HARVEST - Underground Comunity

HARVEST - Underground Comunity

Written by Branimir Lokner
Saturday, 19 June 2010

HARVEST
" Underground Comunity "
( Red Phone Records ) 2009.
CD - SPAIN
Alter rock/progressive

Harvest are Barcelona based band, active some period on national scene. They works in quintet formation with brilliant female vocalist - Monique van der Kolkin, in its line-up..During the 2009 year, a group has released a debut album with 13 tracks in, entitled " Underground Community".
A band in refine way trying to combine alter rock tendencies with some progressive touches. A pleasent atmosphere, as same as often ambiental moods, dominates through present materials, and most of songs posses a pretty similiar approach.A mentioned atmosphere is band's strongest weapon. Also some medieval psychology exist in band's arrangments creations. Harvest are original band, even that offering musicals options are more orientire to so call 80's and 90's legacy, than to nowadays variants.

Rating : 7 / 10
C / o : www.harvestcode.com
www.myspace.com/harvestmusic

RARE BLEND - Sessions

RARE BLEND - Sessions

Written by Branimir Lokner
Saturday, 19 June 2010

RARE BLEND " Sessions "
( TSM Productions ) 2009.
CD
Fusion/progressive - USA






Rare Blend are Cleveland Ohio based band, active on national progressive area for over a 15 years. They have recorded a 5 albums, and " Sessions" is actuelle one, taped " live" in concert and studio forms.Rare Blend are consists of skilfull performers and well-trained musicians. Its offering combines fusion and progressive elements, rooted depply in late 70's period. A band is specially infected by the jazz-rock/fusion era, and some evident comparabilities with well-known names, as a Brand X, Mahavishnu Orshestra and Ozric Tentacles are presents in group's approaches as well. Also some touches of earliest King Crimson comes to mind, but the truth is also, that band has captured a energy of our time, and performing materials are recorded with clever arrangments views. A band has threathed themes from album as a 3 connective " chapters" - stage, studio and film, and we can find on album 14 mainly equalizing tracks. Rare Blend are specially interesting act for the followers of late 70's fusion/progressive movemnet.

Rating : 7,5 / 10
C / o : www.rareblend.net

HEARTS AND DAGGERS - And Then There Was Dust

HEARTS AND DAGGERS - And Then There Was Dust

Written by Branimir Lokner
Friday, 18 June 2010

HEARTS AND DAGGERS " And Then There Was Dust "
( Self - released ) 2010.
CD
Alt.country - USA

Out of Raleigh, North Carolina comes a relatively newer act - Hearts And Daggers. They have introduced themselves to wider audience with actuelle debut album, entitled " And Then There Was Dust". A band is on therithory of alt.country/country rock, and USA quartet in refine way
combines older valuabilities with energy of our time. In many aspects they are deeply in roots therithory, but rock traces and punkish energy also dominates through offering materials as well. " And Then There Was Dust" are consists of mostly melodic mid to mid-up tempo tunes, with addition of some ballads. A group playing songs in equalizing manner, where controlling arrangments and mentioned melodicity, characterize album materials in general.

Rating : 7 / 10 C / o : www.heartsanddaggers.com www.myspace.com/heartsanddaggers

THE SALTSHAKERS - Lights Out

THE SALTSHAKERS - Lights Out

Written by Branimir Lokner
Tuesday, 08 June 2010

THE SALTSHAKERS
" Lights Out" ( Unreal Records ) 2009.
CD
Power pop - USA





The Saltshakers are quartet from Milwaukee Wisconsim, active some period on national underground area.The have released a 3 issues till now -
- " A Beautiful Mess", "Up All Night", and actuelle one - "Lights Out". The Saltshajers are faithful to one variant of power pop established in worldwide scene during the 80's. They are mostly infected by the British wave, but in group's approaches we can find also some other elements, as a rock, garage rock, and punk traces as well. One specific punk energy circulate through its songs too. A band has introduced themselves with 10 tracks in, with similiar approach and similiar realizations. Even that offering materials posses a energy of our time, The Saltshakers mainly has sounded as a retro act, and I would mention again 80's period aa a key influental era. All of band's songs posses evident melodicity, and productional works mainly satisfies.

Rating : 7 / 10
C / o : www.thesaltshakers.com
www.myspace.com/thesaltshakers