Category: Music
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Fischerspooner – Odyssey
Artist: Fischerspooner Title: Odyssey Label: Capitol Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: For Odyssey, the two would work together intensely in the studio critiquing and pushing each other. Inevitably conflicts arose as their diverse musical perspectives began to clash. “At first it was really uncomfortable to have my process exposed, I’m used to writing by myself and…
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Garbage – Bleed Like Me
Artist: Garbage Title: Bleed Like Me Label: Geffen Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: The band battled illness, surgery, creative disagreements, major life changes and-depending who you ask-either a break-up or a much-needed sabbatical. But nothing good comes easy. and BLEED LIKE ME is simply smashing. From the lusty, masochistic skronk of album opener “Bad Boyfriend” to…
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The Blue Van – The Art of Rolling
Artist: The Blue Van Title: The Art of Rolling Label: TVT Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Danish beat quartet the blue van will release their debut album, the art of rolling. The art of rolling could be a compilation of newly-discovered, bombastic 60’s rock 45’s were it not cut with the whimsy and pop sensibilities that…
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Josh Rouse – Nashville
Artist: Josh Rouse Title: Nashville Label: RYKO Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Following up his great ode to the Seventies album 1972, Nahsville is Josh’s opus to his home for the last ten years before his recent move to Spain. This is his love letter to the city that made him whole and to the parts…
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Louis XIV – The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
Artist: Louis XIV Title: The Best Little Secrets Are Kept Label: Atlantic Rating: 8/10 The term “Indie” is everywhere these days. This catchall buzzword is liberally applied everything from pop punk and emo, to alt-country, nu-metal and a host of other post-grunge, alternative genres. But for all of its implications, the term no longer carries…
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Stereophonics – Language, Sex, Violence, Other?
Artist: Stereophonics Title: JLanguage, Sex, Violence, Other? Label: V2 Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: It might be their fifth album, but Stereophonics view Language. Sex. Violence. Other? with the same excitement as a debut record. It’s a little under two years since You Gotta Go There To Come Back – Stereophonics’ third consecutive Number One album…
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Will Smith – Lost and Found
Artist: Will Smith Title: Lost and Found Label: Interscope Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: A legendary music sensation, Smith made his first record as a high school senior and subsequently embarked on a rap career with friend Jeff Townes. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince recorded several platinum and multi-platinum albums, winning two Grammys and…
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Tweet – Interview
Tweet unveils “IT’S ME AGAIN,” an exciting new chapter in my life. I refer to it as “Southern Hummingbird, times two.” It’s still me, but it’s a different revelation of me. I’ve grown as an artist as well as a woman. I’ve been there, done that, and it’s a great feeling. “IT’S ME AGAIN” once…
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Queens of the Stone Age – Lullabies to Paralyze
Artist: Queens of the Stone Age Title: Lullabies to Paralyze Label: Interscope Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: After a three-year wait, mounting anticipation and months of rumors and internal struggles, rock and roll kings Queens of the Stone Age are finally ready to release Lullabies to Paralyze. Since the 2002 release of QOTSA’s highly touted Songs…
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Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
Artist: Kaiser Chiefs Title: Employment Label: Universal Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Sometimes the greatest success stories sprout from the tiniest of ambitions. When Kaiser Chiefs formed up in not-so-sunny Leeds, England around the summer of 2003, their aim was not to conquer stadiums and change the world. Instead, these five oddballs began plotting a rather…