Abbe May - Design Desire Response:
Diamonds drip off a threadbare tree, waving alone on the dead sandy plain. Liquid metal slithers up legs and wraps itself around bodies, covering skin. It finds the secret spots and hides inside. It knows what you are thinking, every dirty little thing. It sees the flick of your hair, the half smile, the cheap satin sheets marked with sweat.
Abbe May - A Process of Necessity:
Abbe May is cooler than me. She is the rock chick I always wanted to be – sexy, talented, intense, with guitar playing prowess. Her new album, Design Desire, is making all sorts of waves in the musical realm and I was hooked after the first four songs. It is a huge, 70s-vibed epic, and it is Abbe’s vocals that really stand out – alternating between ethereal, almost heavenly, and deep and growling.
On the album Abbe is an other-worldly creature of fierce strength and sexuality and it interests me to find out what is behind that persona.
Lloyd Spiegel Live Review:
Ruby’s Lounge is charmingly dark and dingy, with an authentic funky smell emanating from somewhere in the back corner and a highly diverse crowd hugging the walls – it is an atmosphere I’ve seen other bars try and fail to manufacture. Therefore, it seemed a fitting venue for a stripped-back blues show, starring Lloyd Spiegel and opening with David Knight.
Knight is a young guitar player, with the genuine nervous energy that comes from someone still thrilled and not jaded by being on stage. He is technically a fine player, but he takes it further than regular strumming - in his hands the instrument is more than a guitar; it is a bass, piano and drum kit. He uses his guitar in a highly percussive way that is both surprising and fascinating to watch...
Casey Neill - Goodby to the Rank and File Review:
It’s not often I come across an album that, even on the second and third listen, I can’t fault. I’m picky. There’s normally something I don’t like, something that interrupts the flow of the album, a lyric that doesn’t fit or an instrument that doesn’t blend. This is not the case with Goodbye to the Rank and File.
This is a bar-raising release by Casey Neill and the Norway Rats. Neill, a veteran musician with a past in punk rock and a passion for the Clash lends the album a strong roots rock vibe. It’s an American album through and through, both in sound and theme.
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