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Unlikely Requiemnew
After a death in the family, the road to recovery is lined with transcendent rock and roll.
Wild Apenew
If your taste in music is so safe, bland and generic that you think Christian rock can get a little too "saucy," then you're in luck, thanks to Dallas' latest clones Belafonte.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
01-17-2006 |
Reviews
Dead Like Menew
How do you survive 11 straight hours of the Grateful Dead?
Cleveland Scene |
Dan Strachota |
01-17-2006 |
Music
Tags: The Grateful Dead
Phair Game
The best tracks on It's a Game stamp their themes into your brain by attaching them to big ol' hooks.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Edith Frost, It's a Game
Top O the Mourning
Though there are plenty of potentially bright, brisk sounds thrown in, the results don't often come across that way on this disc.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Absentee Hipnessnew
Philadelphia's Marah has fans that are cooler than yours -- and you.
Dig Boston |
Jedd Gottlieb |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Slim Constraintsnew
Slim Shady's best-of set lets the mass market work in his favor.
The Village Voice |
Werner Trieschmann |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eminem, Curtain Call -- The Hits
Hot Little Weirdonew
The spunky, brainy Colombian sexpot rides her bicycle down the cobblestone street of your mind.
The Village Voice |
Robert Christgau |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shakira
Hey Mr. DJnew
New Order's Peter Hook likes to deejay because "it’s nice to please people" and "it's better than being dead."
OC Weekly |
Eyad Karkoutly |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Peter Hook
Kinda Kinksnew
The 88 doesn't seem to mind the constant comparison to the Kinks.
OC Weekly |
Sean O'Connell |
01-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kind of Light, The 88
Mozart an Idiot!new
An Orange County lawsuit says two-year-old wrote many of Michael Jackson's hits.
Not Giants in Those Daysnew
A video disc and a big pile of reissues make the case for a '70s prog cult band who were never pompous.
The Village Voice |
Barry Walters |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gentle Giant, Giant For A Day
Winning Enthusiasmnew
This Brooklyn trio doesn't reinvent the wheel, but its debut album has its charms.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
01-12-2006 |
Reviews
Random and Pleasant Surprisesnew
This four-CD box set is compiled of many appealing grooves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mikael Wood |
01-12-2006 |
Reviews
Evolving Claritynew
Jazzanova's strength is in weaving such a meticulously embroidered mesh that you take each remix for a collaborative original.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
01-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jazzanova, The Remixes: 2002-2005
