Alan Donohoe Discography of CDs

Alan Donohoe discography The German word for "sound," Klang is a fitting title for the Rakes' third album -- and not just because the band recorded it in Berlin. These songs have a lot more sound to them than the relatively muted Ten New Messages, and the bandmembers turn up the volume on their emotions as ...

Alan Donohoe albums One of the few new wave/post-punk-inspired bands that keep their albums as concise as their influences did, the Rakes move even farther away from their gloriously raw early singles on Ten New Messages than they did on their first album, Capture/Release. This cleaned-up, slightly subdued sound puts the focus on the Rakes' melodies and lyrics, and for the ...

Alan Donohoe CD discography Issued during 2007 in the U.K. and the following year in the U.S., SOUNDBOY ROCK finds the British techno duo Groove Armada (Andy Cato and Tom Findlay) doling out more dance-floor-ready tunes. While club-oriented anthems are the order of the day--most notably the funky, M.I.A.-like "Get Down" and "The Things That We Could Share," a propulsive track with ...

Alan Donohoe music CDs In case the listening public hadn't gotten their fill of U.K. bands from the 2000s (Bloc Party, the Futureheads, and Franz Ferdinand, among them) who built their sound on early-1980s post-punk and new wave, along came the Rakes in 2005 with CAPTURE/RELEASE. But while the ghosts of classic Clash and Gang of Four songs can be heard floating through the ...