Lindsey Buckingham - Under the Skin

Rating: 9.5/10
Modern Music Review
Style : Pop/rock
The Fleetwood Mac guitarist's first solo outing in over a dozen years features bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on two tracks of a largely acoustic set.

Take your best friend with you, we'll sing along Lindsey Buckingham. Oh ,don't you know about his recent work "Under Skin". What a pity! But it doesn't matter. Come wherever you are, come whoever you are! We'll just sing together!

Surprisingly sometimes very dark , sometimes very bright songs are very tight together in "Under Skin". That's because of all the experiences of those years. First i found vocals too defective, then i realized that it wasn't. It was part of this record. I give my word, with a trembling bright voice it reaches to your skin at every condition. I didn't even choose a front song because every song sounds great!

You do different songs , you write beautiful lyrics , you play guitars well, but believe me you can't put alluring compositions to your music easily. It comes from your nature that's why we call them as Artists. They give us something which we can't find everywhere. The gifts are special if you try to see them. So "Under Skin" is a gift which i felt under my skin nearly my bones. A very pretty colourful wind, a masterpiece!
MM picks: Not too Late, Show You How, Flying Down Juniper
Listen: Show You How

Lindsey Official Page

Modern Music Jukebox

Thanks for all of you who mailed me tons of mail about new bands. And in this new section , i chose some of them to introduce my readers! Hold on!

Benjy Ferree: Interesting new artist that i have listened recently. He was inspired at an impressionable age by Will Oldham. "Why Bother" swayed me at first listen, at once i started to write about the song. Autumnal impressive three songs we've here.
If you ask me you should check this out! "Why Bother" is a changeable flame , melodic , also fascinating. His songs are mostly theatrical and variegated. In addition, multicoloured materials can be find on "In The Countryside".
More Mp3: "Private Honeymoon"

Vega4: They are a four-piece made up of an Irishman, a Canadian, a New Zealander, and an Englishman who all met through mutual friends in London. Here is their track "Bullets'' which is hot and strong. This band impressed me. As soon as i'll write a review about their new record "You & Others".

Division Day: Now, "Division Day" time, you haven't heard "Tigers" still? Find more Division Day mp3 at here.

Peter Toh: He recently released an album titled "Shoes of a Beast" on June 20th. Check him out, he has 8 songs available on the Podsafe Music network at here.

Can Joann: is a New and very small band from Chapel Hill/Raleigh, North Carolina. Welcome to MM! As i said before, I open for everyband, every artist which has same connection with my music taste. I've three pretty song of them to share. Mostly smooth "Indecision's way" , "After the Seizure's Gone" has to exist in your playlist. "Lady Luck" has a parallel line with new generation indie rock bands (The Strokes , Libertines , Arctic Monkeys) but fantastic and it's rocking.

Devon Allman's Honeytribe: For the last one if you get bored , now it's time for Honeytribe!
If you like music with feel and soul by artists like Santana, BB King, The Dead, ZZ Top, The Black Crowes, the Stones. You will have a love affair with HONEYTRIBE. Real deal timeless
feel good music from the soul, for the soul. Mp3:"Torch"

All mp3s here were sent by their owners , promoters and labels.

Modern Music Dreamy Beatles (Flashback!)

Features

1. George Harrison - Hear Me Lord
2. John Lennon - 9 dream
3. Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret
4. Beatles - I'm Happy Just To Dance With Y.
5. Beatles - A Taste Of Honey

After an afternoon nap , everything seems very fresh. And also If my indispensable hero George Harrison is playing , everything stops. That time My only attention is becoming beats on my heart. Counting the rhythms, to understand that what a wonderful thing to live , to love somebody , telling your secrets to her/him with asking 'Do You Want To Know A Secret?', sharing your dreams , your hopes and more important doing all these in a unbelievable surprising world.

Here are your songs from one of the most important band in music history.More here is a great Beatles profile on Classicrock for readers who want more knowledge about them.
Have a great weekend!

Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream

Rating: 7.5/10
Modern Music Review
Style: Singer/Songwriter
The singer-songwriter's fifth studio album is the first for his new record label, Lonely Astronaut.

I took my coffee with coffee smile on my face and started to typing tap-tap-tap. Acustic songs are great to have a rest. So I put "Nuclear Daydream" and closed my eyes to travel the places
which i haven't been before.

