Night Sounds Delivers
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A haunting mystery set in the world of jazz. Ms. Anderson weaves a well-crafted tale of murder and lust. You can hear the sax moaning in the night. Night Sounds hits all the right notes.
1989265
Got an opportunity to see these guys live last December, their live sound is amazing. The group is very talented, and their sound is quite unique. My favorite of their albums is The Complete Traveler, but this album is a good addition to their lineup. You won't be disappointed!
3617984
Orchestration, Beach Boy harmonies and atmospheric guitar epics combine to make this a successful serving of introspective psychedelic rock. 12 string guitars, flutes and mellotrons add to the rich and glittering soundscapes on offer here. And This is What We Call Progress fades in from some nether-where and finds an urgent beat as it gradually builds up, layering on the guitars.  Penultimate track Light Up the Night is the other highlight, awash with strings and surging piano, it is centred around the vocal chorus which builds and repeats over its 7 1/2 minutes towards a guitar solo. Thrilling stuff.
2921727
Love the voice, Love the Music, Love the album!! Overall the album is captivating. Overall, a great listen.
 - check out Midnight (Live EP) as well.
931242
I just recently discovered Luna.  They are simply awesome. And I just got this album and I think it's amazing. I heard "Night Nurse" on KCRW, loved it, but the whole album is terrific. I can't wait to see them in NYC later in the month...
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This is a great mood album for a relaxing, Quiet Night. If you're a guy and your lady likes it slow (and what lady doesn't), this album will set the tone and tempo for an evening that will drive her out of her mind. Reminds me of "A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night" -- very similar style. Elvis Costello is one lucky guy.
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I recently found this album, and what a pleasant surprise! The band has a great bar band, rock 'n' roll feel, and the talented musicians blend well to form a unique, powerful sound. Julian Wiethoff has a fantastic, made for rock and roll voice. This album is a must for any rockabilly, bar band, or black jacket racket fan.
4816521
The difference in sound quality between using the headphone output of my Fiio X3 and this is like night and day for my NAD VISO HP50 headphones as well as my Klipsch X5 and Bose Soundtrue in-ear monitors, with a much richer bass and engaging sound at medium volumes.  Imperceptible sound floor, punchy, with a very uncolored presentation. Love it. Just get it, you won't be sorry.
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I haven't seen them live (unless seeing them perform on The Tonight Show counts), but this is the kind of music that begs to be heard live.  Care was clearly taken in giving a live feel to the recordings.  While this album is top loaded with barn burners (and none burn as firecely as "S.O.B."), there are some terrific mellower songs like "Wating Time" and the aptly titled "Mellow Out" to prevent this from becoming a monotonous genre exercise.
Rateliff has a terrific voice for this material and the band has a lot of energy.  Perhaps a couple of songs could have benefited from more interesting arrangements, but this is a very fine debut from the Night Swats. Keep rock n roll alive!
3378247
A beat that calls to you. Beautiful vocals, violin, and keyboard work. First heard on the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. Listen to both these artists. They're worth it.
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Picked this up on a recent electronica expedition at Rasputin's and it was the last one I grabbed. It's an amazing layering of sounds that picks up right where Night Works, their previous release leaves off. Disc 1 is a bit more experimental, and does have some tracks with some vox on them, 'Special Place' has a killer funky intro and blends into some rap, 'Rock the Record' the next track, has some repititious vocals, and 'Jam on It' the track after that, is mostly pretty funny with some bizarre sped up vocals that sounds like MC Pokemon or some shenanigans, but when it hits, disc 1 is amazing. Orbital's "Funny Break" is typical Orbital, simply outstanding. Western Root's Scorpio Swift is a highpoint of disc 1, and lays down an incredibly smooth vibe.
Disc 2 is the gold in this set though, similar to Disc 1 of Tosca's Dehli9 release - it's the one to listen to. Disc 2 is almost all music, and surrounds you with a stunning layering of sound that is finding itself in reavy rotation in my car and at work. James Banitez' "Starchaser" is inspiring, and is a highpoint. The whole second disc though never lets up and Layo and Bushwacka! definitely showcase their skill with this set.
4/5 starts from me. Disc 1 is a bit more experimental, and hell *I* love it, but it is a bit uneven as a chill/techno/house CD as it showcases so many styles. Disc 2 is phenomenal, and I love it as much as my Sasha CD's, which is saying something as Sasha is the MAN.
741631
The release of this album on CD with its classic club hit They Only Come Out At Night now gives serious audiophiles an opportunity to finish their Peter Brown collections.  I bought the disc for the three versions of They Only Come Out At Night but I'm so impressed with several other tracks that I've added them to my lossless digital playlists.  Pop music fans who didn't get out to the clubs in the '80s missed some terrific music and I'm happy I now have a chance to relive some of those good times with fantastic Dance songs.
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Excellent debut achievement from Coldplay. If you're curious to hear what the rest of the album sounds like, not just the three excellent singles, download "Spies" or "Don't Panic".
The thing I love about this album is that it works well as a whole unit - I don't find myself skipping tracks and playing others through over and over again. I set aside one hour or so, sit down, and listen to the whole thing all the way through.
Beautiful music. Great for night driving. Four and a half stars because it's slightly on the short side, and they have potential for REAL greatness. Highly reccomended.
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This is the review I wrote for my syndicated radio program, "For the Birds," which aired on several Wisconsin and Minnestota public radio stations:
I'm working on my computer late at night.  It's quiet outside-a  few crickets, and I just know if I stood out on my porch I'd hear the buzz  of a mosquito or two, but now that it's August, there's no late night  singing robins, winnowing snipe, frogs, nighthawks, or any of the nocturnal  sounds that punctuated the darkness a month ago.  Indoors the hum of my  dehumidifier just stopped, and now the only sounds are the quiet hum of the  computer, the ticking of a clock, and the delicate song of a Mountain  Chickadee.  I've only been in the Rocky Mountains once in the springtime,  and hearing this lovely whistle brings back the experience in a flash.  Now  a Juniper Titmouse sings out-drier and more staccato than the east's Tufted  Titmouse, and I'm mentally making comparisons.  The delicate notes of the  diminutive Bushtit come next, and I'm suddenly back in the mountains  watching a flock of these quick little birds darting in and out of view in  dense ponderosa pines.  With a click of a button, I'm transported to the  arid Badlands where a Rock Wren's rich song rings out from a steep cliff.  Another click and I'm at a rushing mountain stream, a dipper burbling his  melodic tune to the accompaniment of the gurgling water.  Am I  hallucinating, a victim of the heat or sleep deprivation?  Nope.  I'm just  listening to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's newly released CD,  "Bird Songs of the Rocky Mountain States and Provinces."
The Cornell  Lab's Library of Sounds also produced the three editions of the Peterson  bird song field guides and the National Geographic Guide to Bird Sounds,  but their solo offerings have been gems.  This one includes 259 species of  birds found in the Rockies.  Although bird recordists tend to be  concentrated in the eastern states, most of the sounds on this 3-CD set  were recorded right in the Rockies, so we get to hear a lot of western  dialects.  On my first visit out west, I heard a huge array of unfamiliar  songs and was disconcerted whenever I searched out the singers and found  just a regular old eastern bird singing a different tune. Like humans, many  species of birds have regional dialects, and so a regional recording like  this one helps us learn songs of both truly western species and the eastern  ones with a western accent, so to speak.
The Peterson guide to Western  Bird Songs includes even more species than this new Cornell recording, but  this recording has some Rocky Mountain species never before available on  any recording, the selections on this one are in many cases longer and  clearer, and each species has its own track number so it's simple to find a  given species immediately. The Peterson recording has too many species on  each track-sometimes you have to listen for several minutes before it gets  to the song you want to hear. This really is the best bird recording  available for species of the Rockies.
Geoffrey Keller and Robert Righter  of the Colorado Bird Observatory put in an enormous amount of time taping  some of the rarer species for this recording.  From the foreword and  acknowledgements, these authors sound like genuinely nice people as well as  enthusiastic and knowledgeable field ornithologists.  "Bird Songs of the  Rocky Mountain States and Provinces" is a great choice if you're planning a  trip out west, want to learn the songs of birds found in the Rockies, or  simply want to transport yourself to a lovely mountain hideaway when you're  working too late on a hot summer's night.
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I happened upon this little gem right before my sophomore year in college, and it got through many a night of studying, painting, and walking across campus.
It's rich, yet not textureless like say, ambient music. Each song has personality, and each offers its own unique aural flavor to the mix. Some have a nice crunchy mashup of speech pressed into a melody, others are soft and flowing as silk. A true treat for the ears.
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I have eagerly awaited every release by these east coast phenoms since I was introduced to 2007's "Welcome to the Night Sky".  It remains one of the favorite albums that I own, and the outstanding musicianship, combined with intelligent and well written lyrics keep it in regular rotation on my ipod.  2010's "New Inheritors" was good, but not quite as interesting to me, with a little less of the catchy melodies that drew me to Welcome to the Night Sky.  Now, "Hello Hum" promises to become as big a favorite as "Welcome" and each and every song is crafted carefully and with much love.  Tracks "In Came the Flood" is excellent, as is "Unzipper", and "Zones", and the three are connected by being the harder rocking ones, but even the slower ones are excellent, keeping my interest with the great lyrics.  I've been listening to it for a few days, and am appreciating it more and more.  I'll write a follow up if the loves diminishes, but I doubt it...
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Review courtesy of Tmpanik Audio:

