Category: Music
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Susan Cagle – The Subway Recordings
Artist: Susan Cagle Title: The Subway Recordings Label: Epic Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Spend enough time riding the rails in New York City’s subways and you’ll stumble across scores of guitarists and vocalists, drummers and flutists, violinists and saxophonists. Some better (or much better) than others, they head underground to make their living or just…
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The Wreckers – Stand Still Look Pretty
Artist: The Wreckers Title: Stand Still Look Pretty Label: Maverick Rating: 5.5/10 FILE UNDER: Country pop duo. CORPORATE LINE: The Wreckers are about creation, not destruction. Bringing together two young, fearless female singer songwriter-acoustic guitarists—Grammy®-winning, platinum-selling Michelle Branch and collaborator Jessica Harp—The Wreckers’ debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty, blends Branch’s pop-rock sensibility with Harp’s…
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Christina Milian – So Amazin’
Artist: Christina Milian Title: So Amazin’ Label: Def Soul Rating: 3/10 FILE UNDER: R&B gone wrong. CORPORATE LINE: At twenty-four, stunning songstress Christina Milian understands all too well what it takes to be a star. “When it came time for me to work on my third album, SO AMAZIN’, I knew that I needed to…
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Ashley Parker Angel – Soundtrack of your Life
Artist: Ashley Parker Angel Title: Soundtrack of your Life Label: UMV Rating: 5/10 FILE UNDER: The O-Town star is back for act two. THE GOOD: “Beautiful Lie” – Angel lacks good lyrics, however he makes it up with a nice melody that sticks in your head. THE AVERAGE: “Who Cares?” – If Angel can write…
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Henry Rollins – Interview
Following critical acclaim as IFC’s outspoken host on Henry’s Film Corner, a weekly series The Henry Rollins Show premieres April 1 at 10:00pm ET for a 20-week run. The new format incorporates an eclectic selection of musical acts, a wider range of celebrity guests and new, original field segments. Henry Rollins, the articulate and opinionated…
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Nick Lachey – What’s Left Of Me
Artist: Nick Lachey Title: What’s Left Of Me Label: What’s Left Of Me Rating: 4/10 FILE UNDER: Heartbroke boy band balladeer is back. CORPORATE LINE: “What’s Left of Me” consists of 12 tracks, 8 of which were co-written by Nick. Other talent on the album includes Andreas Carlsson (Celine Dion), Anders Bagge (98 Degrees, Madonna)…
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Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam
Artist: Pearl Jam Title: Pearl Jam Label: J Records Rating: 6/10 THE REVIEW: I hate to rant about music. How much anyone loves or hates a certain band or album is completely subjective. With Pearl Jam there is no question that I’ve been a huge fan since day one. Maybe that is why I’m so…
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers Title: Stadium Arcadium Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 7/10 FILE UNDER: Peppers double album. CORPORATE LINE: Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers calls the band’s first new album in four years, Stadium Arcadium, the most-anticipated album of the spring, “the best thing that we’ve ever done…. There’s this weird…
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McFly – Just My Luck
Artist: McFly Title: Just My Luck Label: Universal Rating: 5/10 FILE UNDER: Brit-pop-rock that sounds like a boy band given guitars. CORPORATE LINE: Strange but true fact no 6,326: less than 12 months ago the only McFly anyone had heard of was Marty in the film “Back To The Future”. Fast forward to 2005 and…
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Bo Bice – Interview
The rest of the “American Idol” story you know. Bo made it into the top 24, then the top 12, and as the weeks went by and others were voted off, Bo remained. On the final episode, Bo was named runner-up to Carrie Underwood. He was signed to RCA Records and his first single, “Inside…