Showing posts with label funk-rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label funk-rock. Show all posts

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Stereo Reform: The Whitestone Session


In a mini follow-up to their first album Robots of Evolution, Stereo Reform came back with a four-track EP recorded at Whitestone Studios.


The album features three brand new tracks, plus a re-recording of Robots of Evolution’s “There’s No Time.”

With The Whitestone Session, Stereo Reform is back—but not in the same funkadelic way as on Robots.

Where Robots of Evolution was full of upbeat, grooving tracks, The Whitestone Session has taken things down a notch. Instead of the funk-rock vibe that characterized Robots, Stereo Reform went with a jazzier sound for Whitestone...MORE

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Stereo Reform: Robots of Evolution


Ladies and gentlemen, funk is back, and the guys in Stereo Reform are the ones bringing it to the forefront.

The band’s debut album Robots of Evolution feels like a throwback to the funk scene of the 60s, but with a fresh, modern spin to it.

Despite that, the album is lacking the “wow” factor one would hope for from a band trying to do something so different from the styles that are currently the most popular in the music industry.

Robots of Evolution is consistently good—and groovy—all the way through, but that consistency prevents there from being any standout tracks on the album...MORE