SOUL SIDES VOL 1: REVIEWS
posted by O.W.
Music For Robots: "It's everything you want in a great soul comp."
KevChino.com: "...satisfying for audiophiles, it’s also a sexy record as a whole to groove to."
Paper Magazine: "Part history lesson, part novelty disc, but completely essential, Soul Sides represents vintage R&B at its purest and most relevant."
TransformOnline.com: "Wang went the extra mile in assembling a wide spectrum of lesser-heard dope joints, but with enough familiarity...to keep novices from getting scared off."
Indieworkshop.com: "There isn't a clunker in the pile."
Minneapolis City Pages: "...his criteria of inclusion isn't so much bottom-of-the-crate one-upsmanship as musical merit."
Allhiphop.com: "Playing like a companion to the blog that spawned it, Soul Sides Vol. 1 is sure to please lovers of good music, regardless of genre."
Stylus Magazine: "Here's hoping this disc is the first in a very long series."
SF Weekly: "...the collection is as tight as one would expect from the musical gems on Wang's site."
The Hub Weekly: "If this music doesn’t make you move, you may want to check your pulse."
Prefix Magazine: "Consider, then, Soul Sides Volume One Wang's take on grown 'n' sexy."
Seattle Weely: "It seems lazy to breezily claim that all of Wang's picks are stellar, but that is, in fact, the truth."
SF Bay Guardian: "these 14 rare tracks stand alone as fabulous testament to the kind of soul music that made you love music in the first place — sweet, gritty, shake-your-ass-then-turn-the-lights-down tracks that should please everyone from the geekiest aficionado to my Cantonese-speaking dad."
LA Weekly (Part 1): "this compilation isn’t a canonical exercise, it’s a wild array of free associations that make you feel and laugh and dance."
LA Weekly (Part 2): "raw, beautiful, old-fashioned soul music."
Chattanogga Pulse: "There are plenty of conversation-starters here for soul aficionados...but these songs are not just curiosities."
SeeingBlack.Com: "Soul Sides is about great music that far too few are aware of and timeless pieces that deserve more shine."
