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Who Says Long-Distance Relationships Never Work?new
Despite being separated by some 8,000 miles, Isobel Campbell, of Glasgow, and Mark Lanegan, of Los Angeles, have brought us Ramblin' Man, a four-song collaboration that wouldn’t have been possible without the Internet.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-03-2006 |
Reviews
A Blissful Soundnew
Mi and L'au are an ex-model and a composer/multiinstrumentalist who fell in love in Paris. Between sessions of what was no doubt mutually satisfying and respectful lovemaking, they wrote these 14 spare, gentle, steadfastly pretty songs.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
12-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: folk, Mi and L'au
A Godless Liberal Christmasnew
One music reviewer offers Bill O'Reilly the gift of Christmas carols and tries to make peace.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
12-28-2005 |
Reviews
Serenity Then -- And Againnew
Whether she’s singing about the uncanny wisdom of a child or the road not taken, Vashti Bunyan makes the everyday seem sublime.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
12-12-2005 |
Reviews
Ambassador From Poetry Landnew
The Silver Jews' music has never sounded more essential than it does on their new album.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Silver Jews, Tanglewood Numbers
A Slump So Sublimenew
Love Kraft is a good album by Super Furry Animals' standards and a great one by the standards
of most other rock bands.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
The Lady Lou Bouncenew
The first female rapper from St. Louis to score a major-label deal, Ebony Eyez seems fully aware of her precedent-setting achievement -- and maybe a bit defensive about it, too. Also reviewed: Minotaur Shock's Maritime.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-03-2005 |
Reviews
Not Your Typical Narcissistnew
Iconoclastic singer/songwriter Count Marc Anthony Thompson, using the name Chocolate Genius, takes an autobiographical approach that is far removed from the post-folky narcissism of his inferiors.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-28-2005 |
Reviews
Hard to Label This Applenew
Dissatisfied with the first version of her CD, Fiona Apple went back to the studio with a new producer: The result is opium instead of ecstasy.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-21-2005 |
Reviews
A Triumph of Soul Over Stylenew
A jazz tribute to Pavement sounds like a bad idea, but it would be a shame to dismiss Gold Sounds on the basis of its gimmick.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-21-2005 |
Reviews
Sandpaper Dipped in Sorghumnew
Picking out highlights from an album so consistently brilliant is a fool's endeavor.
Illinois Times |
Bettye LaVette |
10-07-2005 |
Reviews
Weirdly Endearing Torture Musicnew
The quintet that grew out of the one-man band Skeletons is as bourgeois-averse as ever. Also reviewed: Petracovich's We Are Wyoming.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
Doveman's Gentle Hodgepodgenew
The mood is melancholy, not desperate in Doveman's banjo-driven album.
Illinois Times |
Renee Spencer Saller |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Love, Indispensable and Inadequatenew
Pixel Revolt sounds so fantastic we'll forgive you for not noticing the lyrics immediately.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
09-09-2005 |
Reviews
Every Track a Money Shotnew
It’s impossible to imagine a band more devoted to excitement, more single-minded in its pursuit of satisfaction, more successful in replicating the arousal/gratification cycle without becoming monotonous.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
09-02-2005 |
Reviews
