Category: Music
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Jimmy Eat World – Interview [2004]
The road to success is not an easy one-but some handle its hurdles better than others. In 2001 Jimmy Eat World was a widely adored but criminally underappreciated band capable of drawing capacity crowds all over the world, but unable to find a record deal to their liking. Having just been unceremoniously spit out of…
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Hoobastank – Interview [2004]
Their band doesn’t have a normal name, but the four guys of Hoobastank are normal guys. They have normal lives, they do normal things, and they have the same sense of humor as their fans. That’s why Hoobastank-guitarist Dan Estrin, bassist Markku Lappalainen, drummer Chris Hesse and singer Doug Robb-connect with them. Their songs have…
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Norah Jones – Feels Like Home
Artist: Norah Jones Title: Feels Like Home Label: Blue Note Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: Arif Mardin has again taken up production duties with Norah on Feels Like Home. Guests on the record include Dolly Parton, Levon Helm, and Garth Hudson of the Band, jazz drummer Brian Blade, Jesse Harris, Rob Burger and Tony Scherr. “I’m…
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Five For Fighting – The Battle For Everything
Artist: Five For Fighting Title: The Battle For Everything Label: Columbia Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: That, in a nutshell, is The Battle For Everything, the follow-up to Five For Fighting’s second album, the smash America Town. It’s also a finger in the eye of all who can’t see the forest for that one huge tree…
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Crystal Method – Interview
Instead of rushing back to the studio, however, the group prepared for Legion of Boom by getting back to its roots. Jordan and Kirkland returned to the clubs for a series of DJ dates, put together their first mix album, Community Service, and tried out some of their ideas on live audiences at every opportunity.…
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Harry Connick, Jr. – Only You
Artist: Harry Connick, Jr. Title: Only You Label: Columbia Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: All twelve songs on Only You are delivered with Connick’s unique blend of taste, imagination and passion. He turns the Drifters hit “Save the Last Dance for Me” into a swinging ballad, drops a hint of samba into “My Blue Heaven” and…
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Incubus – A Crow Left Of The Murder
Artist: Incubus Title: A Crow Left Of The Murder Label: Epic Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: Incubus scored a multi-format radio smash and mass success in 2001 with the lilting, sing-along “Drive,” which hit #1 on Modern Rock charts and also landed in the uppermost reaches of the Top 40. But the band’s core fans will…
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Josh Turner – Interview
Dreams came true that night for the Hannah, South Carolina, native who always hoped that one day he’d be on a stage. And with a deep, rich voice that’s commanding beyond his 25 years, it was only a matter of time. We talk to Josh Turner. Life has got to be crazy. It’s busy. Is…
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Michelle Williams – Do You Know
Artist: Michelle Williams Title: Do You Know Label: Columbia Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: Michelle Williams now utilizes those very same attributes–propelled by her angelic, songbird-like vocals–to enter the next phase of her solo music-making with her sophomore release, Do You Know. The Good: “Purpose In Your Soul” – Williams sings with conviction and it’s her…
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Elbow – Cast of Thousands
Artist: Elbow Title: Cast of Thousands Label: V2 Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: Now on new LP, Cast of Thousands and with a weight of experience behind them that is surely unique for a band making only its second album, they have come up with a record even more adventurous and startling in its panoramic sweep…