After the sleeper debut `Return To Childhood` in 2009, Undermathic returns to Tympanik Audio with his powerful new album release `10:10PM`.

With the previous album lending itself to a grittier, darker approach to Electronica with an slight Industrial tint, `10:10PM` reveals a more cultivated and polished sound demonstrating this Polish artist's talent for accessibility and sharp song construction. Still present are the massive washes of ambiance and infectious beatwork mixed with brooding melodies and heavy synthlines that have become signatures of Undermathic's unique sound, yet an air of beauty and hopefulness is always present in contrast to the gripping tautness of each song, creating a distinct mood that is both epic and wondrous.

'10:10PM' flows smoothly and effortlessly, never too abrasive or serene, but a perfect balance between beats and ambiance. Tracks like "Big City Nights", "Searcher", and "10:10PM" display a sense of urgency and fullness, yet always allowing the listener time to breathe with marvelous breakdowns and lovely atmospheres, whereas songs like "I Remember", "7 Years", and "Sea" summon a relaxing and dreamy state that embraces the listener with warm aural visualizations.

Tympanik Audio invites you to slip on your headphones and take a trip with Undermathic's stunning new album '10:10PM', available on a special release date of 10/10/10.

Digipak artwork and design by Szymon Skrypoczko.

"A mixture of accessible, charming melodies, industrial arrangements and thick electronica beats, it's also something that flows very well, and which could work pretty well for long night drives or headphones sessions. Seductive." - Ad Noiseam

"The album never falters as track after track takes you deeper into this beautifully balanced electronic masterpiece. The composition of the music is superb and the production is simply stunning. With out a doubt this is one of the finest releases I've heard all year..." - Electronic Moon

Track listing:

01) Big City Nights
02) It Is Me
03) Quantum Theory
04) Searcher
05) Alternative Timelines
06) Saiph
07) 10:10pm
08) I Remember
09) Level III
10) 7 Years
11) Sea