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Awaken the Guardiannew
A three-disc reissue of Fates Warning's 1986 album reminds metalheads that brains and brawn weren't mutually exclusive in mid-'80s metal.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Awaken the Guardian, Fates Warning
Small Sins and Good Old-Fashioned American Indie Rocknew
Canadian writer and producer Thomas D'Arcy has assembled a strikingly intimate yet sonically expansive debut in Small Sins.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Garrett |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Consistent Painnew
The members of Jet By Day proclaim themselves to be purveyors of "heavy-indie-Southern rock" and indeed, they deliver something like that. It's heavy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Laurel Snyder |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jet By Day, The Vulture
Global Summitnew
There are pop stars who are rich and famous. And then there's Khaled, a Moroccan-born singer who has moved beyond merely being "popular" and into something more along the lines of "omnipresent."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-14-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Musical Collagesnew
Kid606 uses all sorts of instruments and noises to create cut-and-paste soundscapes.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Resilience, Kid606
Wild Ride Through Lifenew
Lubbock's Joe Ely started his first band at 14 and has traveled the world ever since. Next year, the University of Texas will publish his journals covering the last 30 years.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Ely, Letter to Laredo
The Case of the Closetnew
R. Kelly gets crazy in his longest sonic soap opera yet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: R. Kelly, TP.3 Reloaded
Wonder Twins Activate!new
Just off a European tour with the Killers and elbow-rubbing with Weezer, Tegan and Sara take a break to discuss Phil Collins and the fact that, oh yeah, they're identical twins.
Dig Boston |
Sue Bell |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tegan and Sara, So Jealous
Brit Punks Regroup, Flip Arthritic Bird at Statenew
The Subhumans are back together, on tour, and they're still pissed off about the social and political state of the world.
Dig Boston |
Chris Haire |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Subhumans
The Son Also Risesnew
Femi Kuti, the son of Nigerian Afro-beat creator Fela Kuti, carries on the musical revolution while fighting poverty and injustice.
Dig Boston |
Michael Brodeur |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Femi Kuti
Anything but Ordinarynew
Classics that will be added to the Great American Songbook are far and few between. John Legend’s “Ordinary People” from his 2004 album Get Lifted may achieve that status.
Baltimore City Paper |
Makkada B. Selah |
07-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
From Here to Eternitynew
With younger audiences yearning for something that's not too arty, too wimpy, too loud or too soft, Built to Spill seems right on target.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
07-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
More Swing Than Swaggernew
Another promising rock troupe rises from the ashes of the Signoffs.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
07-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rock's Minimalist Master: The Expansive Influence of Brian Enonew
From his first conceptual recording in 1965 -- the slowed-down sound of a metal lamp stand being struck overdubbed with a friend reading a poem -- to his new Another Day on Earth, Brian Eno has had an amazing run as a composer, musician, producer, and sonic artist.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
07-12-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fiddle Ma Nizzlenew
This duo goes where hip-hop has never gone before: the orchestra pit.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Mosi Reeves |
07-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
