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Freshly Nostalgicnew
Listening to The Black Watch is like being transported back to the first time you heard XTC or the Cure.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
01-11-2007 |
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Tags: Tatterdemalion, The Black Watch
Singles Going Steadynew
The hits of iTunes: Avril, Nelly, and the All-American Rejects.
The Village Voice |
Tom Breihan |
01-11-2007 |
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Philosophy (on the) 101new
Switchfoot puts the "car" in Descartes.
Washington City Paper |
Emily Zemler |
01-05-2007 |
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Tags: Oh! Gravity., Switchfoot
Bible Beltingnew
The eternal, here and now.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-05-2007 |
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Gutter Fabulousnew
Waits gives cheap sentiment the bum's rush.
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Leitko |
01-05-2007 |
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Paying Tribute -- Againnew
Like the first Sucking, this comp is thankfully short on irony and deconstruction while taking more heartfelt liberties.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-05-2007 |
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R&B's Golden Age, Revisitednew
If this soundtrack makes the Motown sound hip again, there'll be benefits for everyone.
Cleveland Scene |
Dan LeRoy |
01-05-2007 |
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With Friends Like These ...new
Swan Lake takes music to new heights of idiocy.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-05-2007 |
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Tags: Swan Lake, Beast Moans
Well Worth the Waitnew
Scabrous boogies, sad-sack serenades, and weird-even-by-his-standards curios.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-05-2007 |
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Bright Lights and Dim Bulbsnew
Twenty-one artist tribute to Daniel Johnston is a mixed bag.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-05-2007 |
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Legend Livesnew
Some 13 years after he died, Frank Zappa has a new-long-rumored-album out.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-04-2007 |
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Tags: Frank Zappa, Trance-Fusion
Back to the '90snew
If you're an indie fan who often ignores big-name releases, be sure to make an exception for Light Grenades.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
01-04-2007 |
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Tags: Incubus, Light Grenades
Best of the Year, Part 2new
Two more critics chime in with their 2006 favorites.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel and Curtis McCrary |
01-04-2007 |
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Rollick 'n' Rollnew
On 16 songs -- two of them hers -- Feeney deals with 1950s civil rights struggles, gay marriage, illegal immigration, letting the rich fight their own wars, and the, uh, good ol' days, "when men were really men, and women knew their place."
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
01-04-2007 |
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Reflections Incompletenew
Reflections is billed as the first greatest-hits disc for Blige, one of the greatest R&B stars of the past decade.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-04-2007 |
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