Agreeable and pretty twelve songs held my hand, took me to the places that i wanted to be. To dream beautiful things, to have beautiful feelings. Dream! ,it's the sound of dream, so starry-eyed voice is singing. Joseph Arthur's these grown velvet lyrics are running away to dream of land where he has too much to hide. Stars , New York , L.a. and you can't find her, everyday you feel a little curse (Black Lexus). On "Woman" his voice comparable with Will Oldham , now and again Neil Young. "Nuclear Daydream" reminded me one of the best Mazzy Star song "Wild Horses".

There is one song which is irritating (Automatic Situation), repeating during the song 'automatic situation'. Another weak side of "Nuclear Daydream" is that there isn't any song to shake you, mainly same tempo. Just because it's a mature effort.

Melodies are usually too limpid and heavy-acustic. If you catch the tempo , it'll come wherever you go.The songwriting is almost perfect. Occasionally , it recalls 60s pop orders (back choir, airy guitar riffs). Sometimes it sounds as country (You Are Free, Woman). If "Don't Give Up On People" was ending song, it would be better.

A great record to spend time near a countryside or seacoast with. Diametrically melodic one and it grows on you after each listen.
MM pick: Don't Give Up On People
Listen: Black Lexus
Joseph Arthur

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Clinic - Visitations

Rating: 6/10
Modern Music Review
Fourth studio album from this brilliant Liverpool band Clinic.They are a Liverpool based band, whose fast-paced, eclectic sound is at times loosely reminiscent of Can, The Velvet Underground, the Violent Femmes, Sonic Youth and Suicide.

I thought that it was a effortless record at my first listen. By the time I saw that I was totally wrong about it. That's because everytime i don't try to say things fast because sometimes what they need is time.

This isn't an album which everbody can love. Many people aren't patient try to understand the music. That's why a lot of craps selling more than successful works. On "Visitations" Tunes are too pitchy. They're hidden more than you can recognize, conservative. Occasionally it is being featured classic bands like Can and the Velvet Underground. This is closer some of Can's songs. I had listened every studio album of Can. It's easy to see huge Can influence on this. Slide guitars and weird vocals (mostly hard to guess when he'll sing) that's what we used to listen from Can, oh! don't forget the electronics.

On "Animal Human" some funk tunes appear, "Gideon" is sounded more similar Kasabian, dark type of Placebo or Muse. Actually i'm not a fan of these (except Placebo) because their music are only effective in a short period I don't look how many fans they have, popularity isn't everthing as money isn't everthing but you can't live without it. Many Critics look popularity of a band while they're criticizing. Belive me many of them doin' this. You can find a lot of reason to praise an album , on the contrary it's posible to find many reason for saying bad things about. So I'm very happy that i'm not with anyone and freedom is everthing. Be careful i didn't say i can write whatever i like, that's not freedom.

"Harvest" which is first single is also one of my pick, with dum-dum strikes at the top of it and great organ melodies between singer and noises, a strange noisy hymn. Due to "Tusk" again we're moving to punk area, actually this song reminds me Johnny Marr's speedy guitar solos with The Smiths.

So So ,I appreciated Clinic's music which tries new things without forgeting old icons but it isn't well enough, though. Some dum-dums , retro, punk with slender voice of Ade Blackburn.
Well, it was good but just it passed on my way, i didn't have a chance to say welcome!
MM picks:Children Of Kellog, If You Could Read Your Mind
Listen: Harvest
You may also like: Sound Team
Clinic Official Site

White Whale - WWI

Rating: 5.8/10
Modern Music Review
Style: Indie Rock
This is the debut full-length for the Lawrence, Kansas band consisting of Matt Suggs (Butterglory), Rob Pope (The Get Up Kids), and John Anderson, Zach Holland, Dustin Kinsey (Thee Higher Burning Fire).

From time to time it sounds experimental, then indie, passing to indie pop, shortly it's getting around different music styles which are mostly various, rich and dynamic.

There are little similarities with some popular works. "The Admiral" recalls Arcade Fire's David Bowie featured song "Wake Up" , also they had used tempos of Joy Division's well-known
work "Love Will Tear Us Apart" on song named " What's An Ocean For?". "O' William, O' Sarah" is a quite lovable rainy day song but loud sharp noise at the end of song is superfluous effort, it
turns the song a tumultuous vagon.

