Here at Vodka, [dunkelbunt] has been our latest obsession since discovering the Mountain Jumper (March 2015) long-player late last year. You may recall the review for Egal featuring Alix on December 26. The long-player has been staying on Vodka’s playlist, popping to the top more often than not. There is something compelling and interesting about all of the nuances provided by traditional and electronic instruments. Here is yet another example of that blending from [dunkelbunt]’s Raindrops & Elephants LP (June 2009) in this live in the living room version of…
Read MoreNote: The original video has gone missing. Here is an audio-only version: Warning! The video for Freeman Dre & The Kitchen Party’s Adam & Eve, from the upcoming long-player Reckless Good Intentions, due out April 2017, is a little bit of soft-porn, 60′s style. The music, however, is like previous Freeman Dre offerings, full of rich blues and gravely good-humored vocals. The Kitchen Party provides expert instrumentation for Freeman’s vocal/lyrical delivery. There’s plenty of good old rock and roll available in the ten tracks that will…
Read MoreThe video for Seafoam Islands (seen/heard here) from the three-piece indie-pop band, Peaness (Chester, England) is the B-side to their latest single, Same Place, due out by the time you read this (January 2017). If the A-side is this good, these young ladies should have no problem selling the single like hotcakes! The video’s VHS quality is apparently intended and provides both humor and a glimpse into the fun that surrounds these three. Now for the bad news: There is no complete bio (just a brief on the band on…
Read MoreSHEL is the sisters Holbrook as a mnemonic and SHEL is also a powerful alternative pop-folk band, alive with creativity! Members Sarah, Hannah, Eva, and Liza are positively fraught with talent, blending their cool harmonies with acoustic and electronic instruments that are fun and functional. The latest long-player, Just Crazy Enough (May 2016) is full of beauty and energy as highlighted by Rooftop (seen/heard here). Though all of the sisters share vocal duties, lead vocal falls to the pretty and sometimes plaintive pipes of Eva. Instrumentally, SHEL is well represented, with Sarah playing…
Read MoreStephanie Mabey graced the pages of Vodka for a brief moment back in October 2012, with her lyric video for The Zombie Song, for the long-player, Wake Up Dreaming. It’s been a long wait, but now, four years and change later, there is a very interesting EP available, I Still Taste Fire (September 2016), from which Heart-Shaped Hologram (seen/heard here) comes. Stephanie’s voice has always been pleasing and her tunes resonate with singable melodies and refrains. What sets her apart here from herself back in 2012 and from other…
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