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BYOP's Latest Focuses on Driving Rhythmsnew
While Be Your Own Pet's first album had enough guitar freak-outs and general strangeness to explain Thurston Moore's interest, Get Awkward strips down a lot of the art-rock frills and focuses on driving rhythms, hooks and Jemina Pearl's vocals.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cullen Hendrix |
03-26-2008 |
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Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
What Happened to the Presidents of Yesterday?new
Amid the clamor of primary politicking, The Presidents of the United States of America are staying true to tradition by releasing yet another album in an election year. Impressive for a band that claims this is all just a coincidence and its name is actually an ironic commentary on its lack of political stands (which is totally, like, this huge political stand, right?).
San Diego CityBeat |
Kyle Andrews |
03-26-2008 |
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Rootz Underground Returns to Roots Rocknew
These cats should definitely make a smash on the global reggae scene in 2008, and if you're curious what else is hot in the genre besides standard dancehall tunes, MOVEMENT is the answer.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
03-25-2008 |
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Tags: MOVEMENT, Rootz Underground
Asses of Evil: Old-School Gutterpunksnew
The band's self-titled debut album feels like standing in a mosh pit full of sweaty, drunk punks, shouting along to lyrics like "I can do whatever I want/I can take whatever I need/I can say whatever I think/Make your asshole bleed" ("Robot Hand").
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
03-25-2008 |
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Tags: Asses of Evil
Latest Disc Will Only Enhance Snoop's Increasingly Cuddly Imagenew
Thanks to his charming obliviousness, he generally gets away with lyrics and arrangements that range from timeworn to ridiculous.
Tags: Ego Trippin', Snoop Dogg
Hot Rails Makes Its Own Heatnew
On its full-length debut, rip-roarin' Hot Rails plays the kind of punky, country-fried, bluesy rock that takes root so easily in the Cleveland's cloudy climate.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
03-21-2008 |
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Music of Many Colorsnew
Nigeria Special is consistently surprising, enlightening, and danceable.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
03-21-2008 |
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The Joys of Teen Nihilismnew
The Teenagers explore the sonic terrain of young psychopathology.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
03-20-2008 |
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Tags: Reality Check, The Teenagers
Inviting Reflectionnew
This spendid remaster/reissue allows fans to relive the soundtrack to your misspent youth.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
03-20-2008 |
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Fantastic Threenew
All Y'all is so much stronger than Travis Morrison's last solo release that a funny thing happens: the first few songs are so good that the rest of the album ends up being a letdown.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
03-20-2008 |
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Lionel Loueke's Guitar Playing Bridges Continentsnew
Despite Art Blakey's admonition that "jazz doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa," musicians everywhere have never stopped trying to establish the link. Guitarist Lionel Loueke, who's from Benin, fuses his jazz with melodic West African pop.
Washington City Paper |
Michael J. West |
03-20-2008 |
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Tags: Karibu, Lionel Loueke
What Made Milwaukee Famous Branches Outnew
The result is a broad, expansive album that samples widely across the dozen tracks, opening up their perspective from their debut's gloomy, nascent (arguably stillborn) Radiohead-isms.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
03-19-2008 |
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DeVotchKa's Hybridnew
When music-industry experts advise fledgling musicians how to achieve success, few probably suggest developing a weird blend of rock, pop and exotic folk music.
Hot Chip Flirt with Campinessnew
Alexis Taylor and the rest of the Hot Chip crew are so devoted to dis-playing their intelligence and cheek that the band's electro-pop shenanigans can seem positively exhausting at times.
Tags: Hot Chip, Made in the Dark
An Avant-Metal Icon Mellows, and the Results are Sensationalnew
The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull is the most melodic, clearheaded record in the Earth catalog.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
03-18-2008 |
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