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'End Times' is Eels' Bleakest Work Yetnew

If you’re not in the mood to hear a guy falling apart on tape, this album most definitely isn’t for you. But if raw, heart-on-sleeve expression is your bag, and it’s a rainy Sunday morning, you’ll find a lot to love about this relationship apocalypse tale.
Artvoice  |  Joe Sweeney  |  02-05-2010  |  Reviews

Modest Mouse's Latest Compilation is a Surprisingly Solid Offeringnew

No One's First and You're Next is a collection of b-sides and singles that didn't quite make it onto a LP. But the songs aren't just mere outtakes. Included with a couple of new tracks are full re-recordings of the previously shelved tracks, making the album feel far from a group of oddities thrown together.
Artvoice  |  Geoffrey Anstey  |  08-21-2009  |  Reviews

'The Best of Jimmy Hughes' is a Long-Overdue Collectionnew

It only takes a verse and chorus of "I Worship the Ground You Walk On" to realize that Jimmy Hughes is one of the most criminally overlooked early maestros of the soul music explosion.
Artvoice  |  Donny Kutzbach  |  11-10-2008  |  Reviews

'Skeletal Lamping' Makes Clear that Of Montreal Doesn't Care About Pop Successnew

If this perennial indie band from Athens, Georgia, managed to break out as a mainstream pop force, it would make sense. And given the advance buzz for Skeletal Lamping, the band's ninth album, this seems to be its best shot yet ... until you listen to it.
Artvoice  |  Joe Sweeny  |  11-10-2008  |  Reviews

David Byrne and Brian Eno Collaborate Once Againnew

Thanks to the internet, this iconic pair of rock innovators realized their first collaboration since 1981's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. The long-distance results of Everything That Happens Will Happen Today are not merely cohesive but ultimately result in a textured and nuanced record of abstract, gospel-toned songs.
Artvoice  |  Donny Kutzbach  |  08-25-2008  |  Reviews

Songs Contain Strong Storytellingnew

While their penchant for snippet songs hasn’t been completely cast away, the shaggy and unpolished, unfinished nature of the songs largely has — at least on the band’s latest, Whitespace Differences (Tinhorn Planet) — and been replaced by loops, electronic sputtering and lush, synthetic arrangements.
Artvoice  |  Donny Kutzbach  |  01-31-2008  |  Reviews

'It's Britney, Bitch!'new

Is Blackout a "good" album? Not really. Is it "bad"? No, it isn't necessarily bad either. I guess the only way to describe it would be to say that it is, for lack of a better description, Britney.
Artvoice  |  Brad Deck  |  11-09-2007  |  Reviews

Emmylou Harris Presents Her Bestnew

For Songbird, Harris compiles her favorite moments -- largely lost and unheralded tracks -- from her nearly 40 years in music. The 12-time Grammy winner has a lot of fine moments to cull from for this stunning five-disc compendium.
Artvoice  |  Donny Kutzbach  |  10-12-2007  |  Reviews

When the Piano Calls Joni Mitchellnew

Perhaps the biggest compliment you can give to Shine is that it makes you believe that a piano did actually beckon to its creator. The album sounds like something that had to be made.
Artvoice  |  Joe Sweeney  |  10-12-2007  |  Reviews

Far From the Straight-ahead Career Retrospectivenew

While The Future Is Unwritten offers some rarities that will leave Clash completists chuffed, the real story here is the textured aural verite that provides the panoramic musical tableaux of Strummer's life.
Artvoice  |  Donny Kutzbach  |  06-29-2007  |  Reviews

The Arcade Fire's Hue Testamentnew

Neon Bible is nothing short of marvelous.
Artvoice  |  Donny Kutzbach  |  03-09-2007  |  Reviews

Box Set Celebrate's Elektra's Art Over Commercenew

Forever Changing speaks to the power of Jac Holzman's ideal.
Artvoice  |  Donny Kutzbach  |  02-26-2007  |  Reviews

Artvoice's Top 20 Albums of 2004

While it may have not have been the best year for some of our usual “stand-bys,” 2004 graced us with releases from new contenders for the prize like angular Scot guitar-poppists Franz Ferdinand and the unapologetically arty rockers Arcade Fire.
Artvoice  |  Matthew Barber, Jennifer Behrens, Donny Kutzbach, Tracy Marrow, Mark Norris and Joe Sweeney  |  01-04-2005  |  Reviews

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