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Ensemble Keep Adding Contributorsnew
To list the names and rock cred of the participants on the seventh album from Scott McCaughey's ever-evolving Minus Five ensemble would take up way too much space.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
03-30-2006 |
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Tags: The Minus 5
Yarr Yarr Yarrnew
Karen O is singin' like a pirate, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are lookin' for a song.
L.A. Weekly |
Chuck Clayton |
03-30-2006 |
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Tags: Show Your Bones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Golden Years?new
It is difficult to separate Holiday's art from the circumstances of her life, especially during the final decade, when the ravages of alcoholism and heroin seemed to seep through cracks that had developed in her voice.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lee Hildebrand |
03-29-2006 |
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Soul for Salenew
Mary J. Blige and Van Hunt trade on their idiosyncracies on their new albums.
Seattle Weekly |
Rickey Wright |
03-29-2006 |
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Sense U Been Gone
Destroyer's Rubies is not only Dan Bejar's best by far, it's also a bona fide masterpiece of opaque genius bullshit.
Washington City Paper |
Michael Little |
03-27-2006 |
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Tags: Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
Contemporary Antiquariesnew
Kiefer and Kraus are a pair of time-traveling
minstrels. Also reviewed: Liz Durret's The Mezzanine.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-27-2006 |
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Subdued and Softnew
South's new album won't set the world on fire, but the group puts on a winning performance in its own quiet way.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
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Futile Optimismnew
Even in the depths of entropy, Quasi remains strong to the finish.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
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Tags: Quasi, When the Going Gets Dark
Sonic Peccadilloesnew
Sound levels shred the red line into ribbons on this record -- a brutal balance of drone and melody.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-23-2006 |
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Lacking Personanew
Everything Is isn't bad, but it may get lost amid more ambitious competition.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
03-23-2006 |
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Tags: Everything Is, Nine Black Alps
Night Fevernew
England's Arctic Monkeys just want to get laid.
Seattle Weekly |
Rod Smith |
03-22-2006 |
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Ruthless Funnew
Edu K knows that the new international acceptance of baile funk means that if he ever wanted to sell any records outside of the favela, now would be a really good time.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
03-21-2006 |
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Still Juvenilenew
With the exception of "Get Ya Hustle On," a track about Hurricane Katrina, most of this CD is entertainingly bouncy but lyrically predictable.
Tags: Reality Check, juvenile
Frustration Aboundsnew
Listening to this CD is kinda like watching tennis on 10x fast-forward.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-21-2006 |
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Tags: Three Fantastic
Thumb Kind of Wonderful
This compilation is refreshingly raw and unique.
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Leitko |
03-17-2006 |
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