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Mainstream Just a Chorus Awaynew
Unlike her stylistic counterpart, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Jenny Lewis has proven herself capable of more than bleeding-heart ballads and twee indie rock.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jenny Lewis, Rabbit Fur Coat
Song Remains the Samenew
Though talk of Buddhist philosophy sneaks into this musician's debut recording, it comes less from his personal faith than it does from planting his secular tongue firmly in his cheek.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chad Radford |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
La Vida Escovedonew
For someone who has put so much of his heart and soul into his music, it's good to see the fruits of Alejandro Escovedo's labor when the community gives something back.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Kelly |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alejandro Escovedo, Room of Songs
Country Music Critics' Poll 2006new
The Nashville Scene asked more than 100 critics from all over North America to weigh in on the best country acts and albums in 2005.
Nashville Scene |
Geoffrey Himes |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
In Her Own Eyesnew
Brandi Carlile leaves behind her cabin for a tour that's making her a rising star.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brandi Carlile
Church and Statenew
Mute Math fights the machine at Warner Bros.
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
01-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mute Math
The Rise of Reggaetonnew
Make way for reggaeton, the latest Latin musical style to sweep the world and just maybe the one with the most promise of finding a permanent, prominent place in global popular culture.
Boston Phoenix |
Wayne Marshall |
01-19-2006 |
Music
Three Times a Crybabynew
Adams mines American Beauty and Workingman's Dead respectably, but his attempts at early-'70s Neil Young piano ballads come off as tear-stained love letters to himself.
The Village Voice |
Michael Hoinski |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ryan Adams, 29
Hot-Towel Heavennew
An American Idol champ takes exurban road out with map and Bible.
The Village Voice |
Edd Hurt |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts
True Gritsnew
The Gossip's Beth Ditto is cooking with meat -- and mixing riot grrrl gospel with punk rock panache.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Greasy Listeningnew
A new box set maps the blueprint for Miles Davis’ thermonuclear 1970s Rockfunkjazz.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
01-18-2006 |
Reviews
This Is Pop?new
The Click Five create harmonic bliss.
Riverfront Times |
Kristyn Pomranz |
01-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Click Five
A Who's Who of Prog-Rocknew
This live CD combines acid-laced sonic experimentation, conservatory-bred musicianship and a will to smash pop-music convention.
A Limited Scopenew
Pearls and Brass only seems capable of creating a bombastic, one-dimensional fusion of Grand Funk boogie and Black Sabbath fuzz, in which deafening volume replaces crafty chops.
Tags: Pearls and Brass, The Indian Tower
Wretched Rocknew
This Australian quartet slowly drags you through a long night of drink, gore and weighing whether to end it all.
