WRUV Reviews

Kinch plays an upbeat, strange indie rock centered by piano. The singer’s voice and singing style sound a lot like those of Andrew Bird, except louder. RIYL Phoenix.

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Local ska/indie rock band’s debut EP is finally at WRUV!! Very good stuff! Read on!

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A Fine 2 CD set featuring more than 20 artists. CD 1 features classic and new Latin/Latin Jazz recorded in sessions led by the BBC’s Gilles Peterson & performed with star Cuban talent. CD 2 features great new Cuban artists & includes Cuban hip hop, reggaeton, timba. and more.

Filed in International under ANTH: Cuba

Learn more at the official website:
http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/2009/10/havana-cultura-new-cuba-sound-out-now/

Very good folk singer and band.

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One eskimO is a four-piece British group that plays sweet, catchy, mellow pop music. The male vocals are very soothing. According to allmusic.com, they are influenced by Dido and Damien Rice. Play tracks 1 and 3.

Nerdy indie pop!

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The band’s name is short for “todo mezclado” or “all mixed up”. Tracks feature cumbia, meringue, salsa, hip-hop, reggaeton and more with a Western pop sensibility, but they never stray too far from the Music’s Cuban roots.

Personnel: Juan Kemell (vocals, trumpet); Yonaiky Gonzalez, Yoandri Castro, Lindiana Murphy, Alex D’lara (vocals); Yusi Gonzalez (piano, keyboards); Julio Montero (synthesizer); Rolando Salgado (conga drum); Yan Regueiro Garcia (guiro, maracas, shaker, percussion). Arranger: Julio Montero.

http://www.tomezclao.com/

Old Time Relijun’s front man Arrington de Dionyso does a solo album.

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Hailing from Minneapolis, the land of our purple majesty Prince, Har Mar does his best to be the pudgy (and proud of it!) white Prince. The man’s got soul. A couple of the songs on this album were written for lady pop stars, but when he was unable to get buyers he sang them himself. Thus he sings about manicures and ladies night on “Girls Only” - and since it’s coming from Har Mar, it totally works.
As an overall album his schtick gets a little old, but for singles/radio I’d pump 2, 3, 7, 11. Song 4 (Tall Boy) is an FCC no no which is a shame because it’s pretty awesome.

Compilation of contemporary music from Iceland, the land that brought us Bjork, Mum and Sigur Ros. All of those artists are fairly experimental, and for the most part the music on this compilation is rather conventional. That doesn’t mean it’s not good, as I’d recommend checking out almost every track, it’s just not generally as progressive as their most famous countryfolk. Tracks with a * were especially good.
1,2*,4, 11*, 13, 14, 17 pop/ rock
10*, 12, 16 pretty folky stuff
5 electro
7 and 15* are sung in Icelandic!
9 is electronic nuttiness with silly shouted lyrics, reminds me of Thomas Dolby