2007-03-11
The former Gus Gus frontman stays in beautiful form on Swallowed A Star. With a voice that sounds like a cross between Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan and David Gray, Agust delivers rather catchy melodies atop of some fine electronically-tinged programming courtesy of Bix. Music-wise, think of Mark Bell's (of LFO on Warp Records) productions for Bjork and Depeche Mode. Combine the two (production and voice), and you have an album that is surprisingly fresh and worthy of another (many) listen (s), often times a rarity these days.
TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAINKILLERS
KILLIN' IT LIVE
REVEREND RAVEN AND THE CHAIN SMOKIN' ALTER BOYS
SHAKE YOUR BOOGIE
MR. GROOVE BAND
ROCKET 88 TRIBUTE TO IKE TURNER
Brother Sun Sister Moon
Liberty
IRMA THOMAS
THE SOUL QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS 50 Th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
BJ ALLEN & BLUE VOODOO
HEARTLESS
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