AltWeeklies Wire
The Genre Identifier of Indie Supergroup Monsters of Folk Isn't Exactly Accuratenew
There are windswept harmonies and hushed confessions aplenty, but there's also a palpable sense of trying really, really hard to achieve something that's more than just the sum of its parts.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Julie Seabaugh |
09-24-2009 |
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Polvo Returns With All the Answers on 'In Prism'new
If you only ever hear one Polvo song, make it eight-minute In Prism centerpiece "Lucia." Haunting and elegant at the start, it takes a hair-pin tempo turn around the 2:20 mark and -- voilà -- it's damn near the best foot-to-the-pedal drive song ever.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
09-10-2009 |
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AC/DC Churns Out Another 'Back in Black' Retreadnew
It’s a little absurd to think that it took eight years for AC/DC to crank out Black Ice, since it sounds like it was created by a particularly adept AC/DC-simulating computer.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
10-24-2008 |
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Of Montreal's Latest Continues to Blur Reality and Fictionnew
On Skeletal Lamping, it sounds as if Kevin Barnes' reality/fiction line has blurred so much, he actually believes he has become the character he created.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
10-24-2008 |
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Tags: Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
'Death Magnetic' is a Calculated Maneuver to Recapture the Sound of Metallica Pastnew
The bits of punk and goth and country and blues and pop that crept their way into the sound of albums like 1996's sorely underrated Load have been summarily stripped away, but the result is not that Metallica sound like old Metallica; it's that they sound like some band trying to sound like old Metallica.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
09-19-2008 |
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Tags: Metallica, Death Magnetic
Motley Crue's Latest is a Conscious Effort to Return to '80s Glory Daysnew
Saints tries hard to sound tough and succeeds about half the time, but the Crue used to be much better when they didn't have to constantly remind people how dangerous they were.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
06-27-2008 |
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'Lie Down in the Light' is Will Oldham's Most Countrified Disc Yetnew
There's a subtle, laid-back twang throughout, arriving via fiddle, banjo, pedal-steel guitar, organ, clarinet (?!) and, above all, the old-world voice of Ashley Webber, who proves a better singing partner for Oldham than the more heralded Dawn McCarthy did on 2006's The Letting Go.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Spencer Patterson |
06-27-2008 |
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