The Sampler for Tuesday 9 August 2011

Nick Bollinger reviews the debut album of singing siblings The Sami Sisters; a local jazz long-player from The New Fuse Box; and fresh releases from duos Cairo Knife Fight and Punches.

Punches - Etheria (Arch Hill)
Downtown
Ill Devotee
Hold Your Head
Cold Night
Tools Of The Trade
The Notes You Don't Hear (all Sherrod-Duncan)

Cairo Knife Fight - Cairo Knife Fight Ii (Liberation, LMCD0149)
The Violence Of Action
The Origin Of Slaves
The Opiate Of The Living
The Secrets Of Sin (all Cairo Knife Fight)

The New Fuse Box - The Wakem/Nielson Project (LGW003)
Jimmy Steals Dan
Mechanix
Your Quiet Smile
Song For JJ
Close Relations
(all Wakem)

The Sami Sisters - Happy Heartbreak! (Parrot Diva Grump, PDG01)
Same Old Same Old (A. Sami/M. Sami)
Closer (P. Sami)
Blame It All On Me (M. Sami)
How Did We Fall Apart (A. Sami)
Take It Or Break It (M. Sami)
Cry (P. Sami)
Not In Love (A. Sami)