Category: Music

Artist: Ian Brown Title: Golden Greats Label: Interscope Rating: 4/10 Ian Brown has been his own worst enemy and best friend throughout his career. He was part of one of the biggest bands in Britain’s music history, The Stone Roses, and he helped bring them crumbling down right before his very eyes. After their breakup, […]

Artist: Bow Wow Wow Title: Made in the U.S.A. Label: Cleopatra Rating: 8/10 If the name of the band Bow Wow Wow doesn’t ring a bell, then maybe the song “I Want Candy” will. Bow Wow Wow is releasing Wild in the USA, a collection of rare remixes and live recordings of your favorite 80’s […]

Artist: Boy Sets Fire Title: After The Eulogy Label: Victory Rating: 7.5/10 The underground scene is a great place to be these days, and Boysetsfire has found its place among the elite. With the release of After The Eulogy on Victory Records, Boysetsfire has placed itself in the middle of everything that is truly hardcore, […]

Artist: Blowfly Title: Blowfly Does XXX-Mas Label: Panadisc Rating: 5/10 Soul singer Clarence Reid found fame in a different seting with vividly explicit (though also mostly comical) sex material and outrageous commentary. Reid issued several albums as Blowfly, an adult comedian in the Redd Foxx, Rudy Ray Moore and Dolemite tradition. His albums were issued […]

Artist: Blessid Union of Souls Title: Walking off the Buzz Label: V2 Rating: 5/10 After being tossed around between record labels, Blessid Union Of Souls finally settled down with Push/V2 Records to release their third album, Walking Off The Buzz. The whole album has a rather smooth flavor, easy on the ears, pleasant enough for […]

Artist: Ben Folds Five Title: The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner Label: 550 Rating: 9/10 Don’t be misled by the mysterious title of Ben Folds Five latest album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. It plays the same game as the band’s name, which implies that there are five members in the band when actually […]

Artist: Atari Teenage Riot Title: 60 Second Wipeout Label: Elektra Rating: 7/10 Atari Teenage Riot just might be the angriest band in the world. Having been a fan since Burn, Berlin, Burn wrecked me a few years ago, I knew their latest release, 60 Second Wipeout, would prove to be a chance to see a […]

Artist: Art of Noise Title: The Seduction of Claude Debussy Label: Universal Rating: 7.5/10 “Music is not just the expression of a feeling – it is the feeling itself.” Claude Debussy was definitely on to something when he made that statement nearly a century ago. Art of Noise must have thought so; they have devoted […]

Artist: Aqua Title: Aquarius Label: MCA Rating: 5.5/10 Aqua is the band most of us love to hate. Do you know what did it? It was that unlikely, annoying hit single “Barbie Girl”. They’ve been marked for certain as one-hit-wonders, but they’re back and apparently getting better. “Cartoon Heroes” begins with helium-voiced Lene Hedin Nystrom […]