Ink On Water

Recycled art gets wings

Tori — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:10:14 +0000

The pile of multi coloured wine and booze bottle tops next to our local recycling bin is starting to look inspiring. Michelle Stitzlein thought so too when she began to make her sculptures from, literally, rubbish. Old ivory piano keys? Broken china? All of these squirreled treasures and more make the amazingly beautiful moth wall sculptures that Michelle creates in her art studio based in the wild countryside in Baltimore, Ohio, USA.

For more inspiration on the rubbish that is modern art you can visit Michelles website

www.artgrange.com

Loverman – Human Nature – Review

Tori — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:20:07 +0000

“Sharing a name with arch-angel Gabriel, Master Bruce presents a character that is less Gods shining spirit of truth and more Lucifer the light bearer. Or is he not both? His lyrics tell us the stories and own the dark parts of our society that we wish to deny. He also has a tapeworm of indeterminate length living in his bowel of whom he believes embues him all with of his power. Really….”

666/10

Read more of this review and shed loads more about emerging new bands at www.neverenoughnotes.com

lush rust

Tori — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:46:29 +0000

I went for a walk with my camera. I’d love to take more. TG ©

Jersey Budd – A new rock god?

Tori — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:49:21 +0000

“This first night of Jersey Budds tour, promoting their debut album ‘Wonderlands’, had only 100 people in the audience but the girls screamed and the men nodded their mod haircuts in unison…….Adem (drums) and Peter (keyboards) give Jersey a run for his energy, attacking their respective instruments with force and passion. Peter gently slaps the ivories of his Nord keys like a kind dom slaps his subs arse…..”.

A new rock god? Read more about the man who is being compared to Bruce Springsteen at www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk

Fun, Fun, Fun? Enough already!

Tori — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:51:14 +0000

“At first listen ‘Aim and Ignite’ is an album that is an urgent, overwhelming, spiralling, unbridled joy like a roundabout going round and round that blurs your view. Fun. do fun in spades but sometimes I just want a sad song, a little more pathos, occasionally I need a minor chord instead of a major…”

Read more of my review of fun. at www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk

Lofty Heights plant seeds

Tori — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:36:30 +0000

“Spun with slide guitar, luxurious cello and la la la backing vocals ‘Eye Contact’ is a tune you play on your way to a summer festival on a sunny day. There is a beautiful naivety to its sound and lyrics, happy-clappy and sing-along; it’s an uplifting tune for the shy underdogs of this world.”

The first 100 singles come with a free packet of seeds, find out why and read more of my review of Lofty Heights at www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk

Greg Griffin - Lofty Heights - Photo anakainlondon blog

Extradition Order – Debut Album Review – Since The Bomb Dropped

Tori — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:13:02 +0000

“As a folk singer’s daughter who was brought up with fisherman-jumper-clad beardy singers around her breakfast table plucking banjos, when I was asked to review the anti-folk movements Extradition Order’s 1st album ‘Since The Bomb Dropped’ I giggled somewhat whilst humming fidley-ridley-roll. The anti-folk movement itself was born in Greenwich Village, New York in the early 80’s. This first long-player (14 tracks) from the Warrington based quartet is an anarchic, manic, raw, strung out and passionate post punk gothic folk ride by whirlygig…..”

My full review of Extradition Orders debut album, released on 28th September 2009 - I Blame the Parents Records, can be read here at another wordpress blog www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk

Album cover by Clifford Harper, anarchist illustrator and wood block wizard.

Heya

Tori — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:37:03 +0000

If you have found yourself at the bottom of this page, well done! And thank you!

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