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The Power Trio is Backnew
North Mississippi Allstars’ fifth studio album, Hernando refines their guitar-bass-drums combo to immediately remind you of Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Port Folio Weekly |
Paul Shugrue |
02-07-2008 |
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Scenic Quietudenew
Cave and Ellis tell the story of a captivating character, without uttering a single word.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-06-2008 |
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Rise from the Ashesnew
Wanderin' captures the rich musical heritage of the Outfit's influences.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
02-06-2008 |
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Tags: The Belleville Outfit, Wanderin'
Contradictory Attitudesnew
The Brit Box captures many of America's paradoxes for better and worse.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lee Simmons |
02-06-2008 |
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Tags: Various Artists, The Brit Box
Full of Lifenew
After the blissful melodiousness of The Warning, Hot Chip returns to the bizarrely arrhythmic white funk of its debut, Coming on Strong.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-06-2008 |
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Tags: Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
Guagua's Impressive International Aestheticnew
Featuring a plethora of talent from such notable Vermont acts, the sophomore release from Burlington’s mind-bending Latin-jazz collective Guagua arrives this month with considerable expectations.
Seven Days |
Herb van der Poll |
02-01-2008 |
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Tags: Guagua, Psychotropical
The Painful Descent of Black Mountainnew
There was a time I saw Black Mountain as torchbearers of soulful, gritty, classic folk and rock—a necessary band to fight the drift toward the laptop-toting, knob-twisting digital wash. Unfortunately, they're no longer that band.
The Portland Mercury |
Andrew Tonry |
02-01-2008 |
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Tags: Black Mountain, Into the Future
Forest Slumpnew
Dead Meadow has somehow misplaced its shuddering, guitar-rock effervescence. Perhaps the band members left it in a truck stop after they decamped from D.C. to Los Angeles last year.
Washington City Paper |
Casey Rae-Hunter |
02-01-2008 |
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Tags: Dead Meadow, Old Growth
Nothing Inviting About Indie-Jazz Albumnew
As much of a downer as it is, The Furniture Moves Underneath finds Inhabitants mastering the gloomier side of jazz.
The Georgia Straight |
Gregory Adams |
02-01-2008 |
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Rat Silo Returns With Stripped-Down Rocknew
Some of Rat Silo sounds excellent and some of it seems as if it would benefit from a bigger budget and tighter production. But as the aforementioned bio warns, “Don’t expect the next one to sound exactly like this one.”
The Georgia Straight |
John Lucas |
02-01-2008 |
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Tags: Rat Silo, What the Butler Saw
Done With a Triple-Grande Caramel Macchiatonew
At its best, In Lights delivers catchy doses of postgrunge pop-rock that sound like every band signed to 604 Records.
The Georgia Straight |
Lucas Aykroyd |
02-01-2008 |
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Truly a Collector's Editionnew
This re-release features a making-of DVD and two fine additional bonus tracks.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-01-2008 |
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Self-Consciously Kitschynew
This dance-pop album is like listening to your gay kid brother pretend he's Madonna by laying down his own "sexy" vocals with a sophisticated version of GarageBand: You want to encourage him, but you're inwardly wincing.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
02-01-2008 |
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Tags: Hey Willpower, P.D.A.
The Human Experiencenew
Rafter offers 19 songs with quips of emotional truths set to handclaps, saxophones, guitars and keyboards.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
02-01-2008 |
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Tags: Rafter, Sex Death Cassette
Songs Contain Strong Storytellingnew
While their penchant for snippet songs hasn’t been completely cast away, the shaggy and unpolished, unfinished nature of the songs largely has — at least on the band’s latest, Whitespace Differences (Tinhorn Planet) — and been replaced by loops, electronic sputtering and lush, synthetic arrangements.
