The Dresden Dolls

By Sid | October 18, 2007 6:14 am |
Categories:
Experimental, Indie

The Dresden Dolls

Most of the people on this planet consider cabaret to be forgotten and possibly too retro to be interesting. But not this duo from the US.

The Dresden Dolls

Amanda Palmer (piano/vocals) and Brian Viglione(guitar/drums/bass/vocals) are the Dresden Dolls or one of the unique band that are still keeping up the flag of the cabarets. Their music is like Vertinsky meeting The White Stripes, music of the 20th and 30th clashing into modern indie. The result is awesome! Amandas voice and piano provide the old and gloomy part, while Brian is making the rest of the music with his very interesting drumming and arrangements.

The Dresden Dolls

Combine that with almost theatrical performance on the live shows and you’ll get a really unique band. Their two albums “The Dresden Dolls” (2003) and “Yes, Virginia” (2006) can be surely considered gems of modern music.

The Detroit Cobras

By Sid | October 5, 2007 2:40 pm |
Categories:
Indie, Rock

You know there are bands that deserve a big “Wow!” placed in the beginning of the review.

The Detroit Cobras deserve four for every one of their 4 albums. Their style is something like retro-rock or garage rock or 60th or 50th of 70th with a little bit of indie.

The Detroit Cobras

This is like Marty McFly from Back to Future 1 running into Quentin Tarantino’s soundtracks but fronted by awesome female singer. It’s rock and roll played in an old garage with all the twist from the 60th and in the last album even with spiced with jazz and soul.

The plates you need to find are called: Life, Love And Leaving (2001), Baby (2005) and the last album Tied & True (2007). The first two are more of a garage sound and can be perfect for a retro party and the last one is like a real pearl of the modern music. Fueled by some more professional sound it still possesses this groove that shook the world like 40 years ago. These dudes can be respected just for keeping this groove.

Black Snake Moan

By Sid | September 27, 2007 12:14 pm |
Categories:
Movies, Soundtracks

Black Snake Moan movie

Yes this post will be about a movie. No better to say about a Movie.

I’m personally a fan of some southern-stuff: music, bit of a culture and the other entire “South Will Rise Again” thing. This movie caught my attention with its real southern groove but in fact it is a blues movie.

Lot of people are arguing bout where does modern music came from. Some cite the middle-age orchestras, I personally give credit to the pirate ships where the black rhymes and European melodies first collided. But one thing is definite the first style of music as we know it is Delta Blues. Played by poor black people in Mississippi delta it quickly became something more than just music. Later together with jazz they formed rock and roll and it was the blues that gave the melody.

Black Snake Moan

This movie is about blues. Samuel Jackson is playing and old blues-guitarist and his badass voice is exactly what you need for a badass blues. I think he really should record a blues album. Other stuff in the soundtrack is performed by mostly unknown bands like The Black Keys, Outrageous Cherry, North Mississippi Allstars and some real bluesy dudes like R.L. Burnside.

Want to experience the blues? Get this movie and get this soundtrack!



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