Epinions Recent Reviews for sarah_knipper

Lesbians Go Mainstream onThe L Word

Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:21:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Season One of The L Word is a mildly flawed (probably necessarily so), spectacular, sexy, alluring drama centering on a group of 6 core women and their various goings-on (and gettings-on). It has the beauty and glamour of Sex in the City, the...

He's Got the Nick Drake DNA: Alexi Murdoch's Four Songs

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:41:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - A few months ago, I happened to catch the very end of NPR's E-Street, where they have live musicians. I wondered briefly if Nick Drake had made an astounding leap from the grave. Someone was singing a gorgeous acoustic number that shot me straight back...

Tara MacLean: Every WB Song Rolled into One

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:41:19 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - I first heard of Tara Maclean several years ago on the first Lilith Fair sampler with her gorgeous performance of Jordan. I played that song to death & finally was able to get one of her full-length albums out of the library. The fact that she...

Evocative and ethereal Mum: Finally We Are No One is something special

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 02:57:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - The night of our rehearsal dinner for our wedding, my husband gave me my own ipod, engraved on the back with Here We Go.... In the 2 short days we had between wedding and honeymoon, I uploaded as many albums as possible without hardly looking at...

Me and You is a Glowing Indie Masterpiece

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:21:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - For a movie that pretty much swept through the independent film festivals, winning at Sundance, Cannes, Philadelphia, Newport and LA, there seems to have been little buzz about this creative gem. Whatever I can do to rectify that is worth it. This...

Norah Jones channels her inner Eminem

Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:46:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - I must admit: until stumbling across Nellie McKay, I had never heard an artist whose music combined jazz and rap with a tinge of folk and pop. It is an unusual approach to songwriting, and certainly not one I would expect to get picked up easily by...

BNL Finds Fame and Loses The Geek Vote

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 03:09:31 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Back in the early to mid 1990’s, when the Barenaked Ladies were first gaining a name for themselves, off-kilter, impromptu, almost-nonsensical lyrics were the norm. Fans regularly showed up at concerts (then, small, out-of-the-way venues) with boxes...

Flying to the Top of the World: Patty Griffin's taking us places

Wed, 26 May 2004 02:19:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - I have been contemplating this album for a full month now. Letting it seep in gradually, the only way a Patty Griffin album should really be listened to. First the overall impression, the colored overtones. Then, a few poignant songs jump out at you -...

The Toy Piano Struggles Valiantly...but Ultimately Flops

Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:04:55 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Did you ever have one of those Fisher-Price toy pianos when you were a kid? Perhaps it weathered your very first hammering out of chopsticks or, if you were really talented, Heart and Soul. Probably, it was one of those toys your parents would prefer...

Edie Remakes Herself...but not too much

Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:59:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - I’m not ashamed to admit it – I definitely have a thing for female singer-songwriters. No, no, not that kind of a thing. Still, I love ‘em and always have from the moment I heard the opening chords of the Indigo Girls’ Closer to...

Ambient trip-hop meets Carol-Ann meets Big Bird and the Gang

Sat, 27 Mar 2004 02:58:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Oh, I'm sorry, did you say trip-hop? Why yes, yes I did. Trip-hop is, like, sooooo pasee. Massive Attack...yawn...Tricky.
..spare
me. Trip-hop is a relic that belongs firmly in the 90's. Well, too bad. Boards of...

Just the Thing For Dealing With Bad Hair Cuts & Feuding Boys

Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:26:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - It is decidedly true that I did purchase the soundtrack from a television show I am 2 shades shy of despising. I purchased this album because, at the time, I couldn't wait for the Andy Stochansky album to come out, and because it seemed as good a choice...

Poetry in Motion: Rose Polenzani's Beautifully (Odd) Record

Mon, 8 Mar 2004 01:46:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Imagine: you are a 23 year-old aspiring singer-songwriter who lives hundreds of miles from the hub of your peers (they in Boston, you in suburban Chicago). You are releasing little demos here and there, stocking shelves at Borders Books, playing a few...

Doubletree Nashville: $5 Water but the Crappy Service is Free!

Fri, 5 Mar 2004 01:31:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - In my virgin journey to Country Music Capital, USA, I had to find a downtown hotel on less than 5 days notice that was still able to offer my agency their government rate. Called the Sheraton: no-go. Called the Mariott: sorry. But fortunately, the...

Canadian Chanteuse Sarah Slean Is A Wonder to Behold

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 04:00:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Sarah Slean has mad skillz – let’s just put that out there. She is often compared to Tori Amos and Fiona Apple, deservedly so. However, Sarah adds an intensity and a goth-like quality not present in her two doppelgangers. More intense than...

Garrison Starr Never Really Gets Off The Ground

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 03:14:27 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - I had never heard of Garrison Starr, but a friend with the same sort of folk/rock/alternative tastes as I gave her the 2 thumbs up, so I picked up a used copy of her 2002 release, Songs From Take-Off To Landing. General Characterization...

eastmountainsouth: pop-Americana with a little too much sugar

Sat, 7 Feb 2004 23:38:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - eastmountainsouth (yes, all one word, all lowercase) consists of Virginia duo Kat Maslich & Peter Adams. I first heard of them on a sampler to Paste magazine, which included their rendition of the traditional Hard Times Come Again No More...

Kris Delmhorst Takes Folk By Storm

Fri, 6 Feb 2004 03:32:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Kris Delmhorst has fit nicely into the Boston music scene for a handful of years now, having released two prior albums of high quality modern folk. Songs for a Hurricane, however, brings the artist to a whole new level. This album combines the...

Pushing Tin II (The Incredible Adventures of Cate & Billy Bob Despite Boring Scripts)

Sun, 21 Oct 2001 23:25:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - There were a few times while I was watching Bandits when I thought: This could be a superb movie. A few scenes, or moments, when director Levinson hit it just right. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie just does not live up to these glimmers of...

Early Red House Painters is Worth a Listen

Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:45:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - OK, so before I begin, let me say that #1, I'm not 100% sure this is actually the right category for the album that I'm reviewing. You see, the Red House Painters have 2 albums that are entitled just "Red House Painters".. The second is the one...

Barnes & Noble.com: What does In Stock mean to you? Buyer beware at bn.com

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:58:45 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - I get really tired of spending several hundred dollars in books each semester, some of which I may not pick up again once the class is finished. Health Behavior and Its Determinants may make for a scintillating read while the class is going on,...

The Magnificent Romance of the Faerie Queen & Kurt Cobain.

Fri, 31 Aug 2001 21:26:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - In anticipation of Tori's new album, Strange Little Girls, being released in late September, I thought I would write a review in returning to her roots. Well, ok, maybe not her roots, roots. Not those Y Kant Tori Read heavy metal, bad dye...

Kiss My Sticky Cause Weddings Are Icky

Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:26:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - With the kind of music that I enjoy the most, I knew there was great potential in a mostly-live compilation I stumbled on entitled Out Loud: For the human rights and freedom of lesbians and gays.

Before flipping the case over to see...

Sarah, You can Possess me Anyday!

Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:40:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Neverfear comrades of Lilith, purveyors of the female musician. Your once-beloved Sarah McLachlan is not gone - she has simply been hiding behind that slightly grotesque and extremely dulled mask while she wrote such boring & untenable songs(i.e. radio...

Love in the 21st century - Interesting alternative music from Playing by Heart

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 01:55:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sarah_knipper - Rarely do I see a movie where I immediately want to run out and purchase the soundtrack. I find most movie soundtracks fairly cloying - they tend to almost always include some song by Faith Hill or Jennifer Lopez or Celine Dion. Even the good ones...