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Hip-Hop Year in Reviewnew
A tight focus reveals hip-hop thriving in dozens of niches, even if none of the resultant albums can completely refute the sense that the genre is still stuck in a holding pattern.
Riverfront Times |
Dan Leroy |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Let There Be Rocknew
One writer counts down the ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways.
Riverfront Times |
Rob Harvilla |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Heady Metalnew
When it comes to heavy metal, 2005 will be remembered as the year the promising Sounds of the Underground tour debuted, metalcore dominated the scene and Iron Maiden got egged at Ozzfest.
Riverfront Times |
Jason Bracelin |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Pass it Onnew
One music writer turns her personal soundtrack into the perfect holiday gift.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Grammy Gripesnew
Today's Grammys are stale, uneventful, and hopelessly out of touch with the very world they're supposed to represent. Just how much do they suck? Let us count the ways.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
12-28-2005 |
Music
New Rubblenew
Comebacks are out. Repackaged credibility — an artist reaching back to the sound of his or her prime, coached by an admiring junior — was the new remastering in 2005.
Bah...PC Bugnew
A computer virus pales in comparison to some of the anti-piracy ideas thrown around by Sony executives.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
12-28-2005 |
Music
The Reggaeton Bible?new
The Source Latino made its debut as the first nationally distributed magazine to focus solely on the Lation hip-hop and reggaeton markets, ensuring it will be subjected to scrutiny and not-undue cynicism.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
12-28-2005 |
Music
Renegade Radionew
CIA moles, Holocaust deniers, survivalists, white supremacists, fringe Christian sects and an exiled president have all beamed their messages from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on Radio Miami International's transmitter.
Miami New Times |
Mariah Blake |
12-28-2005 |
Music
Seminal Syntaxnew
Having grown sick of impenetrable jargon, a rock critic pledges from this day forward not to describe anything as "a seminal, coruscating slab of minimalist pop."
Dallas Observer |
Rob Harvilla |
12-21-2005 |
Music
Tags: Various Artists, vocabulary
The Hanukkah Songsnew
When it comes to music, Jewish songwriters and performers have played no small part in fostering confusion over the question of whether Hanukkah is the Jewish Christmas.
Christmas-List Albumsnew
Tapes compiled by rock 'n' roll keyboard legend Al Kooper reveal the darker side of stars like Barry White, Buddy Rich, Casey Kasem and Orson Welles, and now you can find the best of the weirdness online.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
12-19-2005 |
Music
The Year in Musicnew
Music critics name the best in pop, heavy metal, underground black music, overlooked discs and more in a comprehensive look at 2005.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax, Sam Chennault and Dan Leroy, Frank Soults, Garrett Kamps, Scott Faingold, Tony Ware, Eric K. Arnold and Jason Bracelin |
12-14-2005 |
Music
Chris Whitley 1960 - 2005new
On November 20, lung cancer claimed singer-songwriter Chris Whitley, whose most recent albums seemed like stream-of-consciousness excursions through his brain and heart, albeit cloaked in tales of lost souls.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
12-08-2005 |
Music
Tags: Chris Whitley
John Lennon 1940-1980new
The cover of the Dec. 16, 1980, issue of the Boston Phoenix was meant to be the annual holiday supplement. But the assassination of John Lennon sent the staff scrambling for a replacement. The paper marks the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death with an online reprint of its original coverage and tribute.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Gee, Kit Rachlis and the Phoenix staff |
12-02-2005 |
Music
Tags: john lennon
