voice express what\u2019s on her mind; I almost wanted to call it \u201cchildlike\u201d in its simplicity and bareness \u2013 of pretense \u2013 but reconsidered. The CD goes on for quite some time, the average song being about 5:00 apiece. That\u2019s not a bad thing per se, but it\u2019s bad if one is only filling up all that time that is available on a CD today \u2013 almost 1 _ hours of space to fill up. (http:\/\/www.celestelear.com) \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n
Everblue<\/i><\/b> (s\/t) (self-released)
\n These cats, calling themselves Everblue, are a not a freshly-out-of-Hollywood-high-bunch of kids with a bunch of expensive recording gear their parents bought them for just at least graduating high school.
\n Instead, these grown-ups have honed down their craft to where it sounds seamlessly easy, but don\u2019t let the mellow chops fool you, the discerning listener, Everblue has been around the block, musically and have picked up all the little tricks everywhere from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong to the magical suspension of the time-space continuum in the vacuum that was once Tangier and beyond.
\n Musically speaking, Everblue<\/i> has a wicked sense of putting together tracks. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Adam, Russell, Nigel or Mark had, separately or collectively, experience in the record producing angle of the biz. These guys sure know how to pull a few proverbial aces from up their sleeves at just the right times to inject some heterodoxy juxtaposed with the right continuity, the type that can\u2019t be noticed \u2013 like untraceable poison \u2013 with clever lyrics to give the music some accompaniment.
\n So, tap the brass rail with the toe of your wingtip, when, while boozing it up after a long, hard day at the office, you hear one of their songs pop up on the bar\u2019s musical works \u2013 whether it\u2019d be one of the satellite music services, computer-stored massive libraries of everything, you may just \u2013 being at the right place at the right time \u2013 be gulping down a Boodle\u2019s Martini (before it gets warm) and next thing you know they\u2019re playing \u201cNo Pain\u201d or \u201cHideaway\u201d \u2013 you can say to yourself \u2013 yup, I knew those guys when they were just hustling for change playing in the subway!
\nWell, at least go check out their website: http:\/\/www.everbluemusic.com \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n
The Seventh Season<\/b> Liquid Water<\/i> (Independent Records)
\n The new album from The Seventh Season is a hatful of stuff called Liquid Water<\/i>. If you\u2019re a big fan of all those ultra-hip, anti-scenesters like Flaming Lips or White Stripes or the legendary Yo La Tengo you\u2019ll dig these urbane dudes.
\n On the whole, Liquid Water<\/i> has its good parts and bad parts e.g., it\u2019s not one of those rare and wonderful exceptions where the whole thing is pure bliss from the first note to the final fadeout, but this one has its moments. For example the first half of the album is all right; it has, even in a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll-jaded way, a true joie de vivre. But after you get to where they probably should\u2019ve ended the thing, it keeps on going \u2013this glut of tuneage starts to wear on the listener and by the middle of the last song – #12, \u201cWherever\u201d you are starting to check your watch, make impatient sort of gestures and just about say \u201cscrew it\u201d and turn it off.
\n Finally, and I can\u2019t stress this enough \u2013 brevity can be a very good thing; conciseness can say a whole lot more than a cacophonous lot of stuff can. So, tone it down, be more original and lighten up a bit, will ya? (Thanks) http:\/\/www.theseventhseason.net \u2013 KM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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