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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 |
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Tags: Alicia Keys, As I Am
'I'm Not There' Soundtrack is for the Bob-ologistsnew
The covers on the soundtrack for the defiantly eccentric Dylan biopic are positively reverent, all the more curious because they're coming from such an irreverent collection of indie rockers.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: I'm Not There, Various Artists
Indie-Pop Phenom Creates Uncomfortable Intimacynew
Marcus Rubio's songs are invariably simple and repetitive, and most of the musical action comes from the painstaking arrangements, the way he layers violin, piano, glockenspiel, and the rest of the kitchen sink onto his adolescent musings.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-31-2007 |
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Tags: Marcus Rubio, The Life of Pillows
'In Rainbows' Wears 'More Rock' Crownnew
It's kind of funny that every Radiohead album released post-Kid A has been heralded as the group's "return to rock" -- as though Thom Yorke's dips into electronic music and jazz have only delayed what we really want to hear: more versions of "High and Dry."
San Antonio Current |
Chuck Kerr |
10-24-2007 |
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Tags: In Rainbows, Radiohead
Bruce Springsteen Lets Loose on 'Magic'new
It has the garage-band fervor of The River, amplified by a higher level of literary sophistication, and abetted by Springsteen's rare willingness to let his jangle-pop flag fly.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-17-2007 |
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Tags: magic, Bruce Springsteen
Lyle Lovett Works Hard to Pleasenew
It's hard not to expect a lot of Lovett's new work -- he hasn't released one since 2003.
San Antonio Current |
John DeFore |
10-10-2007 |
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PJ Harvey Swaps Bluesy Guitar for a Tack Pianonew
White Chalk will be a disappointment to many Harvey fans, because it dispenses with electric guitar, bluesy aggression, and the kind of sexually assertive body music that marked career highlights such as Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea and Rid of Me.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
10-10-2007 |
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Tags: PJ Harvey, White Chalk
Finding Her Voicenew
Singer Patty Griffin breaks away from "quiet songs" with this brash, vibrant album.
San Antonio Current |
Chris Parker |
06-06-2007 |
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Meta Punknew
While Muldoon can't quite match the meta-explosion of this album's first two tracks, it deftly veers from mathematical guitar arpeggios to roaring, overdriven assaults.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
03-15-2006 |
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Tags: A Coat of Arms, Muldoon
‘Ghost’ is Rebornnew
Kicking Television is the rare live album that feels like more than a pricey tour souvenir.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
01-20-2006 |
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Modest Mouse Returns With a Few Surprisesnew
What are the Flaming Lips doing on the newest Modest Mouse album, "Good News For People Who Love Bad News"? And why is Modest Mouse singer Isaac Brock impersonating Tom Waits on "The Devil's Workday"?
San Antonio Current |
Dawn Pomento |
08-07-2004 |
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