Will.i.Am, Belanova, The Foo Fighters and Federico Aubele.

the music press

tue 9/25/2007

Foo for thought. A collage of Will.i.Am, Belanova, The Foo Fighters and Federico Aubele.

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Black Eyed Peas mastermind Will.i.Am is back with his third solo album, Songs About Girls. Entertainment Weekly is repulsed by Will.i.Am's attempt to “transport us to an even flimsier dimension of vulgar dance music.” Billboard wants an invitation to the party: “Thanks to its humorous lyrics and relaxing beats, Songs About Girls is a diverse album that's perfect for that last beach day.”
Guadalajara electro-pop band Belanova returns with Fantasia Pop, its third studio album. The album is described by Reuters as “a wink to those who remember the Cure, Blondie and New Order, and a smile to people who love an accessible candy-sweet tune.” Pop Poster Girl is blown away: “[F]ew bands can manage to make misery sound as sweet as Belanova without losing the emotional core you'd expect from the lyrics.”
Veteran alt rockers Foo Fighters deliver their sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Spin magazine describes it as “another quality entry in a fantastically average career,” adding that their “consistency has become predictability, and it threatens to trap them in the modern-rock ghetto.” The Guardian concurs: “[It's] undemanding arena rock that's just - just - left field enough not to jar alongside Grohl's previous incarnation.”
Argentine world-beat and electronic music producer Federico Aubele returns with his sophomore release, Panamericana. “[Aubele's] melancholic, multi-layered songs remind me very much of compatriots Gotan Project, with the atmosphere similar to that of the self-titled Gorillaz debut,” writes La Onda Tropical. Panamericana runs the gamut with its eclectic mix of Mexican bolero, Afro-Cuban son, cumbias and hip hop, “creating a cinematic groove, one that takes you on a visual ride through South America,” according to NPR's The World.