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Weather or Notnew
In 2005, South Florida music was a little bit of paradise and a little bit of purgatory.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-10-2006 |
Music
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For the Recordnew
While 67,518 discs were released in 2005, these were the 10 that really mattered.
Luscious Lists, Part Twonew
In the exciting conclusion of a two-part series, our critics recap 2005 faves -- just because they can.
Tucson Weekly |
Curtis McCrary, Linda Ray and Stephen Seigel |
01-05-2006 |
Reviews
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The Year in Picturesnew
From Alice to Gwen and from Devo to Kanye, Cleveland's year in music is remembered with graphic photographs.
Cleveland Scene |
Walter Novak |
01-04-2006 |
Music
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In With the Newnew
These St. Louis-area performers helped make 2005 a year of new beginnings for the local music scene, even as there were sad endings.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
01-04-2006 |
Music
Diaspora Jammin'new
In 2005, the global-fusion trend reaped a bountiful harvest of outernational sounds that threatened to overshadow domestic releases in terms of musical innovation, if not pop-cultural magnitude.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Freestyle Fellowshipnew
A variety of bands best known for their live shows also made magic in the studio last year.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Zwickel |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Rap It Upnew
The Black Eyed Peas, Cowboy Troy and Hot Karl represent the year's worst in urban music.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
Year-End, Best-Of Music Lists Suck... Except For This Onenew
Tsar, Dropkick Murphys, and Straylight Run garnered top honors in this year-end, best-of music list.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
12-30-2005 |
Reviews
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Luscious Listsnew
Tucson Weekly music critics join the rest of the universe in recapping their 2005 faves.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong and Annie Holub |
12-29-2005 |
Reviews
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How the Jazz Year Endsnew
Evidence of jazz's engagement with the world's greater events, trends and circumstances emerges from three items that pop out as one muses on the year past.
New York Press |
Howard Mandel |
12-29-2005 |
Music
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Healthy Distrustnew
On the surface, 2005 was another banner year for hip-hop. But beneath the surface there was an underlying restlessness -- a cultural and an aesthetic agitation that was both hidden and violent.
Riverfront Times |
Sam Chennault |
12-29-2005 |
Music
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Overlooked in 2005new
Most of the CDs on this list are by artists you've likely never heard of, but a couple are by neglected but trusty war-horses.
Riverfront Times |
Scott Faingold |
12-29-2005 |
Music
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Hip-Hop Year in Reviewnew
A tight focus reveals hip-hop thriving in dozens of niches, even if none of the resultant albums can completely refute the sense that the genre is still stuck in a holding pattern.
Riverfront Times |
Dan Leroy |
12-29-2005 |
Music
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Let There Be Rocknew
One writer counts down the ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways.
Riverfront Times |
Rob Harvilla |
12-29-2005 |
Music
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