Tag: whisperin and hollerin

High Violets at Whisperin and Hollerin

I know this album’s title is a bit like Michael Monroe’s recent release Horns and Haloes but trust me it sounds nothing like that one. Instead of high octane rock and roll this proffers downbeat, shoegazing dream pop from Portland Oregon. The album opens with How I Love, a nicely enveloping song with cool repeating… Continue reading High Violets at Whisperin and Hollerin

deardarkhead at Whisperin and Hollerin

Apparently Deardarkhead having been going since 1988 and have somehow totally passed me by until I was sent the band’s latest album Strange Weather to review. How did that happen? Oh well, let’s start at the beginning It appears that this is a band who decided that after their original singer left it was better… Continue reading deardarkhead at Whisperin and Hollerin

Halfsour at Whisperin and Hollerin

Half Sour are a faux-naive indie-pop outfit, straight outta Boston and from the sound of it. They are more North end rather than Southies it seems. When the opening blast of What Your Waiting jumps out of the speakers at you, it suggests this album is full of rather urgent sounding songs. Grump, the second… Continue reading Halfsour at Whisperin and Hollerin

Animal Daydream at Whisperin and Hollerin

This is the latest single from Animal Daydream is the sort of single you’d expect to be released in early summer as it is so bright and breezy it can’t be about the dark winters of the bands Gothenburg home. The 7″ single plays at 33 RPM but thankfully I spotted that before dropping the… Continue reading Animal Daydream at Whisperin and Hollerin

Postal Blue at Whisperin and Hollerin

This is the second Postal Blue album in a mere 18 year existence and so must signal a revival of shoegazing dream pop in their home country of Brazil. Yes, Brazilian shoegazers will be all over the airwaves next year at the Olympics I’m sure. Anyway, this album is out on the super cool Jigsaw… Continue reading Postal Blue at Whisperin and Hollerin

Antlered Aunt Lord at Whisperin and Hollerin

Yes the album title and band name are both mouthfuls and kind of give you an idea of where this is coming from, the outer fringes of Athens Georgia and the outre mind of Jesse Stinnard who is apparently an Athens legend in someone else’s lunch time just not his own. Side 1 of the… Continue reading Antlered Aunt Lord at Whisperin and Hollerin

Mark Van Hoen at Whisperin and Hollerin

This is the latest album by electronica legend Mark Van Hoen who has previously worked with or been a part of among others SeeFeel, Black Hearted Brother, Locust and Children of The Stones. Time to put some candles on open a nice bottle of red wine and just sit back and relax and allow the… Continue reading Mark Van Hoen at Whisperin and Hollerin

Knowlton Bourne at Whisperin and Hollerin

I can’t ever remember getting sent anything from Cheyenne, Wyoming before so it was a pleasant surprise when this CD arrived and it turns out to be by a guy from Oxford, Mississippi. It comes with a cover that I assume is from a room at the same Motel 43 which titles the LP. The… Continue reading Knowlton Bourne at Whisperin and Hollerin

Presents for Sally at Whisperin and Hollerin

Well hasn’t Sally been good? She must have been to deserve all these musical presents from this band from the West Country, so it must have been something extremely good. The band’s second album opens with We Fought Lucifer (and Won) a title that might make you think they are a doom or battle metal… Continue reading Presents for Sally at Whisperin and Hollerin