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Music for Creepy Goth Kidsnew

A boxed set as expansive as these three CDs and one DVD should answer the $666 question: Do today's kids really get off on listening to music that's at least two decades old?

Orlando Weekly | Jason Ferguson | 09-25-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Various Artists, A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box

Make Way for Maturitynew

Longtime St. Louis fixture Joe Thebeau scores his first national release.

Illinois Times | René Spencer Saller | 09-22-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Escape Velocity, Finn's Motel

Unclear on the Concept

M. Ward's Post-War has a concept problem: The war he's singing about isn't over.

Washington City Paper | Justin Moyer | 09-22-2006 | Reviews

Tags: M. Ward, Post-War

Empire Strikes Out

Empire sounds as if it were composed on a pub napkin when the band was on bacchanalian auto-pilot during five spare minutes between a drunken brawl with Liam Gallagher and a failed pass at Kate Moss.

Washington City Paper | Aaron Leitko | 09-22-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Empire, Kasabian

She's Special, Not 'Cause She's a Shenew

Guitarist Kaki King goes for the full-band sound.

Illinois Times | René Spencer Saller | 09-22-2006 | Reviews

Tags: ...Until We Felt Red, Kaki King

Depth Chargenew

A new CD cashes in on the craze for all things piratical.

Illinois Times | René Spencer Saller | 09-22-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Various Artists, Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys

Covering New Groundnew

With a seductive groove that's also technically sound, Sexor is better than it needs to be -- after all, he's practically a rock star in, um, Germany.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Tamara Palmer | 09-21-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Sexor, Tiga

Back With Razzle Dazzlenew

After giving up on his music career for three years, Mark Linkous re-emerged with laptop wizard Danger Mouse in tow.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | John Schacht | 09-21-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain, Sparklehorse

Shadow Grows More Shallownew

The awkwardness (not the ambition) marks this album as a shadow of his former/future selves.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Tony Ware | 09-21-2006 | Reviews

Tags: DJ Shadow, outsider

Ludacris On the Couchnew

Release Therapy brings out Luda's serious side.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Mosi Reeves | 09-21-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Ludacris, Release Therapy

Minimizing His Musical Windownew

Recording in a hotel room without indulgent overdubs, Bachmann relies on the double helix of his road-wearied voice and sepia-toned, folksier acoustics.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Tony Ware | 09-21-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Eric Bachmann, To The Races