Category: Music
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The Lashes – Get It
Artist: The Lashes Title: Get It Label: Red Ink Rating: 4.5/10 FILE UNDER: All hook no substance. CORPORATE LINE: Following their obscenely catchy debut EP on Lookout! Records (The Stupid Stupid), the band’s momentum has been unstoppable; sold-out headlining shows and support slots with national acts as varied as The Libertines and tour mates Ted…
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Ron White – You Can’t Fix Stupid
Artist: Ron White Title: You Can’t Fix Stupid Label: Image Rating: 8.5/10 FILE UNDER: Lots of laughs! CORPORATE LINE: Ron White continues to headline theaters with his “Drunk In Public” tour across the United States. The tour was ranked in the top 50 tours in Pollstar Magazine of 2004. Ron taped a new One-Hour Special…
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The Corrs – Interview
Almost 15 years after The Corrs became an international, multi-platinum sensation with a unique mix of pop songs and traditional Celtic instrumentation, the band of Irish siblings has recorded their first traditional Irish music album. HOME contains a collection of 13 traditional and modern Irish songs performed by The Corrs clan — Andrea on lead…
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Beth Orton – Comfort of Strangers
Artist: Beth Orton Title: Comfort of Strangers Label: Astralwerks Rating: 7.5/10 FILE UNDER: Beth “The Under-rated” Orton – just don’t compare her to Norah Jones! CORPORATE LINE: Beth Orton is a famously good singer, as evidenced by the three albums that have so conspicuously built her worldwide reputation over the past decade. Not even that…
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Juvenile – Interview [2006]
Terius Gray may call himself Juvenile, but he is no young buck when it comes to the music business. The New Orleans native has been consistently putting it down for fifteen years. He has released eight albums which have spawned some of rap’s most popular club hits, started his own UTP label imprint, and unbeknownst…
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Whitesnake – The Definitive Collection
Artist: Whitesnake Title: The Definitive Collection Label: Geffen Rating: 1.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The Definitive Collection spans nearly every studio album issued by Whitesnake, including its pre-U.S. fame LPs Snakebite (1978, with the band’s first hit, “Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City”), Lovehunter (1979, with “Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues” and…
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Andrea Bocelli – Amore
Artist: Andrea Bocelli Title: Amore Label: Decca Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Amore, Andrea’s newest release, was recorded late in the summer, under the Tuscan sky at Andrea’s home studio, where the breathtaking coastal and pastoral views inspired Andrea and the musicians to create an album dripping with beauty. The album’s concept came from Amore producers…
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Anthony Hamilton – Interview [2006]
There is a tradition in classic black music that goes back to the smooth crooning of Sam Cooke, the earthy gritty sound of Otis Redding, the lyrical beauty of Curtis Mayfield and the unfiltered intensity of Donny Hathaway. It’s a combination of church-rooted hallelujah praisin’ and tell-it-like-it-is storytellin’ . Few contemporary artists are equipped to…
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Roseanne Cash – Black Cadillac
Artist: Roseanne Cash Title: Black Cadillac Label: Capitol Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: “I couldn’t avoid them,” says Rosanne Cash about the twelve songs that constitute Black Cadillac, a breakthrough album that raises both the stakes and the standards for one of this country’s finest singer-songwriters. “I couldn’t let any of them simply return to the…
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Deadboy and the Elephantmen- We Are Night Sky
Artist: Deadboy and the Elephantmen Title: We Are Night Sky Label: Fat Possum Rating: 5/10 FILE UNDER: Hmmm… A little Bowie and a little White Stripes. CORPORATE LINE: One guy. One girl. No, they aren’t siblings, they never been married, haven’t even messed around. THE GREAT: “Stop, I’m Already Dead” – An interesting song that…