Category: Music
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Julie Roberts – Men & Mascara
Artist: Julie Roberts Title: Men & Mascara Label: Mercury Rating: 8/10 FILE UNDER: Julie Roberts summons her inner Patsy Cline. CORPORATE LINE: With her debut CD, Roberts was country music’s Cinderella, a stunning blonde from Lancaster, S.C., who stole everyone’s heart with her honest music, cover-girl looks, exuberant personality and irresistible laughter. And now with…
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Counting Crows – New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall
Artist: Counting Crows Title: New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall Label: Geffen Rating: 4.5/10 FILE UNDER: Shameless. CORPORATE LINE: Recorded in February 2003 in Holland, Counting Crows’ New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall 2003, will be released on Geffen Records on June 20th, and includes a collection of songs from their years of…
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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Don’t You Fake It
Artist: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Title: Don’t You Fake It Label: Virgin Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: What’s in a name? Well, it depends who came up with it. In the case of Middleburg, Florida quintet The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, it might mean anything. Strange then that The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus means…absolutely nothing. “It’s 100 percent…
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Keane – Under The Iron Sea
Artist: Keane Title: Under The Iron Sea Label: Interscope Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: “Under The Iron Sea” was recorded at The Magic Shop in Soho, New York, and back at Helioscentric Studios, near Battle. In making this record we tried to confront all our worst fears, to ruthlessly scrutinise ourselves, our relationship with each other,…
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The Afters – Interview
I Wish We All Could Win is the debut of the Afters, a Texas quartet whose slick alternative pop settles nicely between Switchfoot and Fountains of Wayne. They avoid the latter band’s sardonic wit — after all, Win is a joint release between Epic and Christian imprint INO. Instead, the Afters concentrate on bright and…
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Regina Spektor – Being To Hope
Artist: Regina Spektor Title: Being To Hope Label: Sire Rating: 9/10 FILE UNDER: Pop-kitsch. CORPORATE LINE: Regina Spektor’s last album, 2004’s Soviet Kitsch, garnered praise from Time, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vanity Fair, The New York Times and many others. But this Russian-born, Bronx-bred singer-songwriter-pianist, who emerged from the NYC café circuit, continues to expand her…
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Billy Joel – 12 Gardens Live
Artist: Billy Joel Title: 12 Gardens Live Label: Columbia Rating: 8/10 FILE UNDER: Billy at his best—Live! CORPORATE LINE: No other artist has shook the “World’s Most Famous Arena” quite like Billy Joel has. With 12 record-breaking sold-out performances, Billy Joel now has the longest most successful run of a single artist at MSG. On…
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Widespread Panic – Earth To America
Artist: Widespread Panic Title: Earth To America Label: Sanctuary Rating: 7/10 FILE UNDER: Jam fan dream. CORPORATE LINE: Widespread Panic, the wildly popular standard bearers of rootsy American rock, are readying for the release of their audacious new album Earth To America (June 13, Sanctuary/ Widespread Records). Their 9th studio CD, Earth To America captures…
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Elan – Together As One
Artist: Elan Title: Together As One Label: Interscope Rating: 6.5/10 FILE UNDER: New-school Reggae. CORPORATE LINE: For three and a half years, between 1997 and 1999, Elan was the lead singer for the legendary Wailers. Night after night, in front of thousands, Elan sang the words that Bob Marley had written and popularized with–as those…
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Def Leppard – Yeah!
Artist: Def Leppard Title: Yeah! Label: UME Rating: 4.5/10 FILE UNDER: Mullets unite! CORPORATE LINE: On their highly anticipated new album, Def Leppard have created a heartfelt and hard rocking tribute to their musical heroes of the late 60’s and 70’s – the Kinks, Badfinger, T. Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Roxy Music, Mott the Hoople,…