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My Morning Jacket Buck Rock Traditionnew
Twenty years from now, when classic-rock radio is still on an endless rotation of Steppenwolf and Deep Purple and My Morning Jacket is a nostalgia-fueled arena headliner without a nationwide FM presence, the cold reality of obsolescence might finally dawn upon the rockists of yore. Since their earliest years, the Louisville band have possessed all the makings of what made the Allmans, CCR and Led Zep so great: tunes that latch on immediately and don’t let go, audacious ideas about the conventions of American music, massive guitar solos and, of course, lots and lots of hair.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-22-2011 |
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Tags: My Morning Jacket
The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Their Last Time Outnew
If you know only one jazz song, chances are it's by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. That tune, 1959's "Take Five," along with a string of successful subsequent releases, made Brubeck and his band the most well-known and successful jazz band of the '60s.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
12-22-2011 |
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Charlotte Gainsbourg: Stage Whispernew
If there's a group more likely to make terrible records than the offspring of rock stars, it's actors. Charlotte Gainsbourg just so happens to fall into both categories.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
12-22-2011 |
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The Roots: Undunnew
The Roots have delivered increasingly poignant and thematically focused records on life's trials. undun, their 13th album, is their most emotive, urgent, and (at less than 40 minutes) brief work.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
12-22-2011 |
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Los Campesinos!: Hello Sadness (Arts & Crafts)new
A first listen to the sturdy fourth album by Welsh cadre Los Campesinos!, Hello Sadness, can be distressing. Gareth Campesinos! snarls uncomfortably naked lines; the music vacillates almost incongruously from overcharged to restrained; and the whole ordeal feels profoundly removed from the band's previous work...
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
12-15-2011 |
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Hall & Oates: Guilt, Pleasurenew
In a more reasonable world, no one would ever have to closet their love of Hall & Oates.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-14-2011 |
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Tags: Hall & Oates, Guilty Pleasures
Live & Local: Mitch Webb and the Swindlesnew
Midway through Mitch Webb's set at Salute, a guy opened the door, took a quick look inside, grabbed his head in amazement, and left. I couldn't hear what he said, but I could read his lips: "Damn!"
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-08-2011 |
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Trip the Light: Fantastic EPnew
This album is further proof that we live in a time when all genres bleed, where the experimental indie rock of Panda Bear heavily borrows the music theory of '90s trance, two styles once thought to be in different hemispheres.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
12-08-2011 |
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Maria Rita: Elonew
Four-time Latin Grammy winner Maria Rita is not only the daughter of the late Elis Regina (arguably Brazil's greatest singer ever) and legendary pianist/composer Cesar Camargo Mariano — she's a star on her own, and deservedly so.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-08-2011 |
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The Black Keys: El Caminonew
Have the Black Keys been making the same record for the last 10 years?
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
12-08-2011 |
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Mickey Moonlight: And The Time Axis Manipulation Corporationnew
This album is branded as the score for your favorite college parties.
San Antonio Current |
Adam Villela Coronado |
12-08-2011 |
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Kooley High's David Thompsonnew
As it relates to Kooley High, hang time means relevance and continued musical growth—two things they accomplish here, even if the crew is a little fragmented. (Mecca Records)
T0W3RS' Summertimenew
In the 10 minutes of their debut EP, Chapel Hill's T0W3RS suggest a special, multivalent magic. (Diggup Tapes)
Tags: Summertime, TOW3RS
Jeff Hart's Ghosts of the Old North State (Singles 1991-2011)new
Built on a base of country twang but finished with touches of British Invasion rock, '60s garage pop, '70s Laurel Canyon, North Carolina bluegrass and jangle pop, Ghosts reveals Hart as an equally fine collector and creator. (Bombay Records)
Tags: compilation album, Jeff Hart
Sabra Faulk: Acoustic Angelnew
Those in the business of writing about music love to make comparisons; it makes the job easier. This makes it all the more challenging (and gratifying!)
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
12-05-2011 |
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Tags: sabra faulk
