AltWeeklies Wire
Common and UGK Offer the Best Rap Releases So Farnew
Common's Finding Forever and UGK's Underground Kingz are "albums" in the true sense of the word: a group of consistent, thematically cohesive songs.
Baltimore City Paper |
Brandon Soderburg |
09-18-2007 |
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Tags: UGK, Underground Kingz
Black Moth Super Rainbow Doesn't Write Songs, It Doodlesnew
Dandelion Gum can sound like the lo-fi bedroom work of one or two people.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michaelangelo Matos |
09-18-2007 |
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Hot Chip & Spank Rock Attempt to Answer 'What is Hip?'new
Both groups have toeholds in the international dance-music marketplace that are likely to be strengthened by their newly recorded DJ sets.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michaelangelo Matos |
06-05-2007 |
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A Faded Kodak Fantasy of 1960s Popnew
Animal Collective member Noah Lennox has made a record best listened to while falling asleep, just waking up, or any other time you're groggy enough to mistake a passing garbage truck for a Bach cantata.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
04-24-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Panda Bear, Person Pitch
Unknown Pleasuresnew
Eight albums you may have missed in '06.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
01-03-2007 |
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Children of the Cornnew
Rhino compiles 53 hymns to the great pumpkin on a new box set.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
10-31-2006 |
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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 |
Reviews
Tags: P.O.S., P.O.S. Is Ruining My Life
Greasy Listeningnew
A new box set maps the blueprint for Miles Davis’ thermonuclear 1970s Rockfunkjazz.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
01-18-2006 |
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Rastawomannew
There's been a dearth of anti-war albums this year, but Sinead O’Connor's self-released collection of reggae standards attempts to fill the void.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
12-22-2005 |
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Tsunami of Heartsnew
Rhino's new girl groups box set presents 120 chapters from the Book of Love
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-20-2005 |
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Battle Rappersnew
Rarely do we get to commend MCs' acting chops, but Phonte and Big Pooh deserve an Emmy for their spoof of "Cheatin'."
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
10-07-2005 |
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Flashes of Timenew
Tony Leung flits between present and future romances in Wong Kar-Wai's gorgeous, puzzling 2046.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
09-28-2005 |
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Tags: 2046, Wong Kar-Wai
Rough and Ruggednew
Little Brother's new mix tape dishes out a full plate of 18 gutsy and hot beats and rhymes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
09-19-2005 |
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Skating Downhillnew
If you're a longtime Koushik fan, Be With may leave you feeling a bit cheated. Where's the new material?
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
09-19-2005 |
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Learning Vervenew
West isn't just the most peculiar hip-hopper rocking the radio dial right now, he’s cutting his own idiosyncratically rudderless path to pop.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
08-31-2005 |
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Tags: Kanye West, Late Registration
