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Jamie Lidell's Latest is a Little Sad and Sometimes Sappynew

The Brit soul singer jumps into the way-back machine for a ride to 1960s Motown in his new album, the simply titled Jim.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Patricia Sauthoff  |  05-23-2008  |  Reviews

Matmos Has Intellectualized its Art to Perfectionnew

What makes Supreme Balloon interesting is that it doesn't sound like a bunch of synths being played by two guys. It sounds like a pirate radio broadcast from a hipster alien art collective, or Sigur Ros shot into the future and brought back to the present to teach us about technology.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Patricia Sauthoff  |  05-01-2008  |  Reviews

'Attack and Release' Misses the Marknew

The album, which originated as a project for Ike Turner, is not awash with needless complexity, but the additional instrumentation is ancillary and never quite a part of the band’s sonic range.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Gabe Gomez  |  04-24-2008  |  Reviews

Daedelus Offers Up a Non-Stop Train Ridenew

Live At Low End Theory projects the sweaty dance floor of the LA hotspot.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Patricia Sauthoff  |  02-14-2008  |  Reviews

Grammar-Dropping Doesn't Make a Band Smartnew

In the last few years the phrase "literate indie rock" has been thrown around willy-nilly to describe bands that make some sort of "smart" reference in their music. The term could easily be applied to the online-hype-driven Vampire Weekend.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Patricia Sauthoff  |  02-08-2008  |  Reviews

Thao Mixes Grown-Up Sensibility With Youthful Innocencenew

We Brave Bee Stings and All is the perfect name for an album that is bold in its silliness and brings real emotions to the table.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Patricia Sauthoff  |  01-24-2008  |  Reviews

'Destruction' is Low on Vision, High on Power & Convictionnew

A band that sells itself as the "last rock 'n' roll band" is probably one of two things: deluded or possibly right. The latter seems to be the case with Marah.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Gabe Gomez  |  01-17-2008  |  Reviews

Dax Riggs Collects the Pieces of Industrial Music Left Behindnew

With them, he begins to spin an equally unsettling portrait of epic breakups and post-punk nihilism with a distinguishable rock edge.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Gabe Gomez  |  01-03-2008  |  Reviews

Ben Harper is at an Inspired Moment on New Albumnew

As a record and as a collection of songs, Lifeline shows Harper is as engaged creatively as he was on any of his previous work but he sounds remarkably comfortable and reflective.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Gabe Gomez  |  09-13-2007  |  Reviews

A Successful Posthumous Collectionnew

New Moon is not as much a collection of outtakes from Either/Or as it is a mature body of work that captured the artist at his peak.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Gabe Gomez  |  05-17-2007  |  Reviews

This is How the Truth Should Sound?new

These 14 songs from Tom Morello exist somewhere between Woody Guthrie and Woody Harrelson, but not quite as compelling.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Gabe Gomez  |  05-03-2007  |  Reviews

This Debut Album is an Ambitious Projectnew

Swimming with Orange inches past its flaws, but once it grabs your attention, the struggle begins to maintain the listener’s focus.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Gabe Gomez  |  04-19-2007  |  Reviews

Kinda Boring, Pretty Formulaic, but Goodnew

The trio hasn't ventured off the path it's worn so well since the late 90s -- making downtempo electronic music that's just a bit too tense to fall asleep to.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Patricia Sauthoff  |  04-12-2007  |  Reviews

Digestible Hooks, Busy Pop Lyricisms and Casual Deliverynew

Or Give Me Death, the second full-length album from Aqueduct, aka David Terry, focuses on the residual aftershocks of a relationship gone to the dumps.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Gabe Gomez  |  04-05-2007  |  Reviews

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