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Something to Talk About
The Gossip has finally made music distinctive enough to match Beth Ditto's vocals.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Kanin |
03-03-2006 |
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Trail Mix
I'm a Mountain travels a decidedly dustier path than Harmer's previous record: Out are the drums, synths, and ambient guitars; in are the banjos, mandolins, and fiddles.
Washington City Paper |
Mario Correa |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: I'm a Mountain, Sarah Harmer
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Scott Herren has distanced himself even further from the hip-hop of his early work, diving headlong into glitchy bleeps, bloops and splats.
Washington City Paper |
Anne Marson |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: Prefuse 73, Security Screenings
All the Rage
BORIS' new disc, which gets a domestic release in a matter of weeks, sports its share of 70s-centric, stonerific hard rock.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: PINK
I Am Irony Man
There's little that's progressive or expansive an album that owes most of its prerelease buzz to hair-metal aficionado Chuck Klosterman.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: The Sword, Age of Winters
Early to Bedlam, Early to Rise
By the time you've finished this review, Arctic Monkeys will have broken up.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-03-2006 |
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Communication: Breakdown
As much as it extols pandemonium, this album always feels tightly controlled, its disarray always a little too contrived.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-03-2006 |
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Not Made By Great Men
Delta 5 manage to leave a distinctive mark.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Kanin |
02-17-2006 |
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In the Moods
This is the most consistent album the singer has released.
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Leitko |
02-17-2006 |
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Tags: Beth Orton, Comfort of Strangers
Think Globally, Act Yokelly
Dog Days positions BR549 as a group of new traditionalists well versed in, but not mesmerized by, country form.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
01-20-2006 |
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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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The Life of Grime
Two recent compilations offer not only snapshots of the dark-horse scenes of U.K. grime and the Southern rap that's more old-school funk than crunk, but also rare examples of the cash-strapped hiphop lyricist.
Washington City Paper |
David Dunlap Jr. |
12-23-2005 |
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Tough All Over
Gary Allan shows that he's at his best at when dealing with the hard stuff.
Washington City Paper |
Rachel Beckman |
12-09-2005 |
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St. Marxmen
This album could be your last chance to catch Danze and Fame before a stuttering cry of "G-g-g-g" replaces their trademark "Salute!"
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
12-09-2005 |
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