Reviews in Brief
…female vocal stylings uncannily reminiscent of Gordon Gano.
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KZSU radio: I Am an Unknown Artist
From the KZSU (Stanford University) review of I Am an Unknown Artist: All tracks are highly hypnotic as if a ghost is whispering in your ear. The mood is very avant-garde and a touch psychedelic, a bit like Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.” Repeated use of non-harmonic tones and monologues in the vocal, sometimes supported by backup chorus.…
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WZRD radio: For You, Stranger
From the review of For, You Stranger on WZRD’s blog: Diane Marie Kloba is a Chicago native who these days hunkers down in west-suburban Franklin Park. She’s a free-spirited strangeling who writes and performs wry, ramshackle avant pop. Active since the 1990s when she fronted the band The Silent Workers, For You, Stranger is her fourth solo album……
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Illinois Entertainer: For You, Stranger
From the review of For You Stranger in the March 2010 Illinois Entertainer: Diane Marie Kloba pursues a more avant-garde sound on her latest solo effort, For You, Stranger, than she did as a member of The Silent Workers. At times, her spoken, childlike vocals and spacey arrangements get too cutesy as on the title track,…