Slipped Discs
Discs You May Have Missed
by John Noyd
Jennifer O'Connor - Here with Me
Jennifer O'ConnorHere with Me
Label: Matador Records
Gently penetrating inflections both uncannily persuasive and honestly understated - O’Connor’s finely-tuned inner voice holds up impish grins, thoughtful indecisions and bottomless sympathy. Lightning-simple truths blaze across O’Connor’s perceptive recollections - uncovering hope in trustworthy words, dressed simply, delivered stylishly. Comforting and intimate, “Here,” quietly charms via secret invitations, open dreams addressing confessions.
• Jennifer O'Connor WebsiteOther Lives - Other Lives
Other LivesOther Lives
Label: TBD
A debut filled with good-byes, the sweet melancholy of Other Lives employ sympathetic strings, poignant piano and spiraling guitars to convey their sad regrets. Sumptuous chamber-pop filled with somber, soaring sentiments, “Other Lives,” waltzes through windswept parables, humble testaments to restless affections, bitter lessons dressed in fond memories, effervescent empathy and hopeful minor chords.
• Other Lives WebsiteOs Mutantes - Haih Or Amortecedor
Os MutantesHaih Or Amortecedor
Label: Anti Records
A moveable feast of theatrical rock turned multi-cultural pop, Brazil’s playful dance-party revolutionaries return more powerful and impassioned than ever. Throbbing musical mosaics piece together Kasbah grooves, political sambas, translucent blues and rainbow-colored psychedelia while, “Haih,” field surreal appeals through hyperbolic ballads, dramatic apparitions and intercontinental imaginations. OM hit Minneapolis’ Cedar Cultural Center Sept 26th.
• Os Mutantes WikiYoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band - Between My Head and the Sky
Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono BandBetween My Head and the Sky
Label: Chimera Music
Fables, haikus, purrs and moans, “Head,” creates steamy Edens and cyber-smooth utopias. Surrounded by a cosmopolitan cast of avant-garde forerunners, Yoko’s immaculate future music mixes philosophical tone poems with polished erotic pop as laid-back jazz, digital dance and urban rock toss impeccable improvisations into new intuitive solutions.
• Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band Website • Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band WikiJoao Orecchia - Hands and Feet
Joao OrecchiaHands and Feet
Label: Other Electricities Records
Processed layers welded into seamless streams of jittery digital fidgeting, Joao’s overstocked toy box simmers alongside bantering banjos, wheezing concertinas and listing violins. Blue Man boogie for beats, blips and purring whirligigs, “Hands,” juggles cuckoo clock rock, cyber-fried lullabies and pump ‘n crunch electro-funk for effusive musical Sudoku and groovy, geo-synchronized synergy.
• Joao Orecchia WebsiteOne For The Team - Ghosts
One For The TeamGhosts
Label: Afternoon Records
Conquering, co-ed vocals doubling the already high emotional output - OFTT stacks pile-driving ire into sweaty testaments to romantic vengeance and its restorative powers. A lively, insolent energy crackles throughout the unrelenting, “Ghosts,” fueled by jilted lovers, re-hatched hopes and unleashed demons. Promising an exciting vibe, OFTT play Milwaukee’s Miramar March 25th.
• One For The Team Website • One For The Team WikiOver the Rhine - The Long Surrender
Over the RhineThe Long Surrender
Label: Great Speckled Dog
Brewed in bluesy benevolence, congregating cadence and well-furnished skirmishes, OTR’s regal roots, melancholy melodies and majestic sensitivity exude moody authenticity. Dressed in champagne piano and baptized dobro, sad sax and rumbling drums, “Surrender,” renders parched prairie prayers inside smoldering torch songs, wanton folk-jazz cabaret illuminating flirty, hickory-flavored occasions The Ohio husband and wife duo play Madison’s Majestic Theater April 9th
• Over the Rhine Website • Over the Rhine Facebook • Over the Rhine WikiGeoffrey O'Connor - Vanity is Forever
Geoffrey O'ConnorVanity is Forever
Label: Chapter Music
Crayon Fields singer’s plastic nostalgia buoys stately sustains and ominous bass, concocting frosty melancholy tossed over sophisticated chords and clinical beats for eighties soul-searching encased in faced facts, romantic traps and lapsed compacts. “Vanity,” uncannily channels overheated libidos by playing it cool; mod Aussie shoe-gaze smothered in shiny sounds and tragically poignant perceptions. O’Connor plays Chicago’s Lincoln Hall October 3rd
• Geoffrey O'Connor Website • Geoffrey O'Connor FacebookOkkervil River - I Am Very Far
Okkervil RiverI Am Very Far
Label: Jagjaguwar
Modern grifter’s myths capture fierce evangelical gifts slinging forthright frustration beneath elegant exasperation; Okkervil’s full-throttled baubles rattle unchecked connections swinging between open-hearted pleas seeking immediate relief and gallant fact-gathering allies calling from nearby cells. Alt-rock buccaneers penning lyrical disbelief, “Far,” portrays pro-active characters; shadowy cafe castaways conjuring novels and slinky thinking vigilantes wrestling lingering vignettes, morose corrosions and undeniable appeals.
• Okkervil River Website • Okkervil River Facebook • Okkervil River WikiJennifer O'Connor - I Want What You Want
Jennifer O'ConnorI Want What You Want
Label: Kiam Records
Solemn problems cast in modestly frolicking waltzes, direct declarations trimmed in simmering sentiments and cordial worries; lyrical sharp-shooter O’Connor monitors life’s knotted plots in plain-spoken hopes, discerning turns and slippery commitments. Distant but determined, guarded but genuine, “Want,” prompts buoyant voyages past unsettled passengers clutching unsorted baggage, focused bouquets of self-guided providence providing cautious folk-pop solace and pensive indie-rock tenderness.
• Jennifer O'Connor Website • Jennifer O'Connor Facebook • Jennifer O'Connor WikiOrcas - Orcas
OrcasOrcas
Label: Morr Music
Subtle buzz and plane hangar tranquility fill drip-dry horizons under foreign shores, shuttling stoic vocals between mild reassurance and narcoleptic fogs. Aerosol squalls crawl evaporating into honeycomb overtones and worm-hole twilight zones, enveloping webs of crackling tapestries suspended in ambient somnambulance and aqueous ballets. Sparse architects designing artful accidents, Orcas’ ominous chronicles become translucent moods floating motionless under sedated gazes.
• Orcas Website • Orcas FacebookBeth Orton - Sugaring Season
Beth OrtonSugaring Season
Label: ANTI
Longing melancholy filtered through jazz, folk, country and soul, Orton’s first effort in six years continues to create discrete meetings for introspective specters. Guiding silences sail through drizzly mysteries while personal mirth gallops over swooning orchestration, “Sugaring,” dances in brilliant twilight ruminations engaging nuanced acoustics; frail epics blossoming into brave, unfettered confessions. Beth lights up Milwaukee’s Turner Hall October 9th.
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