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CD releases for week of 06.07.06 |
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Written by Knight Ridder
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Wednesday, 07 June 2006 |
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New CD releases reviewed by Knight Ridder:
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
“The River in Reverse”
3 out of 4 stars
Of all the bespectacled Brit’s various and sundry projects, “The River in Reverse” is one worth homing in on. It pools the resources of the prolific songwriter with the great Allen Toussaint, elegant New Orleans songwriter, piano man and producer.
Juana Molina
“Son”
3 out of 4 stars
Never having watched Argentinian television, I can’t tell you if it’s true that, in her previous incarnation as a comedic actress, Juana Molina was a regular Carol Burnett. I can tell you, however, that on “Son,” the most musically mature and beguiling of her three albums of ambient acoustic electronica, Molina displays a playful songwriting and sound-sculpting ability that’s positively mischievous.
Matmos
“The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast”
3 out of 4 stars
For “Rose,” Matmos teams with Antony, the Kronos Quartet and Bjork to relay its cinematic verities, toying with the literal (molars as percussion) and the figurative (devilish “noir” atmospheres) to assign totems of gay history their proper noise levels. If that seems preciously lofty, it probably is. Fabulous.
A.J. Croce
“Cantos”
3 out of 4 stars
Three cuts into his new album, A. J. Croce performs Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed.” As covers go, it’s pretty superfluous — almost a note-for-note remake. But the McCartney reference is telling: If the ex-Beatle had made “Cantos,” it would be considered one of his best albums.
Camera Obscura
“Let’s Get Out of This Country”
3 out of 4 stars
The Glasgow group began under the spell of Belle and Sebastian, trafficking in pleasantly tween songs about schoolgirl crushes and other underachieving lovers. On their third album, Tracyanne Campbell and her mates couch their nostalgia in gloriously anachronistic girl-group arrangements and sweetly soulful `60s ballads. | Only registered users can write comments.
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