Category: Music
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Point Of Grace – A Christmas Story
Artist: Point Of Grace Title: A Christmas Story Label: Epic Rating: 7/10 What would it sound like if the Spice Girls released a Christmas album? Well, now you can find out. Point Of Grace reminds me a whole lot of the spicy ones, but they’re no cheap imitation. Surprisingly, they’ve been around for a long…
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Poole
Among Whom We Shine is Poole’s third full length album. Saturated with horns, lush vocal harmonies and driving guitars, the album brings to mind the best moments of Sugar, Elvis Costello and Matthew Sweet. The album was produced by band members Harry Evans, (former band member of the Lilys), and William Campbell (formerly of the…
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Poole – Among Whom We Shine
Artist: Poole Title: Among Whom We Shine Label: spinArt Rating: 4/10 Poole’s third full-length album, Among Whom We Shine, is a classic product of the ’90’s pop music scene. The music is loaded with catchy pop-hooks, melodies, and distinctive vocal harmonies that bounce between frontman and drummer Harry Evans (formerly of The Lilys) and his…
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Portishead
Portishead were named after the sleepy port on the south-west coast of England where Geoff Barrow spent his teens. His intentions in forming the band were simple: ‘I just wanted to make interesting music, proper songs with a proper life span and a decent place in people’s record collections.’ Barrow started out as a tape…
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Poster Children – New World Record
Artist: Poster Children Title: New World Record Label: SpinArt Rating: 2/10 As one of the hardest working indie bands ever, Poster Children have just released their seventh album, New World Records. The band has been in the music business for over twelve years, touring almost non-stop. You may have caught Poster Children at Lollapalooza a…
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Poster Children
October 1987- The stock market had just crashed, Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted on TV and RoboCop was entertaining movie audiences everywhere. It was at this time that Rose (bass) and Rick (guitar) formed Poster Children in Champaign, Illinois. Two years and two drummers later they released their first record FLOWER PLOWER on a…
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Powderfinger
Bernard Fanning – vocals Darren Middleton – guitar, keyboards and vocals John Collins – bass Jon Coghill – drums Ian Haug – guitar and vocals Timeline Check out the interactive Powderfinger Timeline, covering all the major events from 1992 to present day… Odyssey Number Five is Powderfinger’s fourth studio album. If you didn’t already know…
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Powerman 5000
Spider One, vocals M.33, guitar Adam 12, guitar Siggy Siursen, bass Adrian Ost, drums THE HISTORY “Asking the listener to ‘transform’ is sort of like a dare, a challenge,” says Powerman 5000 frontman Spider One of the title of the band’s new album. “It’s saying, ‘Change. Be something you’re not. Defy expectations.’” Transform (set for…
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley may be the single most important figure in American 20th-century popular music. Not necessarily the best, and certainly not the most consistent. But no one could argue that he was not the musician most responsible for popularizing rock & roll on an international level. Viewed in cold sales figures, his impact was phenomenal.…
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Lisa Marie Presley
This is me. This record is me. Every song is me. You’re going to see who I really am and not what the tabloids say or whatever anyone has to say about me.” That’s quite a statement for any artist to make, especially on the eve of the release of just her debut album. But…