AltWeeklies Wire
Night Fevernew
England's Arctic Monkeys just want to get laid.
Seattle Weekly |
Rod Smith |
03-22-2006 |
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Franco Say Relaxnew
Never before has Congolese music been so smartly compiled.
Seattle Weekly |
Keith Harris |
03-15-2006 |
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A Cellarful of Noisenew
When it comes to an inviting linear pulse, The Cellar Door Sessions box is one to groove on.
Seattle Weekly |
Keith Harris |
03-01-2006 |
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Going Down Cool and Calmnew
Welcome to Jamrock is not a strictly dancehall album; nor is it a reggae LP, though it's certainly Rastafari-inspired.
Seattle Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
12-22-2005 |
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Better Than Finenew
Reviewing Fiona Apple's latest release involves a tale of two albums.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
11-16-2005 |
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Tags: Extraordinary Machine, Fiona Apple
A Throwback Riddimnew
This dancehall don dada sounds most sincere in a song calling for marijuana legalization, but the pimp juice in other tracks runs a bit low.
Seattle Weekly |
Makkada B. Selah |
11-15-2005 |
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Tags: Sean Paul, The Trinity
The Great Communicatornew
Coldplay's Chris Martin brings his muddled message to the people.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
08-10-2005 |
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A '90s Box Set That's Too Seattlenew
Any account of the '90s in which hip-hop's expansion, or electronic dance music's myriad offshoots, or the increasing presence in the U.S. urban market of Caribbean styles, didn't happen is to be viewed with serious suspicion.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
07-27-2005 |
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Castles Made of Guitarsnew
Chicago rockers the Ponys dodge the sophomore slump.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
05-11-2005 |
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Tags: The Ponys, Celebration Castle
Critics of Varied Tastes Choose Year's Best Musicnew
Seattle Weekly offers "best of 2004" lists for everyone from metalheads to classical music aficionados.
Seattle Weekly |
Music Writers |
01-03-2005 |
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Trying to Make Sense of Elliott Smith's Final Albumnew
Songs From a Basement on the Hill feels like the natural progression of a gifted and obsessed musical mind with more and more resources at its disposal—and more and more time to fiddle with them, and more and more drugs to fuel the fiddling.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Cassidy |
10-20-2004 |
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Burnt Sugar Create An Aural Melting Potnew
"Black Sex Yall" is hit-or-miss, which you'd expect from a double CD that wears its indulgence on its sleeve.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
09-15-2004 |
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The Return of Princenew
He strips down everything, including his ego, on his first release since 2001.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
08-25-2004 |
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Tags: Prince, musicology
Exploring Paul Simon's Solo Catalognew
Listening to this compilation CD, it becomes clear that our most nostalgic songwriter has an uneasy relationship with time.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
07-27-2004 |
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