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One Day As A Lion Rages Against Change
Zack De La Rocha returns from exile, a little changed but no worse for wear.
The Hold Steady Do Exactly That on 'Stay Positive'
The Brooklyn rockers do what they do best on their latest album.
Q-Tip Goes Back to (Old) School
Former Tribe Called Quest leader is is classic form on his first solo album in eight years.
Kanye West Flips the Script with a Bold Attempt at a Pop Record
On 808s and Heartbreak, his fourth album in five years, West has made something close to an anti-hip-hop record.
Listening to Mudvayne's Latest is About as Enjoyable as Being Castratednew
If The New Game is a sign of things to come, then it is game over for Mudvayne.
Tucson Weekly |
Jon Hobson |
12-11-2008 |
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Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson Give Us Some Authentic Roots Musicnew
There's very little that's "alternative" or precious about Rattlin' Bones, a thick slab of traditional American music.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
12-11-2008 |
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Fennesz's Latest is a Hair's Breadth from Ambient Territorynew
Ostensibly an avant-gardist, guitarist and laptop musician Christian Fennesz has become a traditionalist of sorts in recent years -- his music now has much in common with Brian Eno's ambient recordings of the late '70s and early '80s.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
12-11-2008 |
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E-40's Latest Already Sounds Like an Anachronismnew
A self-anointed hip-hop "ambassador" who's made most of his fortune in other industries, 40 takes few risks with his music. When he finds a successful formula, like the "hyphy" style that shaped his 2006 album My Ghetto Report Card, he'll beat it past the point of death.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
12-10-2008 |
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'Day & Age' Might be the Best Killers Album Yetnew
If you can get past the clunky lyrics, there's a lot to like about the Killers, especially on their recently-released third album.
Tags: The Killers, Day & Age
Q-Tip Beats 'Democracy' to the Punch with 'The Renaissance'new
All this talk of Chinese Democracy finally seeing the light of day has overshadowed another album many of us -- at least those in the hip-hop community -- thought would never come to be: Q-Tip's second album, The Renaissance.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
12-08-2008 |
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Roy Orbison and His Nashville Recordings, 20 Years After His Deathnew
With the 20th anniversary of Orbison's death on Dec. 6, and with the recent release of a career-defining box set, Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll, it's an apt time to reflect on how several of pop music's most timeless and artful songs unexpectedly emerged from a small Nashville recording studio on 17th Avenue.
Nashville Scene |
Michael McCall |
12-05-2008 |
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Life's Not Fair: Kanye West 2.0new
A post-grad Kanye finally leaves his boastful, aggressive comfort zone in 808s and Heartbreak.
North Bay Bohemian |
David Sason |
12-04-2008 |
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Danger: 'f, monday' May Result in Cubicle Moshingnew
If Colourmusic's new album were a movie, it'd be a subversive Stanley Kubrick remake of the hippie musical Hair, staring Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett
Tucson Weekly |
James Hudson |
12-04-2008 |
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With 'Shogun,' Trivium Has its First Epic Albumnew
Shogun is the first album on which Trivium does not sound too much like other bands.
Tucson Weekly |
Jon Hobson |
12-04-2008 |
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The Fall of Troy's Melancholy is Coated in Enthusiastic Prognew
Phantom on the Horizon is a worthwhile listen for anyone looking to dip a toe a into contemporary mainstream prog scene led by Coheed and Cambria, blending screamo vocals and mathcore rhythms with punk antics and an art-school sensibility.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Riggs |
12-04-2008 |
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