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Suphala Gently Subverts Coffeehouse Background Musicnew
Blueprint is instantly appealing, but with a deceptive amount of substance.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-19-2007 |
Reviews
Trials and Tribulations of the Country Slashersnew
The difficult birth of Orlando's most riotous punkers debut album.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Country Slashers
Various Artistsnew
With so much (deserved) attention focused on the Afrobeat and highlife music that came out of Lagos in the ’60s and ’70s, it’s easy to assume that Nigeria was the only country on the continent that was churning out those slinky, sweaty grooves.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Various, Bokoor Beats
The Nels Cline Singersnew
There are still no vocalists in the Nels Cline Singers, and the third disc from the guitarist’s latest group project again proves the much-belabored point that you don’t need a microphone to get your point across
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Howard Hello/Greenessnew
Put together as a fund-raiser for Children’s Musical Education in St. Augustine, the sonic collision of the gauzy, warm-toned digital swoon of Howard Hello and the full-frontal math-rock attack of Greenness doesn’t seem to make sense.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Howard Hello/Greeness, Split LP
Rasputina Adds a Shocking Amount of Modernitynew
Sounding less like the corseted vampires that have been invoked by their previous releases, the band emerges on their first independently released studio album sounding like a cross between Sleater-Kinney, the White Stripes and, well, corseted vampires.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-28-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Oh Perilous World, Rasputina
Sweden Knows its Pop Musicnew
Without the talents of Swedish producer Max Martin, it's quite likely that the world would have been spared most of the hits of the 90s tween-pop craze.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-21-2007 |
Reviews
A Real Tribute to Cash, Not an Insultnew
No goofy novelties, just genuine, no-nonsense performances.
Orlando Weekly |
Rob O'Connor |
06-21-2007 |
Reviews
A True Collaborationnew
It's ironic that it took a minimal-minded musician like Christian Fennesz to wake the mighty Ryuichi Sakamoto from his creative slumber.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Cendre, Fennesz Sakamoto
The Return of Wheatnew
These prodigal indie-pop pioneers are back nearly four years after their disastrous major-label flirtation.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-14-2007 |
Reviews
Two Madmen With Intuitive Creativitynew
Neither Chris Goss or Jeordie White are quick to conform to any predetermined sonic expectations.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Goon Moon, Licker's Last Leg
The Gorillas Get Less Challenging and Less Abrasivenew
As metal continues to get smarter and smarter, it seems that Sleepytime Gorilla Museum just keeps getting dumber and dumber.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-07-2007 |
Reviews
One Long, Glorious Mood Swingnew
For all of those who worried that that the twisted cathedral-ism of Wainwright's Want Two was signaling the end of the progression so winningly scorched by its similarly named predecessor, Want One, this should come as a relief.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-31-2007 |
Reviews
Erasure's Edge Remains Largely Dullednew
Andy Bell and Vince Clarke carry on with periodic brushes with brilliance, typically buoyed by the very same synthetic loony-bounce that earned them little respect in their Erasure heyday.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-31-2007 |
Reviews
Really Saying Nothingnew
Bananarama and the accidental genuis of carefree collaboration.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
05-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bananarama
