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Petal to the Metal
Patton still hasn't quite lost the surfer swagger that made him a pioneer of the worst genre ever to chest-beat its way out of the Golden State: rap-metal.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
06-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Peeping Tom
Blood Fret & Tears
Brett Sparks' bipolar disorder is to the Handsome Family's music what champagne is to Lawrence Welk.
Washington City Paper |
Pamela Murray Winters |
06-30-2006 |
Reviews
Singing the Body Electricnew
Jamie Lidell talks about America as underwear, a man’s needs and upgrading his laptop tech-pop with the instrument closest to his heart -- his stunning voice.
Montreal Mirror |
Scott C. |
06-30-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jamie Lidell
Mostly Standards, Done With Easenew
This eight-CD Complete Prestige Recordings from 1990 covers all five years of Davis' work for Prestige with the Quintet.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-29-2006 |
Reviews
A Postmodern Heart Attacknew
Senor Coconut was a German living in Chile in the late 70s -- his blend of electronic futurism, mindless pop, disco bump and lush exotica either sounded completely ridiculous or completely revolutionary.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Senor Coconut, Yellow Fever!
Boys Keep Swingingnew
This is an album of overt mood swings, clutching its master's degree under its overcoat and looking for a person or a world to share its bed with.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-29-2006 |
Reviews
Intent and Approachnew
Zepparella pays tribute, while their alter ego performs original material.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Live at 19 Broadway, Zepparella
The Pen and the Axenew
The New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones attempts to rock.
L.A. Weekly |
Michael Hoinski |
06-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Sands
Ghost Angelnew
60s cult icon Scott Walker steps back into the sun.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
06-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Scott Walker
Exquisitenew
Unembarrassed and undestroyed, this is Leonard Cohen at 71.
L.A. Weekly |
Greg Burk |
06-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Leonard Cohen
Moment of Trucenew
After a five-year war, Snoop and Tha Dogg Pound reunite for love, profits and West Coast pride.
L.A. Weekly |
Ben Quinones |
06-29-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Johnny Cash's Final Journeynew
Cash was an expert at finding and composing songs that got into the human spirit, and there are plenty on two new releases from the Cash archives: Personal File and American V: A Hundred Highways.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
06-28-2006 |
Reviews
Doom Merchantsnew
After 15 years, AFI suddenly finds itself at the summit of rock.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
06-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Air to the Thronenew
At the 2006 air guitar nationals, the thrill is real, though the axes are not.
The Village Voice |
Rob Harvilla |
06-28-2006 |
Music
Cookie Monsters of 'Rock'new
TV on the Radio turn their frustrations into defiantly fascinating art.
The Village Voice |
Jon Caramanica |
06-28-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: TV on the Radio
