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Semisonic Meets 'Rent'new
While Miller's lyrics have often walked a fine line between clever and cringe-worthy, The Believer contains some of his worst.
Dallas Observer |
Noah W. Bailey |
03-06-2006 |
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Tags: Rhett Miller, The Believer
A Bold Experimentnew
Former Throwing Muses frontwoman Kristin Hersh's power trio branches out.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
03-06-2006 |
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Tags: 50FootWave, Free Music EP
Refining Noisenew
Turmoil and sadness intertwine in a meticulous, human way on Mogwai's latest.
Cleveland Scene |
Annie Zaleski |
03-06-2006 |
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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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Beyond His Inner Geeknew
Never before has a Destroyer album sounded
so accessible.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-03-2006 |
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Tags: Destroyer, Destroyer's Rubies
Evolution of Electronic Musicnew
To some, this comprehensive collection may come across as highly dissociative, but in a microchip-satellite world, what is sound anyway?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
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Their Muse is Boozenew
Watching this beer-soaked documentary, you begin wondering if throughout the world-renowned group's ascension, the dudes might actually have just tried out whatever because they were drunk.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
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Tags: Mastodon, The Workhorse Chronicles
Brit-Pop Melting Potnew
This British buzz band combines tautly coiled retro-contemporary 70s and a jangly, analogue Brit-pop bop.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
03-02-2006 |
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Desert Desolationnew
Moments of epic sadness give these Nick Cave songs a classical feel.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
03-02-2006 |
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