More reviews of Alice Texas / Gold:
Magnet
Pulse of
the Twin Cities
"Gold is full of spiritual yearning and desire for redemption."
- click
here for the full review (scroll down half-way).
Delusions of Adequacy
"...these songs leave images of a dark midwest, perhaps taken from
a modern film-noir, or rolling plains that never quite see the sun and
shady characters with storied pasts..." - click
here for the full review.
Magnet (online)
"...like PJ Harvey sucking down tequila shots and standing up for a
rousing round of Janis Joplin karaoke..." - click
here for the full review.
Ink 19
"The songs are full of shadows, and the darkness is very seductive..."
- click
here for the full review.
The Village Voice
"Imagine the offspring of Nick Cave and Polly Harvey and you've got
this angsty, bluesy, moody combo."
All Music Guide
"Alice Texas creates such an intense, slow-building burn on its self-released
debut album that the band's music sounds almost combustible..." -
click
here for the full review.
Will Robinson Sheff/ audiogalaxy.com
"...dark lushness of the guitars... Schneider's powerful wail crystalize
into songs of a deep and troubling beauty."
Matt Diehl - newyork.sidewalk.com
"...'Big Black Motorcycle', mixes garage-punk with girl-group insouciance,
while 'Dream Time' rages with Patti Smith/PJ Harvey angst..."
Splendid
"...they tend to succeed with all the strokes they use to paint such
a wide, melodic landscape..." - click
here for the full review.
Tidalwavemag.com
"Alice Texas delivers a sound of gritty power that manages to combine
twangy instrumentations with the soul of early New York City punk..."
- click
here for the full review.
Aiding & Abetting
"...most folks will be won over by Schneider's full-tilt singing and
writing. She went for broke and came up sevens..." - click
here for the full review.
MusicEmissions.com
"...If this little gem gets in the right hands little miss Alice will
have quite a nice future ahead..." - click
here for the full review.
Audio
Galaxy.com
"...dark lushness of the guitars... Schneider's
powerful wail crystalize into songs of a deep and troubling beauty..."
- click
here for the full review
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