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Brief but Beautifulnew
The Band of the Name close out their "career" with this posthumous three-song EP.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-10-2006 |
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Second Time's the Charmnew
This remastered re-issue lifts the fog, revealing that as much quaint charm shoddy recording gave to such mantras as "Wonderful, Wonderful" and "Kath," there is some genuinely great songwriting hiding in the haze.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
08-10-2006 |
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Refreshing Classicsnew
Take two angelic voices, back them up with an ensemble of the finest acoustic musicians in the world, and give them a baker's dozen of traditional and contemporary songs -- insert in CD player. Let your mind be blown.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
08-10-2006 |
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Taking Mashing to New Levelnew
Mashups aren't a new thing, but Gregg Gillis takes his computer-made mixes to delirious highs.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-10-2006 |
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Tags: Girl Talk, Night Ripper
Blasts from Recent Pastnew
If Boot Camp Clik was more ambitious, its efforts wouldn't sound as frustratingly conservative as this.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-10-2006 |
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Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
Crown Royalnew
T.I. reigns, but leaves the best lines for his subjects.
The Village Voice |
Makkada B. Selah |
08-07-2006 |
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Scented Apprenticenew
Undie-rap agitprop mingles furious Bush bashing with sitcom humor.
The Village Voice |
Makkada B. Selah |
08-07-2006 |
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Dire Straights
The Bad Religion frontman's attempt to make a folk record sounds clinical and calculated.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
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Tags: Cold as the Clay, Greg Graffin
Crossroads Scholarship
Graveyard Shift is raw -- nasty, funky, fucked up, and its warped vocals and hardscrabble guitars would appropriately horrify tourists in blues mausoleums like Memphis or New Orleans.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
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Tags: Graveyard Shift, Scott H. Biram
Wild, Wild Guest
I Stand Alone is Ramblin' Jack standing alone, strumming his guitar, groping at melody lines with his gravelly old voice, and giving his distinctive stamp to traditional material while refusing to fix what ain't broke.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
08-04-2006 |
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A Long Time Overcoming
Though a collection of folk tunes might not be enough to turn things around, the blueprint for contemporary artists to help revive the labor campaign is all here.
Washington City Paper |
Ryan Grim |
08-04-2006 |
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Beats Working
If these dudes have perfected anything over the past 15 years, it's the ability to choose some tip-top, smoked-up backing tracks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
08-04-2006 |
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Tags: Boot Camp Clik, The Last Stand
Not Good Enough to be Awfulnew
Midlake goes for the quaint, agrarian, and the obtuse.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
08-04-2006 |
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Mojo Risingnew
Heavy Mojo smashes through genres and generates so many different kinds of musical energy that you're not sure what to call it.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
08-03-2006 |
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Tags: Blow Out the Sound, Heavy Mojo
Reissue, Repackagenew
Ease into a bath of pleasantly lukewarm AOR water and revel in all that was so horribly right about mainstream rock in the late 70s and early 80s.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-03-2006 |
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