★★★★★
Partisan In the bygone days when this kind of raw, soulful rock 'n' roll was the cat's meow, it was rare to find a female singer that could snarl and croon and strut with as much authority as her masculine counterparts. In Sallie Ford's world, gender limitations are one of the only things from that era thankfully not embraced...
- www.jambands.com
2013-04-29
★★★★★
Before the Alabama Shakes became the rock 'n soul outfit with a powerfully dynamic female singer that turned 2012 on its ear, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside got a similar vibe rolling really well in 2011 with Dirty Radio, even if to a smaller amount of fanfare. Now, Ford and her band have increased the quality of their brazen, breathless blend of garage-soul to an even more satisfying level with the new Untamed Beast...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
Untamed Beast
Partisan
Feb 19, 2013
Issue #44 - Best of 2012 - Grimes
By Frank Valish
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside's 2011 debut, Dirty Radio, was a cabaret-esque mix of rockabilly and old-timey pop that was endearing, albeit with somewhat of a novelty vibe. Untamed Beast is more of the same but with a ratcheted-up rock-and-roll attitude. "Party Kids" is almost punk, with a soulful swagger...
- www.undertheradarmag.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Please don't let Sallie Ford's demure appearance and thick-rimmed specs fool you. Though she looks like she belongs either behind the desk of a library or in your grandmother's canasta game, the Portland-based frontwoman of The Sound Outside is as rough and rollicking as they come and could probably drink you under the table if you're not careful...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Sallie Ford & The Sound OutsideUntamed Beast (Partisan) Rating: 4 stars (out of 5) Before the Alabama Shakes became the rock 'n soul outfit with a powerfully dynamic female singer that turned 2012 on its ear, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside got a similar vibe rolling really well in 2011 with Dirty Radio, even if to a smaller amount of fanfare...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
If the Adeles and Jessie Wares of the world sit squarely in the neo-soul category, pleasing broad demographics of listeners with their smooth and sultry vocal tones, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside's musical time traveling does something entirely different. The band is straight-up rock n' roll: traditional slapback-reverb guitar licks bolstered by garage-rock percussion. The result is rockabilly crossbred with post-punk, as if Carl Perkins and Jay Reatard teamed up in a sweaty Portland dive bar...
- www.slantmagazine.com
2013-02-16
★★★★★
Sallie Ford isn't content with the state of modern music. If this isn't clear from the hints of Etta James and others greats who came before her, Ford comes right out and says so in the opening track of Dirty Radio. "When I turn on the radio, it all sounds the same," she laments in the first line of "I Swear." "What have these people done to music? I just don't care anymore...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2011-05-30
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