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The Hottest Follow-up Album of the Yearnew
UK chanteuse Amy Winehouse is quickly becoming known for two things: her drinking habit and her amazing voice.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
04-17-2007 |
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Tags: Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
Carefully Crafted, Radio-ready Troubador Tunesnew
With the Peacemakers, Clyne's songwriting is culled from three similar styles -- Americana, Tejano, and the ol' "white man on an island" sound pioneered by Jimmy Buffet.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
04-02-2007 |
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Sterilized by Stereotypesnew
Much of Open Fire sounds like it was recorded in 1983 by a bunch of guys who were listening to British heavy metal and reading the lyrics of American black metal.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
03-20-2007 |
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Tags: Alabama Thunderpussy, Open Fire
Like a Smooth Ride on a Raw Nervenew
The Ascension is definitely Otep's best yet, and easily one of the best records of the year.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
03-20-2007 |
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Tags: OTEP, The Ascension
Diabolical and Danceablenew
The songs on Body Beat contain the sense of dangerous sexual abandon for which Combichrist's music is known and loved.
Phoenix New Times |
Niki D'Andrea |
12-19-2006 |
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Tags: Combichrist, Get Your Body Beat
Pavement, Repurposednew
Pavement always seemed a bit amateurish, childlike, and in constant danger of falling down. But they never did, and now they're deified American rock royalty.
Phoenix New Times |
Rob Harvilla |
11-29-2005 |
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Tags: California, jazz, Cyrus Chestnut, blues, Ali Jackson, Gold Sounds, James Carter, Pavement, Reginald Veal, Stockton
Blues Clues: Gettin' Down-and-Dirty With the Black Keysnew
The blues-rock duo recorded their third release in a studio inside a toxic old rubber factory in an Akron, Ohio, slum. They nearly managed to sneak into a nearby Lockheed Martin plant that builds battle blimps to take photos for their new album.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
09-13-2004 |
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