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Top 10 Dance Albums of 2009: Club-Land Crossovernew

2009 was a banner year for core e-music grooves. If one thing marked 2009 on the dance floor, it was a new sense of eclecticism. Cool-kid indie DJs played trance, trance jocks name-checked MGMT, dance stars went pop, pop stars went dance.
L.A. Weekly  |  Dennis Romero  |  12-28-2009  |  Reviews
Tags: best dance albums of 2009, club music, DJ Hell, Teufelswerk, electronic

2009: The Musical Year In Reviewnew

What follows is 10 of my obsessions from this past year. This is the stuff that I couldn’t get out of my head, starting with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's self-titled album.
L.A. Weekly  |  Randall Roberts  |  12-28-2009  |  Reviews
Tags: best albums of 2009, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, others, Year in Review

Van Morrison Once Again Ventures Into the Slipstreamnew

What has eluded Morrison in recent years -- and what the famously press-skeptical artist has certainly done nothing to court -- is a galvanizing, buzz-worthy, late-career "comeback" on the order of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan or Neil Diamond.
L.A. Weekly  |  Scott Foundas  |  05-27-2008  |  Reviews
Tags: folk, Lost Highway, soul, rock, Keep It Simple, Van Morrison

The Beginning of a No Agenew

Simply put, the best punk album of the 21st century.
L.A. Weekly  |  Randall Roberts  |  05-09-2008  |  Reviews
Tags: punk, Sub Pop, No Age, Nouns

'Paranoid Park': The Soundtrack of Their Livesnew

Skate movie dispenses with the angst, surrounds itself with Nino Rota and Elliott Smith.
L.A. Weekly  |  Randall Roberts  |  04-04-2008  |  Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Paranoid Park

Sticky, 'Icky' Goodnessnew

White Stripes get back to their little room.
L.A. Weekly  |  Kate Sullivan  |  06-29-2007  |  Reviews
Tags: Icky Thump, White Stripes

McCartney's Vintage Clothesnew

Paul gets heavy on Memory Almost Full.
L.A. Weekly  |  Kate Sullivan  |  06-22-2007  |  Reviews
Tags: Paul McCartney, Memory Almost Full

Everything Is Divine Marvelousnew

Tropicalia shimmers anew.
L.A. Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  05-11-2006  |  Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound

Fresh Mozzarellanew

Moz moves to Rome, turns born-again extra-virgin -- Abbondanza!
L.A. Weekly  |  Siran Babayan  |  04-27-2006  |  Reviews
Tags: Morrissey, Ringleader of the Tormentors

Yarr Yarr Yarrnew

Karen O is singin' like a pirate, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are lookin' for a song.
L.A. Weekly  |  Chuck Clayton  |  03-30-2006  |  Reviews
Tags: Show Your Bones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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