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Everything You'd Expect From Johnny Cash, Reallynew
An album full of hurt, devotion, malaise and dejection — American VI: Ain't No Grave is everything, really, that you’d expect from a well-rounded Cash album.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
02-17-2010 |
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Wait, What Happened to Brian Jonestown Massacre?new
No one just kind of likes Brian Jonestown Massacre. Well, not until now, maybe. A band that enjoyed hefty press after the 2004 documentary DiG! became the darling of Sundance, fans and haters have become staunch in their stances.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
02-17-2010 |
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Precise Narratives, Courtesy of Darden Smithnew
This retrospective collection of 16 of the Austin singer/songwriter's best tunes focuses primarily on midtempo and nearly twangless folk-pop tales of small towns, heartache, dreams and desire.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-17-2010 |
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Obscurely Accessible: In Mourning's 'Monolith'new
Monolith is either a beautiful way to say goodbye to a broken world, or a chance to enjoy metal done right and - dare it be said - accessibly. Vocalist Tobias Netzell could be singing about flowers and bunnies, but methinks he's actually obsessed with end times.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
02-17-2010 |
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Tags: In Mourning, Monolith
Sade's 'Soldier of Love' Worth the 10-Year Waitnew
On her long-awaited new album, Sade continues to practice a now-classic style of exquisite heartbreak and desperate desire while slipping from blissed-out funk to heady R&B revivalism.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
02-17-2010 |
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Tags: Sade, Soldier of Love
New Experi-Indie Album Shinesnew
Review of Cave Syndrome, a new experi-indie album by a Seattle-based project fronted by a North Texas artist, Transient Songs.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Ken Shimamoto |
02-17-2010 |
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Chickadee Mountain Martyrs' Kitchen-Sink Music Never Fails to Surprisenew
Luc Parker is the lead guitarist and principal lyricist of Chickadee Mountain Martyrs, and on University Avenue after a weekday Turf Club show, he treads this territory as cautiously as a mine diver, as if the slightest stumble in self-definition might blow his band to bits.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
David Hansen |
02-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jazz Album Taps Into Plena, an Overlooked Puerto Rican Rhythmnew
Ancestral and electrifying, Esta Plena, which lost its two bids for a Grammy Award to Terence Blanchard and Chucho and Bebo Valdes, is nonetheless a milestone recording. For the first time, it creates an album-length conversation between jazz and plena.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
02-12-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Goodie Mob Reconnects, Gets Back to the Musicnew
It's hard to love Southern hip-hop and not love Goodie Mob. It seems like the mere mention of the group that gave us "They Don't Dance No Mo," "Cell Therapy" and coined the phrase "Dirty South" makes fans get all nostalgic.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Mike McCray |
02-11-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Goodie Mob
Live Through This: Ten Years On, Otep Shamaya Still Rages Against the Machinenew
What really sets the singer and her band apart from their legion of metal brethren is Otep Shamaya's lyrical bent, which is light years away from good old mythology, misogyny and unrequited hate.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
02-11-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Thermals Write An Olympic Anthemnew
Well, isn’t this good timing. Just three days before the Winter Olympics start in Vancouver, BC, everyone’s favorite punk band the Thermals have penned an ode to the land of hockey, poutine, and mounties.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
02-10-2010 |
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The Second Coming of Retribution Gospel Choirnew
Alan Sparhawk doesn't have a reputation for writing exciting music, which makes his ascent into the exuberant rock of Retribution Gospel Choir's aptly titled second coming, 2, so remarkable.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2010 |
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Tags: 2, Retribution Gospel Choir
Second Helping: AM's 'Future Sons Daughters'new
Future sound-bites Philly soul, Brazilian flavors and Italian soundtracks, but it all turns out like country-tinged, throwback Cali pop. A bit Turtles, a bit Byrds, a bit Mamas and Papas.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lily Moayeri |
02-09-2010 |
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Tags: AM, Future Sons Daughters
Flip It and Reverse It: The Magnetic Fields' 'Realism'new
Not even Morrissey could pull off a line like "I want you crawling back to me, down on your knees, like an appendectomy sans anesthesia" without a hint of irony; but that's the power of Stephin Merritt.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
02-09-2010 |
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Deep Dish: Galactic's 'Ya-Ka-May'new
Ya-Ka-May is a Chinese soup enjoyed by New Orleanians, made from meat (just about any kind will do), noodles, a hard-boiled egg and green onions. Galactic's latest, Ya-Ka-May, is infused with the same spirit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Ben Westhoff |
02-09-2010 |
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