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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.
Bowling for Soup: Rock 'n' Roll Sunshinenew
The band understands the need for a little sunshine in a genre often dominated by anger and despair.
Artvoice |
Caitlin DeRose |
05-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bowling for Soup
Remastered on the Slynew
Sly and the Family Stone's remastered albums show that, when you get down to brass tacks, it was the greatest party band of all time -- even when the party started getting ugly.
Tags: Sly and the Family Stone
The Arcade Fire's Hue Testamentnew
Neon Bible is nothing short of marvelous.
Tags: Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
Box Set Celebrate's Elektra's Art Over Commercenew
Forever Changing speaks to the power of Jac Holzman's ideal.
Science Soundsnew
Ringer-tee-wearing, record-store-dwelling denizens still have one band that they can count on.
Artvoice |
Mark Norris |
07-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yo La Tengo
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.