"One Prayer" which is another song holding stolen chorus melodies alike Rolling Stones' "Angie". They put noisy instruments to cover those stolen ones but it's easy to see them, sure as eggs is eggs. "Forgive The Forgiven" , "I Love Lovely Chinese Gal" are perfect ,clean-cuts , though. Vocal style of "I Love Lovely Chinese Gal" reminds chants. Certainly,"Forgive The Forgiven" is the most original piece of "WWI".

It doesn't recreate the world , it only spins around self axis. It loses its power to the end despite of great opening songs as "Nine Good Fingers" ,"O' William, O' Sarah". They maybe departed while they were recording. My classic words, if you've potential in art, it comes out of its shell at every occasion.
MM picks: Forgive The Forgiven, I Love Lovely Chinese Gal
Listen: The Admiral
You may also like: Arcade Fire, Built to Spill
White Whale Official

Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards

Rating: 8.2/10
MM review
Style: Indie Rock
'Your preference for heavy weathers'
Cold War Kids which is one of the hottest Californian bands of the moment. Zane Lowe was playing this band's demos way before they were signed, and they're now sounding better than ever.
We call all those bands as Indie. Actually some of them is indie and rest of them is performing their own sound as Cold War Kids.

There was nothing to do nowhere to go i took to listen Cold War Kids' 2006 record "Robbers & Cowards". I listened a while. Later I noticed those robbers and cowards. They were singing with a cowardly voice which stole my heart at first listen. Only there was me and those trembling voice, which is reminded me blessed soul Jeff Buckley, covered my room.

There was a heavy weather outside, i had to get rid those rain drops.
"Hang Me Up To Dry" was a cold melody which was usually dark , into pathetic pianos, driven guitars. Then "Hair Down" started to greatly, splendidly in this one some guitar chords recall "Maps", which was a Yeah Yeah Yeahs song. I noted that Jonnie Russell was impressed by Jeff Buckley.

"Passing The Hat" was a great indie sounded latin melody branch for hold to. Vocals were also comparable soul vocals that might be too agresive. Those angelic vocals belong to Jonathan Russell were remarkable reason for love this record. I was patient to listen more Cold War Kids and i was right! First single "We Used To Vacation" was the highest performance, the heart of record.It was the opening but i didn't notice at first listen how it was great. Moreover soulful
"God, Make Up Your Mind" was one the most optional song. It was very clever to put this one to the end.

I finally made my decision and this was a wonderful debut album tell to despite of the cold , rainy weather outside. Red Wine, Success! Believe me if you love Jeff Buckley and if you're warm to indie rock, you'll love this. It's been a narrative review but every album has a story.
MM picks: We Used To Vacation ,Passing The Hat , "Red Wine, Success!"
Listen: We Used To Vacation
You may also like: Tapes 'n Tapes
Cold War Kids Official Page

Tapes n Tapes - The Loon

Rating: 9/10
Modern Music Review
This is not a new album review, it's just a must have from this year.
I'm not posting the reviews randomly. If it's worth to write, i have to post about it. So i choose the best albums around put them ina list.Afterwards ,I listen them for several times before i decide to write about it. What we need is noteworthy albums for write about it. I do belive that i have to listen lots of records to pickgood ones from inside of them. So today i brought "The Loon" with me.A guarantee that you'll love this which contributes to indie rock.

At every occasion, it breaks you apart from world, while it sounds as other memorable indie bands Modest Mouse, Pavement, Sunset Rubdown, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Band of Horses. I know , you wanna listen them now!

I'm going to listen this all over, are you still there? At this point, there is no harm to speak chattily ,because i'm confident, music is good. I haven't found any spotty yet, didn't try to find neither. I see some Tapes n' Tapes fans out there!

I don't know if you had listened Tortoise's classic " Millions Now Living Will Never Die" but there are huge amounts indie bells, indie guitars which are definitely treasure for this new indie rock bands. "In Houston" beyond doubt comparable to Tortoise lunatic experimental work "Glass Museum". I think experimental music is a timeless one. It never gets bored, you're always able to find new excitements in this kind of musics. I didn't say this album is experimental, totally it's not. However there are short experiments which are truly distinctive feature of "The Loon". In addition It never turns to a repetitive album.
It's quite succesful debut exactly alternative, engrossing and melodic at the same time. It's enough! Go and listen!
MM picks: Insistor, In Houston, 10 Gallon Ascots
Listen: Insistor, Cowbell
Official Tapes 'n Tapes