Category: Music
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Ani DiFranco – Reprieve
Artist: Ani DiFranco Title: Reprieve Label: Righteous Babe Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Every new album from Ani DiFranco gives listeners a reason to get excited about music all over again, and her latest, Reprieve, is certainly no exception. Across 12 tracks, DiFranco ignites more of her signature blend of poetry, politics and musicianship. Ani and…
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Rick Ross – Port Of Miami
Artist: Rick Ross Title: Port Of Miami Label: Interscope Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Sometimes, if you put your hand on the rails, you can feel the train coming. It’s in the air, on the tip of everyone’s tongue. All there is to do is patiently wait. Every once in a while an artist comes along…
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Nina Gordon – Bleeding Heart Graffiti
Artist: Nina Gordon Title: Bleeding Heart Graffiti Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Nina Gordon is back. Six years after her debut solo album and eight years after her departure from Veruca Salt, the singer-songwriter with the emotionally intimate voice returns with Bleeding Heart Graffiti. A concept album about the beginning, middle and end…
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Jonas Brothers – It’s About Time
Artist: Jonas Brothers Title: It’s About Time Label: Columbia Rating: 4.5/10 ILE UNDER: Hanson ’06. CORPORATE LINE: “Music on Red Bull.” Without hesitating, that’s how 17-year-old Kevin Jonas describes the hyper-adrenalized sounds he’s created with his two brothers, 13-year-old Nicholas and 16-year-old Joseph, on the Jonas Brothers’ debut album, It’s About Time. And it’s no…
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Jeannie Ortega – No Place Like Brooklyn
Artist: Jeannie Ortega Title: No Place Like Brooklyn Label: Hollywood Rating: 4.5/10 FILE UNDER: J. Lo lite. CORPORATE LINE: As a member of the first graduating class of Brooklyn’s High School of The Arts, Ortega is a natural at performing. With years of practice under her belt, she is the total package: singer, songwriter, dancer,…
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Jonas Brothers – Interview
“Music on Red Bull.” Without hesitating, that’s how 17-year-old Kevin Jonas describes the hyper-adrenalized sounds he’s created with his two brothers, 13-year-old Nicholas and 16-year-old Joseph, on the Jonas Brothers’ debut album, It’s About Time. And it’s no wonder since the boys’ influences include an eclectic mix of artists ranging from the Ramones to the…
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Helmet – Monochrome
Artist: Helmet Title: Monochrome Label: Warcom Rating: 3/10 THE CORPORATE LINE: Forefathers of the post-hardcore/punk genre, Helmet return with MONOCHROME, marking their first release on Warcon Records, one of the leading post-hardcore/punk labels in the industry today. The Helmet sound sparked a new brand of metal, crossing all traditional music boundaries, paving the way for…
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Lloyd Banks – Interview
Rotten Apple is a 2006 album by G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks. It will be Banks’ sophomore album, which is scheduled to be released September 19. The title of the album is a play on the New York City nickname “The Big Apple.” The album is scheduled guest appearances from 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, Young Buck,…
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Toby Lightman – Bird on a Wire
Artist: Toby Lightman Title: Bird on a Wire Label: Atlantic Rating: 5/10 FILE UNDER: Same old Lightman. CORPORATE LINE: There’s a music biz truism that says an artist has her whole life to write her first album and six months to write her second. What that statement fails to take into account are maturation and…
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Tom Petty – Highway Companion
Artist: Tom Petty Title: Highway Companion Label: Reprise Rating: 8/10 FILE UNDER: Petty is back. CORPORATE LINE: Highway Companion, Tom Petty’s third solo album and first in a dozen years, is a timeless album about the passing of time. A constant companion on the road of rock n’ roll, Petty, says Rolling Stone, is “rock…