Abdu-El-Hanid-Ensemble - Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt Libya - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Liszt / Nebel / Prado / Kuhlstrom / Nebel - Illuminationes [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/13/2015

Silver Tears is a collection of songs that offer a glimpse through the eyes of one gifted songwriter and versatile musician. Whether playing guitar in the late incarnation of riotous glam-rock innovators the New York Dolls, the gender-bending, envelope-pushing sleaze n' tease arena rock band Semi Precious Weapons, the Neil Young-signed alt-country act Everest, British roots rock band Alberta Cross, Southern rock stalwarts Drivin' N' Cryin' or even as frontman of the devilishly cleverly-named Heartbreakers meets Replacements rockers Madison Square Gardeners, East Nashville-based musician Aaron Lee Tasjan has always considered himself a songwriter first and foremost, writing his own off-kilter folk-inflected songs since he picked up his first acoustic as a teen guitar prodigy. InchA lot of the stuff I did previously was never the main focal point,Inch Tasjan explains. InchIt's all just been pieces along the way.Inch While those stints may have never been his main destination, each one has been a stepping stone that has uniquely informed his songwriting and made him a compelling, singular artist. Tasjan's songs, as first heard on his debut solo EP, 2014's Crooked River Burning, are indebted to great American storytellers like John Prine, Tom Petty, Guy Clark, Steve Goodman, Arlo Guthrie and Todd Snider. They are imbued with wry wit, a sharp tongue and a lot of heart. Last year's self-released LP, In The Blazes, received accolades from American Songwriter, Rolling Stone, Nashville Scene and NPR and suggested Tasjan was an artist to keep an eye on. While that album hinted at Tasjan's enormous potential, it's his sophomore effort, his New West Records debut, Silver Tears, that best realizes his artistic ambitions and solidifies him as one of the most intriguing singer/songwriters to emerge in sometime. An inspired and confident set of songs, the 12-track album, which featur

'Black Pearl' is the brand new album from 50 Foot Wave Kristin Hersh's 'other' band - active since 2003, with fellow Throwing Muses' member Bernard Georges on bass and drummer Rob Ahlers. A sonic trip from the heavy, echoey riff of 'Staring Into The Sun' with all of it's grunge melancholy and dronecore menace to the perfectly baroque 'Hog Child' with it's spidery guitar that dissolves into motorik bass and drums.Hailed in various quarters as Inchan outlet for the material deemed too weird or wild for Throwing MusesInch, their Inchmenacing, stalking, spirals of lean, hungry riffs, set alightInch as Inchfeedback rips into the fragile melody.Inch50 Foot Wave continue to traverse the rigid tension of their own sound. They remain detuned and discordant at will.InchA group that runs laps around most rock bandsInch Pitchfork Inch50 Foot wave are infinitely harder hitting and blunter than anything Hersh has produced previouslyInch BBC MusicSide AA1 Staring Into The SunA2 Hog Child A3 Fly Down SouthA4 Black PearlSide BB1 Broken SugarB2 BlushB3 Double Barrel