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Unsparing Sea Creates Eerinessnew
There are also plenty of cellos, harmoniums, saws, glockenspiels, and accordions on A Cloud in the Cathedral, a majestic sprawl of baroque psychedelia and Victorian gothic.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
12-04-2007 |
Reviews
Athletes Step Off the Field and Into the Studionew
Master P's son Lil' Romeo is trading his music career for a shot at college basketball. Normally the crossover goes the other way: athletes try to make Billboard hits.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Workhorse Rides Roughnew
Workhorse is an animal willing to do the heavy lifting -- emphasis on "heavy."
Tags: Beasts of Burden, Workhorse
Duran Duran Was Never a Great Bandnew
The Duranies gained fame as sleek, sleazy showmen with a strong visual sense and the ability to transform other people's ideas into garish pop readymades. Massacre follows that formula.
Tags: Duran Duran, Red Carpet Massacre
Chino Moreno's Heralded Side Project is Headed for Hibernationnew
"We're not putting out a record until 2010," says Chino Moreno, the Deftones frontman who captains Team Sleep.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Team Sleep
Victoria Mines an Unlikely Chemistrynew
The band's upcoming debut EP, Ghost Town, captures Kings of Leon's Southern-rock swing matched by equal doses of Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin's rumbling blues-boogie, Pearl Jam's garage-thrash and even Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's sexed-up distortion.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ghost Town, Victoria
Steel of the Centurynew
Although firmly grounded in the grainy Midwest post-rock tradition, Riddle of Steel also incorporates plenty of stoner-rock sleaze and prog-complexity.
Riverfront Times |
Annie Zaleski |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 1985, Riddle of Steel
Ogle The Wogglesnew
Georgia's gift to garage bands also packs a few surprises.
New Haven Advocate |
Christopher Arnott |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Woggles
Sex Mob Rulesnew
For the jazz rock vets, the whole world is Downtown.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sex Mob
Afrika Bambaataa's Interplanetary Craftnew
The legendary founder of the Universal Zulu Nation gets cosmic.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Mark Black |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Afrika Bambaataa
It's Been a Hell of a Year for Pop Genius Brian Christinzionew
He's checked in to a mental institution and conquered England with an album nobody in the States has heard.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Patrick Rapa |
12-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Surveying Stevie Wondernew
He's become the now-underrated owner of one of modern pop's greatest discographies.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stevie Wonder
Neil Young's Finest Momentsnew
How do you pick just a handful of songs from the 40-year career of rock’s most esteemed, chameleon-like, oft-copied (never duplicated), guitar-thrashing icon?
Tags: Neil Young, concerts
Hanson on More Than 'MMMBop'new
To fans of the group, just celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their debut album’s multi-platinum release, the good that the band has done all over the world cannot be discounted by naysayers who credit 'MMMBop' as Hanson's only legacy.
Artvoice |
Brad Deck |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hanson
Young Franknew
A Voice in Time's material shows the surprising, youthful vulnerability and naïve romanticism of early Sinatra — a far cry from the cocky swagger of his Vegas years.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
11-30-2007 |
Reviews
