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Another Major Statement?new
For MF Doom, this box set is potentially revealing, since he is known more as a sly and sarcastic MC, not a beat-maker.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-19-2006 |
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Mainstream Just a Chorus Awaynew
Unlike her stylistic counterpart, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Jenny Lewis has proven herself capable of more than bleeding-heart ballads and twee indie rock.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-19-2006 |
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Tags: Jenny Lewis, Rabbit Fur Coat
Country Music Critics' Poll 2006new
The Nashville Scene asked more than 100 critics from all over North America to weigh in on the best country acts and albums in 2005.
Nashville Scene |
Geoffrey Himes |
01-19-2006 |
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Three Times a Crybabynew
Adams mines American Beauty and Workingman's Dead respectably, but his attempts at early-'70s Neil Young piano ballads come off as tear-stained love letters to himself.
The Village Voice |
Michael Hoinski |
01-19-2006 |
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Tags: Ryan Adams, 29
Hot-Towel Heavennew
An American Idol champ takes exurban road out with map and Bible.
The Village Voice |
Edd Hurt |
01-19-2006 |
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Tags: Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
Greasy Listeningnew
A new box set maps the blueprint for Miles Davis’ thermonuclear 1970s Rockfunkjazz.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
01-18-2006 |
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A Who's Who of Prog-Rocknew
This live CD combines acid-laced sonic experimentation, conservatory-bred musicianship and a will to smash pop-music convention.
A Limited Scopenew
Pearls and Brass only seems capable of creating a bombastic, one-dimensional fusion of Grand Funk boogie and Black Sabbath fuzz, in which deafening volume replaces crafty chops.
Tags: Pearls and Brass, The Indian Tower
Wretched Rocknew
This Australian quartet slowly drags you through a long night of drink, gore and weighing whether to end it all.
Well Balancednew
Like truants and delinquents at military school, 31Knots roars with frustration, but never loses its discipline.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Chris Dahlen |
01-17-2006 |
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Tags: 31Knots, Talk Like Blood
Generation Gapnew
If you're over the age of 22, have a mortgage, don't have a MySpace profile or enjoy standard "singing" in your music, Mason isn't for you.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-17-2006 |
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A Mixed Marriagenew
RobLo's nonsensical pairing of grimy turf raps with frighteningly smooth-jazz-ish backing tracks find favor with a lot of hardcore hip-hop fans.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-17-2006 |
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Tags: Movement Union, RobLo
Wild Apenew
If your taste in music is so safe, bland and generic that you think Christian rock can get a little too "saucy," then you're in luck, thanks to Dallas' latest clones Belafonte.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
01-17-2006 |
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Phair Game
The best tracks on It's a Game stamp their themes into your brain by attaching them to big ol' hooks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-13-2006 |
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Tags: Edith Frost, It's a Game
Top O the Mourning
Though there are plenty of potentially bright, brisk sounds thrown in, the results don't often come across that way on this disc.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-13-2006 |
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