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  • Metallica – Death Magnet – review

    When “That Was Just Your Life” opens all you can do is wonder: Where the hell has Metallica been all these years? It’s as if they were in a coma and have been awaken after a seventeen year nap and picked up where they left off. It’s as if “Load” and “St. Anger” where a…

  • Brian Wilson – Lucky Old Sun – review

    This conceptual album is one in a thread of projects from Brian Wilson that connects from Pet Sounds, to Brian Wilson Presents “SMiLE” and now to “That Lucky Old Sun.” The album is an intimate and personal work from a living musical legend.

  • Young Jeezy – The Recession – review

    Young Jeezy’s story represents the struggle, pain, and pressure that anyone living in the hood deals with. It also gives you the inspiration and motivation to make it out, be successful, and achieve your goals.

  • New Kids on the Block – The Block – review

    You know ’em, You love ’em, you can’t live without them. New Kids on The Block are back with their first new music in 14 years.

  • The Verve – Forth – review

    The Verve are back with their fourth release after separating and reuniting.

  • The Game – LAX – review

    The Game returns with his third and supposedly last CD LAX. Keisha Cole is featured on the lead off track ‘Game’s Pain.’ Other guests include Ice Cube, Raekwon, Ludacris, Bilal and Raheem DeVaughn, appearing on “State of Emergency,” “Bulletproof Diaries,” “Cali Sunshine” and “Touchdown,” respectively.

  • Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone – review

    After over 5 million albums sold in the US, Slipknot returns with their most powerful statement yet – “All Hope Is Gone.” Filled with the fury people have come to expect from Slipknot as well as some extraordinary surprises, this album is the culmination of the band’ s nine unique members, three platinum albums and…

  • Lykke Li – Youth Novels – review

    2008 debut album from the Swedish Pop sensation. Lykke is a name on every one’s lips right now, having released an EP that featured the radio hit ‘Just A Little Bit’.

  • Ice Cube – Raw Footage – review

    Artist: Ice Cube Title: Raw Footage Label: Lench Mob Records Rating: 5/10 Corporate lane: Following a triumphant return to the mic after 6 years in 2006 with the critically acclaimed release of “Laugh Now, Cry Later” Ice Cube is ready to take center stage once again with his ninth solo effort. The highly anticipated new…

  • Staind – The Illusion of Progress – review

    Riding on the success of their last three chart topping albums, Staind is back with the highly anticipated release of their sixth studio album, “The Illusion of Progress.”