Brokaw, Chris / Red Cities
Album: Red Cities   Collection:General
Artist:Brokaw, Chris   Added:Jul 2002
Label:Atavistic/Truckstop Audio  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2002-12-02 Pull Date: 2003-02-03
Week Ending: Jan 26 Jan 19 Jan 12 Jan 5 Dec 8
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 04, 2003: The Digital/Analog War
King Ferdinand
4. Feb 12, 2003: Fine Tuning Utopia
Tournament
2. Apr 25, 2003: The Digital/Analog War
King Ferdinand
5. Feb 06, 2003: The Digital/Analog War
King Ferdinand
3. Feb 13, 2003: The Digital/Analog War
Shadows
6. Jan 23, 2003: The Digital/Analog War
King Ferdinand

Album Review
Guest DJ Account
Reviewed 2002-11-18
Fred (laruellef@yahoo.com)
Reviewed 2002-11-18
CHRIS BROKAW, Red Cities
Atavistic, 2002

INSTRUMENTAL ROCK

Almost all songs have a great raw rock'n'roll/spaghetti western sound, but many seem unfinished, either by lack of melodic development, abrupt ending or something missing (singing?). There are nevertheless a few great pieces (see picks). A talent to watch, definitely (this is his first solo album).

Fred's picks: 6, 9, 13

01 - 01:14 - Distorted rythm guitar, flamenco-style lead guitar, short and unfinished piece
02 - 10:40 - guitars, drums
03 - 02:32 - bass, guitar
04 - 01:16 - spacey guitars
05 - 03:59 - acoustic guitar, hand-drumming (on the guitar), distorted guitars
06 - 03:46 - hypnotic minimalist rock melody including a xylophone
07 - 03:44 - slow country western sound
08 - 01:58 - rock'n'roll
09 - 02:46 - funny country western piece
10 - 00:50 - unfinished bass-centric
11 - 05:28 - interesting whee-ing sounds in the middle of this rock'n'roll piece
12 - 03:39 - slow ballad
13 - 02:41 - cool drum part, xylophone
14 - 02:15 - In the Mojave desert, the tumbling weeds roll and the Harley rider is free... ;-)

Track Listing
1. Gauntlet   8. Bath House
2. The Fields (Part Ii)   9. Topsfield State Fair
3. Calimoxcho   10. Wallet Corner
4. Even As We Speak   11. Dresden Promenade
5. The Fields   12. The Look of Love
6. King Ferdinand   13. Shadows
7. Tournament   14. At the Crossroads