Category: Music
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Moby – Hotel
Artist: Moby Title: Hotel Label: V2 Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Hotel, Moby’s fifth studio album, was recorded and mixed during 2004 at Moby’s apartment, Electric Lady Studios and Loho Studios in Manhattan, Hotel continues in Moby’s tradition of beautifully eclectic records and runs the gamut from quiet instrumentals, to anthems, to downtempo sultry jams, to…
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Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful
Artist: Aqualung Title: Strange and Beautiful Label: Columbia Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: If anyone can claim to have had their career choice in some way chosen for them, it’s Aqualung’s Matt Hales; born above his parents Southampton independent record store, with a piano dominating the front room, he was writing songs by the age of…
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Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground
Artist: Billy Idol Title: Devil’s Playground Label: Sanctuary Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: It’s not like Billy Idol has been locked in the basement for twelve years composing songs for DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, his first album of original material since CYBERPUNK in 1993. No, the first generation punk (Chelsea, Generation X) and undisputed alpha male Life Force…
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Brooke Valentine – Interview
The time has come – the music world has birthed a true nightingale whose artistry distinguishes her from the industry’s current herd of wannabe R&B/pop phenoms. This chanteuse doesn’t adhere to conformity and defines her music freely. The artist is Brooke Valentine. A native of Houston, Texas, Valentine ups the ante for creative expression with…
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David Bowie – David Live & Stage
Artist: David Bowie Title: David Live & Stage Label: Virgin Rating: 8.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Recorded in July 1974, David Live is an enthralling documentation of Bowie’s innovative and extraordinary 1974 Diamond Dogs tour. Bowie started the tour as a glam rock king, but as the tour progressed, he adopted a new sound and a new…
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Mando Diao – Hurricane Bar
Artist: Mando Diao Title: Hurricane Bar Label: Capitol Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: The first single to be released from Hurricane Bar in Japan and Scandinavia, Clean Town, has been lying around maturing for about two years. Which, according to Mando’s philosophy, is a proof of its strength. “If you still like a song then, you…
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Brooke Valentine – Chain Letter
Artist: Brooke Valentine Title: Chain Letter Label: Virgin Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: A native of Houston, Texas, Valentine ups the ante for creative expression with her Subliminal Entertainment/Virgin Records debut disc CHAIN LETTER. A melodic pilgrimage through the perils and joys of a young female life, CHAIN LETTER is refreshingly skimpy on gimmicks and ample…
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The Soundtrack of our Lives – Origin Vol. 1
Artist: The Soundtrack of our Lives Title: Origin Vol. 1 Label: Republic Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: This is the strange world of Soundtrack. They are Sweden’s greatest post-psychedelic hard rock punk pop group, a mighty combination of epic tunes, AC/DC like riffs, bombast, energy, rage and Jane Birkin. And they have a new album out,…
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Kasabian – Kasabian
Artist: Kasabian Title: Kasabian Label: RCA Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Passion, not a word you hear all that often any more when it comes to music, but Kasabian have it by the tractor-load. They’re not making music to be famous, or because it’s a good career, they’re making music because they need to, because it’s…
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Emma Bunton – Interview
Emma Bunton’s story is as simple as it is world-famous. A fifth of the most successful girl group ever, she’s been behind the freshest pop cuts in recent memory both with the Spice Girls and as a new millennial pop icon in her own right. And ‘Free Me’ marks the start of a new chapter.…