Category: Music
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Starsailor – Silence Is Easy
Artist: Starsailor Title: Silence Is Easy Label: EMI Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: Starsailor’s eagerly awaited second album, ‘Silence Is Easy’, is an album of revelation, both musically and personally. For the band, its writing and recording has reaffirmed their place in the world: their calling is to communicate emotionally through song, simple as that. For…
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Simple Plan – Interview [2004]
Simple Plan: Pierre and Jeff With 2003 coming to a close this last year has been anything but simple for the guys of Simple Plan. With a mulit-platinum album, and a new DVD, the guys are gearing up for the New Year. I recently got a chance to sit down with Pierre and Jeff and…
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The Chemical Brothers – Push The Buttons
Artist: The Chemical Brothers Title: Push The Buttons Label: Astrawerks Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: The new Chemical Brothers album Push The Button is, as it should be, the same as all their others, and totally different. It’s a follow up to their first album, and a follow up to their last album, and a follow…
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Ani DiFranco – Educated Guess
Artist: Ani DiFranco Title: Educated Guess Label: Righteous Babe Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: Ani DiFranco has been “on her own” -to quote her company’s phone number-for a long time. But not since the release of her second album back in 1991 has she been quite as much a solo act as she is on her…
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Switchfoot – Interview [2004]
A Switchfoot interview with singer Jon Foreman! Has touring been what you expected? We’ve been at this for seven years so we’ve seen the highs and lows but this has been the best tour because we pick the opening bands and where we want to play. Is it weird to have people buy the cd…
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Queen – Greatest Hits III
Artist: Queen Title: Greatest Hits III Label: Hollywood Rating: 8/10 This album could be called Duets. With more guest stars than a Puff Daddy record, you begin to wonder how it qualifies as a greatest hits album. “The Show Must Go On” finds Elton John singing, with Queen backing him, minus Freddie Mercury. In some…
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Q-Tip – Amplified
Artist: Q-Tip Title: Amplified Label: Arista Rating: 5/10 And as the group known as Tribe Called Quest rides quietly into the sunset, frontman Q-Tip brings Amplified, his first solo album. He just might have made up for his former group’s most recent lackluster releases. The best thing about the album is that it is free…
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Yungstar – Throwed Yung Playa
Artist: Yungstar Title: Throwed Yung Playa Label: Epic Rating: 6/10 This intro tells a lot about Yungstar and how he got his start. It’s interesting, but one listen is enough, especially when Yungstar hits you so hard out of the block with “Knocking Pictures Off The Wall”. “Ya’ll Don’t Know” is Yungstar’s first true anthem,…
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The Corrs – Talk On Corners
Artist: The Corrs Title: Talk On Corners Label: Atlantic Rating: 5/10 Straight from Ireland, The Corrs are made up of one brother and three sisters who spread traditional Irish sounds over modern pop to produce a spirited brand of music. Talk On Corners is full of lush choruses and powerful vocals and harmonies. It’s no…
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Phantom Planet – Phantom Planet
Artist: Phantom Planet Title: Phantom Planet Label: Epic Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: The Phantom Planet record was recorded in Fredonia , New York (an Amish town) in an Amish built log cabin deep within the middle of the woods. It was the perfect place for the band to escape their wild lives in Los Angeles…