Category: Music
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Bad Religion
“I’m just a voice among the throng who want a brighter destiny/They say with me/We are the new america.” “New America” For Bad Religion, the story of “THE NEW AMERICA” is about more than a distant point on the nation’s horizon. Instead, it’s about a creative journey into the heart of the unrelenting and demonstrably…
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Bad Company
Few groups captivated an era like Bad Company. Twenty six years after the band formed in 1973 – with Paul Rodgers emerging from the much revered Free, Mick Ralphs exiting from Mott The Hoople, and bassist Boz Burrell (King Crimson) and drummer Simon Kirke (Free) completing the legendary group – the band has enjoyed that…
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Backstreet Boys – Millennium
Artist: Backstreet Boys Title: Millennium Label: Jive Rating: 5/10 I asked for one extra week from my editor in order to make sure that I wasn’t being way too judgmental about the latest release from one of today’s biggest bands, Backstreet Boys. Well, I can say that I didn’t need the extra week; my initial…
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Backstreet Boys
Nearly 5 years after their last studio album, the Backstreet Boys mark a resolute return with their 5th disc June 14 on Jive Records. The 12-song “Never Gone” reflects the adult ideals of a quintet that broke music and concert sales records the world over, moving more than 73 million albums (30 million in America…
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B2K
B2K garnered mainstream recognition long before the release of their self-titled debut CD. The guys spent two and a half months in the summer of 2001 opening for Lil’ Bow Wow and later appeared in the video for his recent hit “Ghetto Girls”. Critics and fans alike agree – B2K had young concert fans going…
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The Atomic Fireballs
The Atomic Fireballs are an energetic eight piece jump blues band that hail from Detroit, MI. The band was formed less than two years ago by vocalist John Bunkley & trumpeter James Bostek. Blissfully unaware of the whole nouveau swing movement, a condition they blame on the sleepiness of hometown Detroit, the two musicians set…
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Avant
Spend a little time with AVANT and you soon pick up on his frequent use of the phrase “No doubt.” He says it often because indeed Avant harbors no doubts about his love of music or the pleasure he gets from singing. He could take it one step further. Once the word gets out that…
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AZ
Feast your eyes on what the world envies. AZ, born Anthony Cruz, raised in Crooklyn, New York, is back. But you knew that. And if you didn’t, you knew he would be. The man who became a legend after dropping an infamous verse on the rap classic, “Life Is A Bitch,” (from Nas’ Illmatic), is…
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The Afters
Josh Havens – guitar and vocals Matt Fuqua – guitar and vocals Brad Wigg – bass and vocals Marc Dodd – drums The unlikely origin of the Texas-based rock quartet The Afters is steeped in caffeine. Josh Havens and Matt Fuqua were working together at a Starbucks in Mesquite, Texas while playing for other bands.…
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The Avalanches
Never mind digging in the crates — the Avalanches probably just buy them whole, sight unseen, and find a way to bounce off each platter. Eventually morphing into a gang of six merrymakers bent on filtering their all-encompassing record collections through original instrumentation and a great deal of sampling, the Avalanches came from one of…