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Sorcerer Shows His Magicnew
The 11 tracks feature fluorescent glimmers and surprising melodic nuances signal a major album-of-the-year contender at a time when such claims aren't just Baby New Year gibberish.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: White Magic, Sorcerer
Liars Release Most Approachable Album Yetnew
Liars may be the group's first disc on which the disparate elements that have defined their sound are allowed to gel.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sean Manning |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Liars
Dead C Still Roars and Shrieksnew
The five-song disc's hourlong listen sounds like one colossal field recording, as if the band flipped on the studio mics and went to town without a thought of composition or substance in mind.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Sabbath |
08-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Dead C, Future Artists
'Love is the Song We Sing': All San Fran Includednew
The four-disc box features just about every musician around for the Summer of Love, plus pieces by Rock Scully, Ben Fong-Torres, and others.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J. H. Tomkins |
08-29-2007 |
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Rhymes With Worknew
Men are from Mars, Bjork's Volta is for Venus.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-16-2007 |
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Beyond the Valley of Vinylnew
Multiple Otomo is an ear-scorching blast of mind's-eye candy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
03-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Multiple Otomo, Otomo Yoshihide
People's Choicenew
Lloyd "King Jammy" James changed dancehall and triggered the genre's '80s evolution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tomas Palermo |
03-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: King Jammy, Selector's Choice
Life at Homenew
Living Well is an impressive display of home-recording skill -- bedroom audiophiles will fawn over the moody guitar interweaves and deft drum sequencing.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nathan Baker |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Rob Crow, Living Well
Catchy Retrofuturismnew
Social Studies excel in ardent electropunk and get high marks for their cheerful blend of Casiotone-charged melodies and stripped-down tempos.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Chris Sabbath |
01-24-2007 |
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Intuitive Pop Reconstructionnew
This is Deerhoof in a feisty, take-no-prisoners, totally-psyched-about-recess mode.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-17-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Deerhoof, Friend Opportunity
Golden Years?new
It is difficult to separate Holiday's art from the circumstances of her life, especially during the final decade, when the ravages of alcoholism and heroin seemed to seep through cracks that had developed in her voice.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lee Hildebrand |
03-29-2006 |
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The Case of the Closetnew
R. Kelly gets crazy in his longest sonic soap opera yet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: R. Kelly, TP.3 Reloaded
Solid Statenew
M. Ward looks back to the eclectic days of free-form programming with his latest album, Transistor Radio -- and makes a case for authenticity.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Leah Freeman |
03-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: M. Ward, Transistor Radio
American Gothicnew
Country singer-songwriter Allison Moorer picks herself up and grows grittier.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jimmy Draper |
02-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Allison Moorer, The Duel
This is Popnew
A new Trojan Records box set reframes the history of reggae.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jeff Chang |
11-10-2004 |
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