Category: Music
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Usher – Interview [2005]
When New York’s hottest nightclub deejay Darrell (Usher) saves a mob boss’s life (Chazz Palminteri), he is rewarded for his bravery with the responsibility of watching over the don’s beautiful daughter Dolly (Emmanuelle Chriqui). The sparks soon begin to fly between this attractive couple from very different worlds, against her formidable father’s wishes. Meanwhile, the…
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Goldfinger – Disconnection Notice
Artist: Goldfinger Title: Disconnection Notice Label: Maverick Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: After writing and/or producing for The Used, Story of the Year, Mest and Good Charlotte, John Feldmann returns his own pop-punk kamikaze band Goldfinger to the sonic wars with Disconnection Notice. After ten years, several indie albums and thousands of shows–including last summer’s Reading…
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3 Doors Down – Seventeen Days
Artist: 3 Doors Down Title: Seventeen Days Label: Universal Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: After selling 12 million albums since their debut in 2000, 3 Doors Down are releasing their third studio album entitled Seventeen Days (Republic/Universal) on February 8, 2005. The album, recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville, Tennessee and produced by Johnny K…
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3 Doors Down – Interview [2005]
Brad Arnold is the frontman for 3 Doors Down and still the same “ol’ redneck” as the one I meet five years ago. With their new release Seventeen Days I had a chance to chat with him again, but it started in a peculiar way– talking about sinus since I was suffering from a really…
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Ed Harcourt – Strangers
Artist: Ed Harcourt Title: Strangers Label: Astralwerks Rating: 5.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Strangers is Ed Harcourt at his intimate, intricate, infuriating and exhilarating best. Who will become friends of Strangers? “Oh I’m not going to say my music’s for all the lost souls out there or something like that. Love can make you happy, and this…
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Unwritten Law – Here’s To The Mourning
Artist: Unwritten Law Title: Here’s To The Mourning Label: Lava Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Unwritten Law inhabits the upper echelon of successful punk bands, bands whose substance and longevity overshadow the countless hordes of imitation, fly-by-night pop-punk operations riding a one-way train to anonymity. In a musical climate where audiences write off and forget hundreds…
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Unwritten Law – Interview
The San Diego-based band’s legacy continues with its sixth release, the upcoming album titled Here’s To The Mourning, which will be released on Lava Records in early 2005. The band made an effort this time around to compose music that flowed from beginning to end. “We felt like each of our records have been written…
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And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead – World Apart
Artist: Trail of the Dead Title: World Apart Label: Interscope Rating: 7/10 THE REVIEW: We could do “The Good, The Bad…” however Trail of Dead never quite unleash anything particularly bad. The only question is whether it’s your cup of tea. Some tracks, like “Will You Smile Again,” are fantastic once we reach the meat…
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Nat King Cole – The World of Nat King Cole
Artist: Nat King Cole Title: The World of Nat King Cole Label: Capitol Rating: 8.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: In 1942, Nat King Cole was one of the first artists to sign with Capitol Records. Cole recorded over 150 charting singles on the Pop, R&B and Country charts, a staggering record that remains unbroken by any other…
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Future Leaders of the World – Interview
LVL IV”-Level Four-the debut from the Buffalo quartet Future Leaders of the World, is a musical testament to the indomitable will of the group’s front man, Phil Tayler. Produced by GGGarth (Rage, Chevelle and Mudvayne), co-produced by Mike Flynn and mixed by Andy Wallace and Michael Barbiero, “LVL IV” describes Tayler’s personal and spiritual journey…