There are many things that can be said about Jack White, good and bad. It blows my mind how he’s able to give everything he does a style that’s recognizably his – without sounding like anything else he’s done. ”Horehound” is an extremely good listen; it’s one of the very few albums lately where I want to go back and listen a few more times just to catch all the subtleties.
Archive for the Folk Category
7/26/09 – Horehound
Posted in Folk, Indie, Rock, Soul with tags horehound, jack white, music, review, the dead weather on 07/26/2009 by Dewey7/21/09 – Nothing Rhymes With Woman
Posted in Country, Folk, Pop, Rock with tags carbon leaf, music, nothing rhymes with woman, review on 07/21/2009 by Dewey
So I picked this album up because I’d heard good things about Carbon Leaf. Sad to say, halfway through the first track I wanted to switch it off and listen to something else. I gave it a chance, though, and nothing came close to saving this album for me. Think of the most generic parts of southern rock, folk, and country, slap some hokey lyrics in there… and this is what you’d get. Just… no.
7/20/09 – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Posted in Folk, Jam, Rock on 07/20/2009 by Dewey
After listening to the album a few times, I still cannot tell you who or what the GrooGrux King is. That won’t stop me from telling you that I haven’t enjoyed a DMB album this much since “Under The Table…”. My favorite track, “Funny The Way It Is,” is frighteningly poignant (lyrically) for such a lighthearted-sounding song. The album as a whole has a very old-school DMB vibe to it, which I’m definitely okay with.
7/18/09 – Keep It Hid
Posted in Folk, Rock, Soul with tags dan auerbach, keep it hid, music, review, the black keys on 07/18/2009 by Dewey
Dan Auerbach (one half of prolific blues-rockers The Black Keys) does the solo thing with an album of songs that are all over the place, yet extremely tight-knit. One song will sound directly inspired by Johnny Cash, then you’ll flip to the next track and get a distinct Modest Mouse vibe – it’s like that for the entire album. Even with the musical ADD; it’s all very soulful, and very… Southern-sounding. I dig it.
