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Soul-Rock Diva for the Agesnew
Chaka Khan reclaims her R&B crown with this stunning new release.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Chaka Khan, Funk This
Songs Alivenew
Jose González' second record blends Brazilian rhythm, indie-rock angst and acoustic folk with a political stance.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez
Well-Crafted Rocknew
Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy are back with their best album in almost two decades.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Born Into This, The Cult
The Alicia Keys Conundrum Continuesnew
Keys' air of confidence and preternaturally soulful rasp initially distracted us from the fact that her songwriting lagged far behind her performing ability.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alicia Keys, As I Am
Jay-Z Falls Shortnew
American Gangster is considerably better than 2006's lackluster Kingdom Come, if only because it returns Jay-Z to his criminal comfort zone.
Tags: American Gangster, Jay-Z
Acid Casualties Perseverenew
Every musical-footnote band eventually gets the documentary it deserves, and this ragged, affectionate chronicle suits the forgotten acid-folk curio combo the Holy Modal Rounders whose screechy "If You Want to Be a Bird" somehow made it onto the Easy Rider soundtrack.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
11-21-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bound to Lose, Holy Modal Rounders
Ben Chasny Kills It on Six Organs' Latestnew
His smoky guitar and driftwood vocals pull from American folk, Japanese music, raga, drone, Beat Zen, free jazz, and classic rock.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian J. Barr |
11-21-2007 |
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This Wheel's Still on Firenew
While nothing on Dirt Farmer is tantamount in quality to The Band's best-known songs, it demonstrates the passion Helm brought to the tunes that helped to elevate The Band to "immortal" status.
Jackson Free Press |
Rob Hamilton |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dirt Farmer, Levon Helm
Mick Harvey Plays Second Fiddle Wellnew
Harvey is God's gift to public radio (or what used to be public radio), turning his listeners on to the great obscure songbook the way Nina Simone or Johnny Cash did with their own covers albums.
Metro Times |
Hobey Echlin |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mick Harvey, Two of Diamonds
Hop on the Super Furry Animal Spacecraftnew
That Hey Venus! has out-of-this-world cover art, and an exclamation mark in the title should not be taken lightly.
Metro Times |
Brian Hoekstra |
11-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Hey Venus!, Super Furry Animals
Coheed and Cambria: Dedicated to Conceptsnew
The full album title is Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World For Tomorrow, and it's the second part of the two-part conclusion of a five-part science-fiction rock opera about two characters named Coheed and Cambria, which is of course also the name of the band.
Shepherd Express |
Jon Gilbertson |
11-19-2007 |
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'Carolina Funk': A Labor of Lovenew
Chapel Hill's Jason Perlmutter spent half a decade compiling this 22-cut, 23-page package, which travels the same high road as similar triumphs of excavation and passion.
Destructor Releases Second Album After 22 Yearsnew
And the destruction still goes all the way to 11. Or, at the very least, to 8 -- depending on how you like your thrash served.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
11-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Destructor, Forever in Leather
Last Wordnew
Double DVD evolves from a primitive and raw presentation to a more sophisticated and commercial approach.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
11-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ramones, It's Alive 1974-1996 DVD
Head-On Collisionnew
FF5 crawls out of the wreckage.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Clay Duda |
11-15-2007 |
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