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Awesome record with some excellent songs in it. The Shins' Port Of Morrow is a clear proof of the popness of this band, full of different tints and styles. Guitars, a neat voice, and few but accurate ornaments. Their style reminds of Keane, Razorlight, or The Kooks, depending of course, on the track and pitch!

Although slow and dark-ish at some points, "September" has a great melody, just like "40 Mark Strasse", or "It's Only Life",a little bit more powerful. On the other hand, "Bait And Switch": strange, with a very potent chorus; or "Port Of Morrow", even more weird.

Regular pop is what we get with "No Way Down", "Fall Of '82", but it's still worth listening to every song in this record.

The best songs: "The Rifle's Spiral", "For A Fool" and "Simple Song".

Back again with some jazz (who would've thought?). I don't think the author of the book liked this type of music. At all (yes, ironic mode: ON).

Nevertheless, it's still good to listen to it (if you enjoy it, which I do). The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady is a short album (just 4 tracks), with very long tunes in it. I can only do but recommend them all to you: "Track A - Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!)", "Track B - Duet Solo Dancers (Hearts’ Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces)", "Track C - Group Dancers [(Soul Fusion) Freewoman And Oh, This Freedom’s Slave Cries]", and "Mode D - Trio And Group Dancers / Mode E - Single Solos And Group Dance / Mode F - Group And Solo Dance".

Lay back and have fun with the tints in every part of each piece, kind of weird in the melodies and the way Charles Mingus treats harmonies.

Well, there's little I can I tell you about A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector...I should have done this album's review a month ago! But, it's exactly what you're imagining: a Christmas-songs, 60s-styled record.

The cool thing is that producer Phil Spector got different singers performing the tunes inside the album: Darlene Love, The Crystals, The Ronettes or Bob B. Soxx and The Blue Jeans. The only one in which we can hear Phil Spector is in "Silent Night". To complete with a couple of tunes, have a go at "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Winter Wonderland".

I can't tell you more. Just listen to it next Christmas and see for yourselves that this is a cool record...for Christmas.

This band, coming from Long Beach, CA, recorded Colour during 2013, an EP with some neat indie rock. Clean, no special effects: electric guitars, nice drums and bass, and awesome vocals, specially when the secondary voices come to play. Depending on the song, they reminded me of Mando Diao, Jet, or Family Of The Year. Not a bad idea to keep an eye on them.

My three songs: "Strange Town", the weird-starting and dark "Colour", and "Black and White".

It's absolutely wonderful what a man like these one can do with just a guitar, his voice, and the sporadic harmonica. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is just that. Of course, with some classic inside: "Blowin' in the Wind", "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall", and "Masters of War".

The performance of the guitar is even more spectacular in "Girl from the North Country", and in "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". "Down the Highway" is somewhere between blues and folk, . And if you're looking for some examples of that sporadic harmonica, check "Bob Dylan's Blues" or "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance".

Definitely worth listening to "Oxford Town", "Talkin' World War III Blues", and "I Shall Be Free". I also found "Corrina, Corrina" very captivating.

Many of the songs in this record represent a clear protest and a critic to the society of those years. What I know for sure, is that it's great music. And it's Bob Dylan's.