AltWeeklies Wire
Everything Is Divine Marvelousnew
Tropicalia shimmers anew.
L.A. Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
05-11-2006 |
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Perpetual Summer Crueltynew
A London web phenom's walk in the park is no walk in the park.
The Village Voice |
Frank Kogan |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: LDN, Lily Allen
Cortex-Cutting Cobrasnew
Black Angels gives us more desperate gutter psych-rock from Texas.
The Village Voice |
Eric Davidson |
05-10-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Passover, Black Angels
Everybody Knows This is Warnew
Is Living With War any good, and does it even matter?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Michael Pelusi |
05-09-2006 |
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Tags: Neil Young, Living With War
Proceed With Cautionnew
There are moments on this record so unsettlingly weird that I hesitate to even describe them for fear of some sort of karmic retribution.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
05-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Scott Walker, The Drift
For Fans of Multitaskingnew
JeanMarie makes funk-fueled dance rock that's both passionate and unabashedly silly.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
05-09-2006 |
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Straight Out of the Mid-90snew
Pearl Jam's status as grunge nobles affords them the right to ride the nostalgia train and keep old fans happy with the status quo.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
05-09-2006 |
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Tags: Pearl Jam
Wanking Offnew
Tool is now the ultimate hard-rock jam band -- the alt-rock version of the Grateful Dead -- because it wheedles around for at least seven minutes on every song without ever bothering with a concrete melody.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
05-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: 10,000 Days, Tool
Stunning and Spellbindingnew
The dozen songs of Springtime span anguish and transcendentally drunken sex as easily as the everyday epiphanies of bus rides and back-road drives.
Leaving the Proverbial Shednew
Denver's music scene could use a healthy dose of Vitamins.
Tags: vitamins, Vitamins EP
Re-Masterfulnew
Metal stars reanimate Metallica's Master of Puppets.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
05-08-2006 |
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No Reinvention, No Imitationnew
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs offer familiar
favorites and brilliant obscurities. Also reviewed: Sparks' Hello Young Lovers.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-05-2006 |
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Redemption Songsnew
Springsteen's Seeger tribute fiddles, while Young's Living With War burns.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
05-05-2006 |
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Texture Reignsnew
There isn't a synth in earshot but you'd never know given the vast array of tones Verlaine summons from his guitar.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Schacht |
05-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Tom Verlaine, Around
Melodic Art for Art's Sakenew
These songs are enveloped in lush strings, Beach Boys harmonies, chugging guitars, bubbling synths and keys, and Lytle's world-weary vocals.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Schacht |
05-04-2006 |
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