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Intriguing but Weird Remixesnew
For all their sprawling diversity, you can always tell a Xiu Xiu song, so it's curious to hear Stewart's output deconstructed and reworked by esoteric artists in this two-disc comp.
NOW Magazine |
Sarah Liss |
04-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Xiu Xiu, Remixed & Covered
Shake Your Badonkadonknew
Antibalas brings its version of Afrobeat to the region.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
04-13-2007 |
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Kraut and Prognew
Trans Am's latest -- completed in only three weeks -- is its most stylistically cohesive.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Trans Am, sex change
Dark Storiesnew
Kill the Lights' Buffalo of Love is a beautiful beast.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Buffalo of Love, Kill the Lights
Inside Outnew
Chantal Kreviazuk is responsible for penning hits for the likes of Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, and Gwen Stefani.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lily Moayeri |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chantal Kreviazuk, Ghost Stories
Slightly Unfinished Cuts Speak Powerfullynew
Southern Comfort isn't a new Anthony Hamilton album, but a compilation of tracks he recorded before striking platinum with 2004's Comin' From Where I'm From.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Anthony Hamilton, Southern Comfort
Matter-of-fact Storytellingnew
The latest in the Streets-Dizzee Rascal-Lady Sovereign train is Ben Drew, better known as Plan B.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lily Moayeri |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Intoxicatingly Paranoidnew
As Adult., Detroit couple Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller have emerged at the same time as the recent electroclash explosion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Adult., Why Bother
From Her to Eternitynew
There may have existed another woman in the 60s able to claim Brian Jones, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop as lovers, but she can't have been as interesting as Nico.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Kinda Boring, Pretty Formulaic, but Goodnew
The trio hasn't ventured off the path it's worn so well since the late 90s -- making downtempo electronic music that's just a bit too tense to fall asleep to.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Patricia Sauthoff |
04-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 23, Blonde Redhead
31Knots Gets Fancy on its Latestnew
But it doesn't lose the point.
Willamette Week |
Michael Byrne |
04-11-2007 |
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A Soundtrack to a Nonexistent Filmnew
Gutterfly is easily the Lifesavas' best album to date.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
04-11-2007 |
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An All-star Collab on Different Levelsnew
While trainspotters anxiously anticipate upcoming major label releases by Mistah F.A.B. and the Federation, Da Bidness coolly slides in the back door, swaggers up to the bar, and orders a double shot of Patron.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
04-11-2007 |
Reviews
Big League Performancenew
Nashville's link in the G-Unit chain holds his own.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
04-09-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Buck the World, Young Buck
Masterminds at Worknew
Timbaland (Timbaland Presents Shock Value) and El-P (I'll Sleep When You're Dead) helm their own records.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
04-09-2007 |
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