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Salvation Armynew
Depeche Mode's Playing the Angel finds singer Dave Gahan dragging out his troubles.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
11-07-2005 |
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Tags: Depeche Mode, Playing the Angel
The Global Villagenew
The delicious irony of this wonderful compilation of anti-globalism music and texts is that, without the acceleration of globalization over the past decade, the very logistics of uniting artists and writers from first- and third-world countries would have been nearly insurmountable.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-05-2005 |
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A Middle Pathnew
You haven't heard Isaac Hayes until you've heard Isaac Hayes sing "Baby I'm-A Want You."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-04-2005 |
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Modest Gains Are Hardly Worth Praisenew
While a definite improvement over their poisonous introductory EP, Lions' modest gains are hardly worthy of praise, let alone the absurd hyperbole that inevitably attaches to any band that suffers a Wilco-esque major-label wipeout.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Jon Garrett |
11-04-2005 |
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Duo Puts Out Strong, Promising Debutnew
Fronted by the coed duo of Flora Reed and Philip Price, Massachusetts' Winterpills play melancholy indie-pop in the vein of Elliot Smith on their 10-track, self-titled debut.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cory Byrom |
11-04-2005 |
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Tags: Winterpills
Band Pushes Unique Style of Bizarro Metal to Logical Endnew
Catch Thirty-Three outdoes all of the band's recent efforts, even topping last year's stellar I EP, which, with its one 20-minute song, hinted at where the band was heading.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cory Byrom |
11-04-2005 |
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Tags: Meshuggah, Catch Thirty-Three
You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Sincerity is Atmosphere's strong point, so it makes sense that the Minnesota hip-hop duo named its fifth disc You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having. And, uh, no we can't.
Washington City Paper |
Joe Warminsky |
11-04-2005 |
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God-loving Shredders Transcend Metal Norms and Spellchecknew
More than a decade after the peak of their career, Stryper proves their music is "just as serious as anybody's," but their main priority is still Jesus.
Dig Boston |
Jedd Gottlieb |
11-03-2005 |
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Tags: Stryper, Stryper, Fans Are Reborn
The Lady Lou Bouncenew
The first female rapper from St. Louis to score a major-label deal, Ebony Eyez seems fully aware of her precedent-setting achievement -- and maybe a bit defensive about it, too. Also reviewed: Minotaur Shock's Maritime.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
11-03-2005 |
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Not Your Typical Narcissistnew
Iconoclastic singer/songwriter Count Marc Anthony Thompson, using the name Chocolate Genius, takes an autobiographical approach that is far removed from the post-folky narcissism of his inferiors.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-28-2005 |
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International Pop Overthrow
Given the U.S. music press's penchant for pithy descriptors, The Earlies' publicist must have had a tough time putting into bullet points just what, exactly, this bunch of wacked-out weirdoes is up to.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
10-27-2005 |
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Inverse Americananew
While the fluid collective of Chicago musicians known as Pinetop Seven has never exactly produced the happiest music around, this is their darkest and most moving record to date.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
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Tags: Pinetop Seven, The Night's Bloom
Funky Stewnew
The best thing about Belize City Boil Up isn't the fact that it shines a light on a woefully underdocumented (and equally underappreciated) music scene.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
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A Rustic Personality Returnsnew
Although it's been 35 years since Vashti Bunyan last recorded an album, it doesn't sound as if a day has passed between that first disc (Just Another Diamond Day) and the new Lookaftering.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
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Tags: Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering
A Playful Spiritnew
This full-length debut from Swedish ambientologist Henrik Jonsson is perplexing for a number of reasons.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-27-2005 |
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