AltWeeklies Wire
You Should've Been There: Hot Chip in Concertnew
A blog review of Hot Chip's show at Portland, Ore.'s Crystal Ballroom.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams and Todd Cooper |
04-24-2008 |
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Tags: Hot Chip, concert review
'Attack and Release' Misses the Marknew
The album, which originated as a project for Ike Turner, is not awash with needless complexity, but the additional instrumentation is ancillary and never quite a part of the band’s sonic range.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Gabe Gomez |
04-24-2008 |
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Manic Anarchynew
The songs on Worldwide both charm and ricochet around your brain long after the disc stops playing.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-24-2008 |
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Tags: Worldwide, The Death Set
Improvement Notednew
The second album from Jack White's other band hints that the third album will finally be the one we've been waiting for.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
04-24-2008 |
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Uncomfortable Tunesnew
The Fuck Buttons' music works as art -- but you'll probably only want to hear it once.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
04-24-2008 |
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Tags: Fuck Buttons, Street Horrrsing
MC Slug Drops the Introspection on Atmosphere's Latestnew
Without the bangers or the confessionals, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold doesn't have an immediate payoff. But give it time: There's lots to like in the duo's different yet still considered and craft-conscious work.
Washington City Paper |
Ben Westhoff |
04-24-2008 |
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Pacific UV Flexes Its Growth on Sophomore Effortnew
The band isn't bashful of its myriad influences (Radiohead, Lamb, the Smiths, Spiritualized) when touted in interviews, but Longplay 2 not only mines rock touchstones, it does so damn well.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
04-23-2008 |
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R.E.M.'s 'Accelerate' Shows Signs of Lifenew
A return to form? A departure from a mellow style to something heavy and hard? Old-school fans are quite glad to hear that it's a bit of both.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
04-23-2008 |
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Tags: Accelerate, r.e.m.
Blackheart Society is Oh Oh-Kaynew
The instrumentation is there, yes, and there are indeed moments throughout the disc when it seems like Blackheart Society is on the cusp of something great.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
04-21-2008 |
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Maybe PPT Had Too Much Confidencenew
Denglish finds Dallas hip-hop crew PPT stumbling over the same goofiness that usually makes its act so endearing.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Freedman |
04-21-2008 |
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Gnarls Barkley's Switch from ADD Workouts to Xanax Meditationsnew
If St. Elsewhere was the party disc, Gnarls Barkley's follow-up, The Odd Couple, is either the soundtrack for the after-party or the next-day walk of shame.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
04-21-2008 |
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She, Him and the Destroyernew
Volume One, released March 18 on Merge, is a blend of traditional country, The Kinks and '50s doo-wop.
Jackson Free Press |
Zach Thompson |
04-21-2008 |
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Tags: She & Him, Volume One
With Humble Praisenew
Not knowing where to begin in your search of good music, it might be helpful to stick with a motto that the JFP starting pushing a few years back: "Think Global, Shop Local."
Jackson Free Press |
Andi Agnew |
04-21-2008 |
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Tags: The Voice, Tonya Ware
Dan Bejar Creates Another Solid Albumnew
In between working on releases with his other projects (Swan Lake; Hello, Blue Roses and the New Pornographers), Dan Bejar somehow had time to record Trouble In Dreams.
NOW Magazine |
Jordan Rimm |
04-18-2008 |
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George Clooney's Football Folliesnew
With its speak-easies and patina of easy Roaring Twenties corruption, its bungling cops and daring hijinks, romantic rivalry and slinky moments of seduction, Leatherheads delivers two solid hours of old-fashioned entertainment.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
04-18-2008 |
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