In the past, Luke Doucet made a name for himself as a dark and talented singer songwriter. On Steel City Trawler Doucet breaks from this reputation, trading melancholy folk music for up beat talk-singing and heavy guitar riffs. The album immediately shows a great deal of dynamic range. It starts out with a pair of… Continue reading Spun: Luke Doucet and The White Falcon
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SPUN: Lenny Kravitz
Twenty years after his debut Let Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz gives us It is Time for a Love Revolution. He’s still on message, baby. Love is your king–bow to the throne! Kravitz is Hendrix filtered through a Prince-Mayfield distillery. The only time he severely missteps is when he dabbles with any genre approaching modernity. He’s… Continue reading SPUN: Lenny Kravitz
SPUN: Sebastian Bach
Sebastian Bach is the Liza Minelli of heavy metal, which isn’t to critisize his drinking or liberal use of eyeliner, but rather his diva-worthy egomania. “Sebastian is basically the same kid we found when he was 17-years-old,” said his Skid Row-era manager, Doc McGhee. “Low IQ, high RPM.” That description conveniently applies to Sebastian’s newest… Continue reading SPUN: Sebastian Bach
SPUN: Luke Doucet and the White Falcon
Juno-nominated Luke Doucet keeps things a little too cutesy on Blood’s Too Rich. Luke has a knack–or possibly a fetish–for pop, but he hasn’t quite mastered brevity. The winners overstay their welcome and quickly become cloying; there simply isn’t an idea on this record that warrants a five-minute song length, let alone seven. Contrast the… Continue reading SPUN: Luke Doucet and the White Falcon
SPUN: Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore is arguably Sonic Youth’s most unapologetic noisemaker, championing the avant-garde wherever possible. Yet, he’s also its most pop-oriented composer. He has deftly made these incongruous musical approaches feel inseparable, but he quietly challenges his own legacy on his first solo album in over a decade. Recorded at J. Mascis’s home studio, Trees Outside… Continue reading SPUN: Thurston Moore