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Quintet Walks Softly, Carries Big Hooknew
Few tracks jump out, but every song beckons you back to discover its layered pleasures, often oblique lyrical nuances and understated melodic charms.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
10-27-2005 |
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Those Were The Days
The subversive songs on Dolly Parton's new CD are the type that used to keep President Nixon awake at night.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
10-24-2005 |
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Tags: Dolly Parton, Those Were The Days
Hard to Label This Applenew
Dissatisfied with the first version of her CD, Fiona Apple went back to the studio with a new producer: The result is opium instead of ecstasy.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-21-2005 |
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A Triumph of Soul Over Stylenew
A jazz tribute to Pavement sounds like a bad idea, but it would be a shame to dismiss Gold Sounds on the basis of its gimmick.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
10-21-2005 |
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Tender Buttons
As a band known for spending too much time in the studio, Broadcast was always just a few tweaks away from delivering a completely bland recording. The group's latest, Tender Buttons, finally fulfills that lack of promise.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Kanin |
10-20-2005 |
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The Magic Numbers
Whether you like hype-bedecked London popsters Magic Numbers may depend on whether you liked Ken Jennings, The Jeopardy! champ.
Washington City Paper |
Pamela Murray Winters |
10-20-2005 |
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Heart Murmur
If Strange Geometry is any indication, the long-standing hipster backlash against R.E.M. appears, finally, to have ended.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
10-20-2005 |
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Tsunami of Heartsnew
Rhino's new girl groups box set presents 120 chapters from the Book of Love
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-20-2005 |
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Mountain Music is Not Deadnew
In Love What You Do, the six "brothers" mix together all the stylings of country, bluegrass and mountain music with sprinklings of rock, gospel and punk to create something that is held together by sheer enthusiasm.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Al Kaufman |
10-20-2005 |
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This is Indie Pop Done Rightnew
Bright Ideas, the first Portastatic album to be recorded with a stable band is arguably its best, but certainly its most focused release.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
10-20-2005 |
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Tags: Portastatic, Bright Ideas
Album Loosely Traces Life and Love of Hip-Hopnew
MC Slug's self-deprecating women troubles are as much pose as autobiography, which if missed can be as damaging to your appreciation of his rhymes as taking Morrissey's dour woe at face value.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Chris Parker |
10-20-2005 |
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Prescription-Drug Optimistnew
JamisonParker's debut full-length is an atmospheric mood swing of fluffy sugar highs and suicidal lows -- a psychotropic emo trip befitting the melancholy of autumn.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
10-18-2005 |
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Tags: JamisonParker, Sleepwalker
Crowe's Songsnew
The CD Elizabethtown is only the latest to reveal director Cameron Crowe's love affair with soundtracks.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-17-2005 |
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The Peoples Champ
Hip-hop's had its share of wiggas, but Paul Wall is an extreme case.
Washington City Paper |
Sarah Godfrey |
10-14-2005 |
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You Could Have It So Much Better
Whether you think their sound is genius, a guilty pleasure, or junk, the boys from Glasgow throw all they've got into it, and it's tough not to appreciate their dedication.
Washington City Paper |
Anne Marson |
10-14-2005 |
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