Album Released: January 29, 2013
I'd say we were due for a Ben Harper release. The man makes and releases music so rapid fire its easier to count the years that he hasn't released something.
Get Up! is the long awaited combined efforts of Ben Harper and bluesman Charlie Musselwhite. Harpers' signature loud whisper drawl accompanying his Hendrix sampling dirty guitar plays harmoniously alongside Musselwhites' blues knack and kickin' harmonica. Get Up! is that type of instant gratification album. It is perfect. All new Americana style rockers can take this as note to shrivel back into the studio and rework. Harper and Musselwhite should be household names; the answer to faultless blues folk rock.
Musselwhite's harmonica see-sawing with Harper's vocals in both "Don't Look Twice" and "You Found Another Lover (I Lost Another Friend)" are just spot on. Harpers guitar work detail is so prevalent throughout the entire album. Both musicians using their authentic capability to create a mean rootsy sorrow-filled treasury. In Get Up! you will find that, like the understated artists who created it, the album pushes you to the edge but not over the cliff.
I feel so excited for the pair, who after over a decade, have been planning to create together. I feel thrilled that they have creating something worth listening to, a timeless piece.
Album Released: January 29, 2013
I don't get Tegan and Sara. I just don't. Not even a little bit. OK, that is not entirely true I guess. I mean, their "fun" synth, instrumental sound is, ya know, typical. If you played me Metric and Tegan and Sara without vocals I could not identify which is which. The most annoying Pepsi vs. Coke challenge. To me, the parallels to their Canadian pop synth brethren are uncanny.
I don't typically go out of my way to write a negative review, but seriously, someone needs to fill me in. I feel as if the Quin sisters are secret hypnotize specialists. I find the vocals to be as annoying as their six album predecessors. I've tried time and time again to "get into" Tegan and Sara, with fail.
Heartthrob is no different than their previous work. It was named "daring", and I think that is complete phooey. In no way is it daring. It's completely what you would expect. I'm sure I could stomach the album given there was no singing at all. But the duo's super pop synth sound is irritating. Parts of it sounding like it would be better suited for Blossom, or any other 90's teen girl drama.
Someone help me. I can't drink the kool aid.
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