2008-05-19
Intimate, groovy, and softly passionate. Soulful title track is most suited for heavy rotation. But every other song should find air time, especially the harmonica driven “My Kind”, while piano punctuates the regret of “Lay Down and Cry”, similarly sorrowful “25 Years Too Late” manages to be warm. The most tender and personal may just be “Poor Little Barn”, a simple song about a worn out building. “That's Not What She Said to Me” is countryesque, and “I Need You So” revisits the catchy, soulful groove of “Days Are Mighty” (the song finishes around 2:40 but the track extends into a separate salute from Nichols). Michael Loffelman
XIU XIU
Angel Guts: Red Classroom
CANASTA
The Fakeout, The Tease, and The Breather
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Angela McCluskey
The Things We Do
THE IGUANAS – If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times
Illum Sphere
Ghosts of Then and Now
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