Tori Amos

Review: 'Far' by Regina Spektor -- Production kills songs

source: espressoroast's Last.fm Journal

You see, I don't want Regina Spektor's playing and arrangements to sound like Ben Folds + Tori Amos + Elton John + Fiona Apple. And I like all the aforementioned. But Regina plays piano in a totally different way. Not necessarily better. But different. So I don't want it to be dragged into line wit...

Published Thu, Jul 2

Album of the Week: Tori Amos' Abnormally Attracted to Sin

source: blogs.houstonpress.com

2007's American Doll Posse, marked the beginning of her return to her roots as a bad-ass, weird, experimental rock chick, from way back before albums like 2002's Scarlet's Walk and especially 2005's multi-layered but ultimately tepid The Beekeeper ...

Published Mon, Jun 8

LiveDaily Interview: Tori Amos

source: LiveDaily.com

I've done that in "The Beekeeper." I was building little keeps by the seaside and that was the structure for that. It was very organic, sort of my Birkenstock period. But I'm in high heels now. And the songs are accompanied by what you call ...

Published Thu, Jun 4

Typically Tori

source: Manila Times

 Philippines Ultimately, Sin is a definite “Tori Amos album.” It possesses a lot of her strengths and sadly a lot of her weaknesses. It still boasts of residues that have made her such a staple in the music industry. But as it was with The Beekeeper, ...

Published Mon, Jun 1

Polly Scattergood

source: Aversion

The slightly more conventional "Nitrogen Pink" references a younger, more relevant Tori Amos, as Scattergood downshifts a piano ballad into a synthed-out electro-scape as she once again turns life's disturbing moments into compelling, ...

Published Fri, May 22

Tori Amos talking

source: The Coast

Ed note: American Doll Posse, 2007, 23 songs. The Beekeeper, 2005, 19 songs. Scarlet's Walk, 2002, 18 songs.] Yeah but that's the form I'm interested in right now. But it's not like it's filler, it's not like there are a dozen great songs and 10 shit ...

Published Thu, May 21

Abnormally Addicted to Sin

source: PopMatters

Granted, there has been merit to every single one of those other 75-minute beasts of albums—Scarlet's Walk was a frequently brilliant, beautiful story, and The Beekeeper was one of those questionable albums that slowly turns into a masterpiece the more ...

Published Tue, May 19

Theatre shows from singer

source: ClashMusic.com

 UK Alt pop piano tinkler Tori Amos is set to hit the UK for a rare set of UK shows in September. The singer will play four UK shows, in Manchester, Glasgow, London and Liverpool, her first appearances since selling out London's Savoy Theatre recently. ...

Published Tue, May 19