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Witchcraft Undulge in Noir Nostalgianew
This CD sounds like sitting in the back of a 1976 Dodge van, surrounded by blacklight posters, clouds of incense smoke, and stacks of 8-tracks.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
10-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Alchemist, Witchcraft
Via Vengence Bludgeons with Stoner Rock Power Chordsnew
The group's songs sound gritty, dense, and calculated.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
10-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dieography, Via Vengeance
An All-Star Tribute to Ella with True Crednew
Fifteen of Fitzgerald's favorite standards are honored here by some of the best performers in the pop and jazz world.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
09-19-2007 |
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Blanche Davidian: More Dead Boys than Grateful Deadnew
Orange Sunshine lacks the experimental liberties of the band's first album, opting instead for lean, mean rock riffs and bigger production.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
08-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Blanche Davidian, Orange Sunshine
If Rock 'n' Roll Outlives the Devil, Thank Dax Riggsnew
The former singer/guitarist of indie-rock duo Dead Boy and the Elephantmen crafts hypnotic, stripped-down garage blues and gritty psychedelic goth rock that points to a conceptual partnership with the Prince of Darkness
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
08-28-2007 |
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'Remixed' is a Standards Slaughternew
The overarching cut 'n' paste effect leaves the listener with the impression that everybody in the studio just let the Holiday tracks roll as some peripheral noise while they got overly excited at the mixing boards in endless "Look at me!" moments.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
08-21-2007 |
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'Retox' is Pure Glam-trashnew
The band resembles some severely perverted version of The Village People, with band members donning sailor outfits and army helmets onstage while simulating blowjobs on the machine heads of their guitars.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
08-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Turbonegro, Retox
The Heartless Risks Out-wailing Its Potentialnew
Would somebody please send the dudes in this band some good women so they can sing songs about something other than getting screwed over by some bitches that they're begging to come back?
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
07-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Never Say Never, The Heartless
For Metal Maniacsnew
Although 3 Inches of Blood harks back to some of metal's cheesier moments, the Vancouver-based band resents being called a "spoof" group -- they're serious about what they do.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
06-26-2007 |
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Sage Francis' Amoebic Hip-hopnew
There is nothing emo about this album.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
06-12-2007 |
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Cheeky Chasmnew
The Pubes combine the bouncy bad-girl vibe of artists like Suzi Quatro and Bikini Kill with a sense of comical grandeur that makes it impossible for anyone to make fun of them more than they already have themselves.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
05-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Live and Unruly, The Pubes
Skinny Puppy's Most Danceable Songs Yetnew
It's obvious Skinny Puppy's swapped ambiance for ambition.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
05-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mythmaker, Skinny Puppy
Giving Doom Metal a Pop Sensibilitynew
Surfing the retro-rock revival wave isn't a bad thing if you've got balance, and Brooklyn-based Panthers have it.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
05-07-2007 |
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Hippest Hard Metal Band to Hit Western World in a Long Timenew
This Japanese rock band is huge in its home country, and it's starting to make waves here in the States, despite being way too cool for us.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
04-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dir En Grey, The Marrow of a Bone
Not Wholly Derivative & Highly Ambitiousnew
The new CD by Arizona industrial metal band The Iris sounds like a sonic blueprint for a band that's finding its sound, and getting hotter by the minute.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
04-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: The Iris, The Vanity Fair
