Craft - "Void" CD
(Southern Lord)
Vicious and fiery black metal from Sweden that transcends the usual black metal sound by going even more brutal. For their 4th album, Craft dredge the depths of despair and fan the flames of hate with a powerful and crusty attack of simplistic but bowel-churning riffs and rhythms. Solid, solid work here.
Darshan Ambient - "Dream In Blue" CD
(Lotuspike)
An ambient electronic homage to Miles Davis and John Coltrane, "Dream In Blue" cruises along with spacious jazz-based grooves, hinting at the exotic Indian and African notes of these masters. Still, this falls more on the 'ambient' side, rather than 'jazz', per se. Darshan Ambient's Michael Allison evokes similar moods to his heroes, while retaining his own identity.
The Bobby Clark Band - "Carnival" CD
(self-released)
Quality roots blues/country rock in a mature vein, and from Evansville talent, no less! Clark is here joined by local names Tommy Stillwell, Jon Rochner, and Jimmy Cummings for their first album in 7 years. Fans of stuff like John Mellencamp or Tom Petty will be quite pleased, as Clark and company stir it up Midwestern-style. Superb!
