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Fuzzy and Detachednew
Hot Chip's vocalists are so laid-back that they're almost lying down, their bleached-out suburban lilt hypnotizing in its tea-time reserve, like a b-boy Nick Drake.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-14-2006 |
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Tags: Hot Chip, Coming On Strong
Guided By Pollardnew
In a parallel reality, the former Guided by Voices frontman is a rock god. Also reviewed: Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3's Tick ... Tick ... Tick.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Salller |
02-10-2006 |
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Needs Short, Pleasing Burstsnew
Mendes' songs and their polarizing qualities are part and parcel of the album's patchwork.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-09-2006 |
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Tags: Sergio Mendes, Timeless
Consistency Comes Throughnew
Made in tandem with acclaimed sound auteur RJD2, this is Aceyalone's most consistent work since 1998's A Book of Human Language.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
02-09-2006 |
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Tags: Aceyalone, Magnificent City
Flesh and Bloodnew
In very different ways, country singers Rosanne Cash and Josh Turner try to reconcile the music's past, present and future.
Nashville Scene |
Chris Neal |
02-08-2006 |
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Tags: Black Cadillac, Rosanne Cash
Budding Geniusnew
Timb's fifth or sixth self-released album of solo bedroom recordings veers from sneering grunge punk to junk-funk hip-hop to falsetto folk strummers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
02-07-2006 |
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Dreamlike Soundnew
Oceanographer's guitars, synthesizers and spare strings melt together like a Phil Spector wet dream.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
02-07-2006 |
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Memphis in Channew
Never before has Chan Marshall sounded more like herself.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
02-03-2006 |
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Tags: Cat Power, The Greatest
The Emo Corpsnew
Some young bands dream of the day they'll write a beautiful, searing bundle of truth that persuades parents to have kids, inspires armies to stop fighting, and conjures puppies and kittens from thin air.
Boston Phoenix |
Mikael Wood |
02-02-2006 |
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Return of the Kingnew
The Alabama singer and picker reemerges after more than half a century in the shadows.
Nashville Scene |
Bill Friskics-Warren |
02-02-2006 |
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Tags: Cast King, Saw Mill Man
Two of a Kindnew
This covers collaboration largely succeeds because both artists do what they're expected to do on any given record -- confuse the shit out of everyone.
Dallas Observer |
Noah W. Bailey |
01-31-2006 |
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Headed to Memphisnew
A team of legendary Memphis producers, including the Hodges Brothers, fill The Greatest with country and soul sounds unlike any Cat Power record before it.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
01-31-2006 |
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Tags: Cat Power, The Greatest
Dodging Categorizationnew
Buyer beware: This is not a "hip-hop" record -- P.O.S. favors troubled crooning over rhymes, and when he's supposed to be rapping, he’s ranting.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
01-30-2006 |
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Tags: P.O.S., P.O.S. Is Ruining My Life
Light Party Farenew
The group's final effort perfectly fits into the template laid out on four previous albums, erring on the side of old-school shtick.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Firewater, Tha Alkaholiks
The Guitar is the Starnew
You can be a hobo, a maestro, or in the case of artists on Imaginational Anthem, a little of both. Also reviewed: Angels of Light & Akron/Family's new split-cd Akron/Family & Angels of Light.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-27-2006 |
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