Month: December 2015

Phall Fatale – The Girl, The Beat

 Delightfully odd,  Phall Fatale and The Girl The Beat from the forthcoming long-player, Moonlit Bang Bang, due out January 2016, is full of unique rhythms, electronics, an accessible and infectious melody and humor.  Phall Fatale is from Lucerne, Switzerland and has a history of making wildly experimental music, full of electronically generated noise, traditional instruments and melodies that are sometimes not so accessible. For that reason, I have to reserve judgement on the entire offering until it comes out.   That said, The…

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Pharis & Jason Romero – A Wanderer I’ll Stay

 Pharis and Jason Romero make country esque traditional folk, with wonderful two-part harmonies and spare instrumentation.  A Wanderer I’ll Stay, title track to the duo’s March 2015 long-player, pairs the two on acoustic guitars with those all important harmonies front and center.   Making music together since 2007, the two have combined their love for simple acoustic instrumentation, story telling and traditional folk music into a wealth of successes. They have released three records since 2007, each a study in…

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