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'Mature' Listeningnew
Stadium has generated raves from easily pleased scribes even though it's basically two discs' worth of been-there-done-that.
Meandering Toward Outlawismnew
It doesn't take a Billboard bachelor's to figure this isn't going to get much play on country radio stations still slingin' ass-kickin' anthems about colors that don't run produced by assholes who can't sing.
Houston Press |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
I, Jonathan
Art Brut is totally smart, totally stoopid, or both.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Art Brut, Bang Bang Rock & Roll
The Simian Line
This sounds as if it's coming to you live from a boom box located at the far end of the local tube station.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Field Music
Heart-Fluttering Beautynew
The Church sound absolutely nothing like any other band playing today; thankfully, neither does Clouds.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Myriad Stylesnew
Several of these tracks leave you wondering if Wilson pushes the envelope with one style too many.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lindsay |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cassandra Wilson, Thunderbird
Simplistic Shadinessnew
The flickering images on this DVD present the band with auxiliary guitarist Ben Weatherford as it stoically translates the tender/tough torch songs into a seething volcano of emotions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Live at 800 East, Telegram
Songwriters Step Out of Backgroundnew
Kane and Welch have made their careers as songwriters for some of country music's biggest artists, but wisely keep the best material for themselves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Keeping Spirits Upnew
Snow Patrol makes music meant to raise hearts and spirits, not save the world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eyes Open, Snow Patrol
Springsteen's Back Pagesnew
This collection of Springsteen reviews and articles is from the archives of the Real Paper and the Boston Phoenix.
Boston Phoenix |
Boston critics 1974-2006 |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Various, Bruce Springsteen
Folk Re-Revivalnew
This comes across somewhere between Springsteen's stab at his own Basement Tapes and a boozy, carnal wake.
Boston Phoenix |
Charles Taylor |
05-25-2006 |
Reviews
Technicolor Jesusnew
Daniel Smith presents more eccentric celebrations.
Seattle Weekly |
Rod Smith |
05-24-2006 |
Reviews
iPod Overloadnew
Rather than getting attention with a single-track album, all Cardinale has done is ensure that their music never gets played on anyone's iPod.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-22-2006 |
Reviews
A Myspace Influence of Techno Trashnew
Tigarah sounds exactly how M.I.A. would sound if she were a Japanese college student, rather than an expat South Asian with a radical-insurgent dad.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Tigarah
Mike Patton Remains Welcomenew
Despite this disc's arty concept, the results are unexpectedly accessible -- but with an irresistible core of subversion.
Tags: Peeping Tom
