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Frizzy Charmnew
The Parisian electro-house imprint Ed Banger Records operates with enough savoir faire and cooler-than-thou hype to make you vomit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Ed Rec Vol. 2
History Awaits Your Earsnew
Not everything worked, but the great stuff far outweighs the weaker artists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Box Set Celebrate's Elektra's Art Over Commercenew
Forever Changing speaks to the power of Jac Holzman's ideal.
Late-Night Lineupnew
While Om: Chilled is meant for the bedroom, the CD's standout songs feature vocals or rhymes that will keep you up listening into the wee hours.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
T. LaGon |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Om: Chilled
Pop-Culture Kitschnew
And now it's time for today's long distance dedication...
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
02-08-2007 |
Reviews
Retro-holic Reimaginationsnew
This collection of 15 Kraftwerk covers immerses the listener in a strange, swirling temporal vortex of music.
Orlando Weekly |
Ian Monroe |
02-08-2007 |
Reviews
Limited By Source Materialnew
A merciful god would have quit with frogs and locusts.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Plague Songs
Bible Beltingnew
The eternal, here and now.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-05-2007 |
Reviews
Paying Tribute -- Againnew
Like the first Sucking, this comp is thankfully short on irony and deconstruction while taking more heartfelt liberties.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-05-2007 |
Reviews
R&B's Golden Age, Revisitednew
If this soundtrack makes the Motown sound hip again, there'll be benefits for everyone.
Cleveland Scene |
Dan LeRoy |
01-05-2007 |
Reviews
Bright Lights and Dim Bulbsnew
Twenty-one artist tribute to Daniel Johnston is a mixed bag.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
01-05-2007 |
Reviews
Potent New Stylenew
Hyphy Hitz helpfully collects several popular singles rarely heard outside the West Coast.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, Hyphy Hitz
Provocateurs to Profiteersnew
The North Carolina-based Sugar Hill Records was founded in 1978 by Barry Poss to record modern music that was grounded in traditional styles.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
01-04-2007 |
Reviews
Dumb and Dumbernew
The cost of putting together a compilation with all the big hitters might have prevented Hyphy Hitz from ever seeing release -- and that would really be dumb.
Tags: Various Artists, Hyphy Hitz
Renegades of Funknew
Rhino digs deep into the vaults for What It Is! and the righteous funk that time forgot.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Don Waller |
01-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Artists, What It Is!
