AltWeeklies Wire
KT Tunstall Needs to Return to Her Rootsnew
The 32-year-old Scottish singer/songwriter seems to have drifted toward the recipes of her single "Suddenly I See," a track that shines with all the transitory spunk of a Vanessa Carlton pop-rock ballad -- leaving country/blues behind for boxed-in pop-rock.
New York Press |
Crystal Nicholson |
09-13-2007 |
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Tags: KT Tunstall, Drastic Fantastic
Dark Talentsnew
This book/CD/DVD collaboration is like a cartoon for grownups.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
09-13-2007 |
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Ben Harper is at an Inspired Moment on New Albumnew
As a record and as a collection of songs, Lifeline shows Harper is as engaged creatively as he was on any of his previous work but he sounds remarkably comfortable and reflective.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
09-13-2007 |
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PrinceRodriguez is Best When The Band's Having Funnew
Songs of the Sod seems to be a work of passion that would be even better with more restraint in the studio.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
09-13-2007 |
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Franz Ferdinand Hearts the Fire Enginesnew
Together for a brief 18 months, the Fire Engines released a handful of EPs, many on Bob Last's fantastic Fast Product–Pop Aural imprint. Hungry Beat collects these long-out-of-print EPs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Alexis Georgopoulos |
09-12-2007 |
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Tags: Hungry Beat, The Fire Engines
Chris Jamison Walks a Fine Linenew
He channels Paul Simon's Graceland on his cinematic new album, Into Surrender, but at times he comes a little too close to John Mayer.
C-Ville Weekly |
John Ruscher |
09-12-2007 |
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Tags: Chris Jamison, Into Surrender
Don Cherry Quintet Asserts Its Skills on Live Albumnew
Ornette Coleman may have started the free jazz thing, circa 1960, but trumpeter Don Cherry was the Johnny Appleseed of Ornetteology, sharing and extending his boss's ideas on both sides of the Atlantic.
Metro Times |
W. Kim Heron |
09-11-2007 |
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Nikki Sixx's Memoir has a Soundtracknew
The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack is a companion to Sixx's memoir, due out in September, but the music and the book each stands on its own.
Metro Times |
Janiss Garza |
09-11-2007 |
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Trumpet Player Hugh Masekela Packs New Album with Gustonew
Recorded last year in Johannesburg, South Africa, Live at the Market Theatre is full of soul not just from Masekela and his band but from the audience as well.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
09-11-2007 |
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Lil' Brian Cuts His Creole Sound with Hip-hopnew
"We don't wanna be traditional, we just wanna jam." So runs the refrain of Lil' Brian's "Jam Y'all," and it could serve as this album's title.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
09-11-2007 |
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Imperial Teen Seems Sadly Befuddled by Agenew
The Hair is an odd instance of emotional posturing from a band that was once brutally honest about sexuality.
'If You Can't Sing It, Scream It!' Takes Its Title Literallynew
Northern Aggression's songs brim with anger and passion, whether dealing with fair-weather punks or the Christian right.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Manny Theiner |
09-10-2007 |
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Soulive in Decline?new
Both 2005's Breakout and their latest, No Place Like Soul, find the once groove-solo-vamp focus replaced by a soul and R&B sound more akin to the modern-day handle of slow jams.
Shepherd Express |
Todd Lazarski |
09-10-2007 |
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Tags: No Place Like Soul, Soulive
Under-rated: Paul Butterfield and Michael Bloomfieldnew
Drummer Patrick Ford hopes to raise a the recognition of the late blues musicians through this live tribute album.
Shepherd Express |
Sonia Khatchadourian |
09-10-2007 |
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Maybe 2007 will be Better for Film Schoolnew
Inside the downward-cast glances of Film School's music -- the term "shoegaze" doesn't quite capture the tone -- are a great deal of sidelong resentments and gritted teeth.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
09-10-2007 |
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Tags: film school, Hideout
