Category: Music
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Travis – 12 Memories
Artist: Travis Title: 12 Memories Label: Epic Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate Line: 12 Memories is Travis at their most powerful, poignant and effecting. It is an album that sees Travis explore lyrically darker themes – the forthcoming single Re- Offender tackles the hidden crime of domestic violence. Musically, too, there is a sea of change: Travis…
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Howie Day – Stop All The World Now
Artist: Howie Day Title: Stop All The World Now Label: Epic Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: Stop All The World Now is Day’s first full-length album for Epic Records. In 2000, Day independently released his self-financed debut, Australia. Impressed by the 30,000 albums he sold simply by word of mouth, Epic Records signed Day and began…
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Jonny Lang – Long Time Coming
Artist: Jonny Lang Title: Long Time Coming Label: A&M Rating: 5/10 Our Line: Jonny Lang has been lauded as the blues guitarist and singer years ahead of his time. So why does he now sounds like a guitar playing member of a boy band? The Good: “Goodbye Letter” – One of the rare tracks that…
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Edie Brickell – Volcano
Artist: Edie Brickell Title: Volcano Label: Universal Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: From the moment she begins singing on her much-anticipated new album, Edie Brickell’s voice is instantly familiar, even after a ten-year break from recording. The quirky phrasing of the vocals and the introspective, narrative quality of the lyrics are unmistakably Edie. The Good: “I’d…
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Alien Ant Farm – Interview
Down with Alien Ant Farm’s singer Dryden Mitchell! What is happen? Just enjoying my time off getting some food with my girlfriend and took our two dogs to the dog park. We’re just hanging out. Is it good to have some time off? Yeah. Did you set a goal going into the new record? Just…
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Sleeping At Last – Ghosts
Artist: Sleeping At Last Title: Ghosts Label: Interscope Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: Ghosts stands with its head in the clouds and its roots firm in that Wheaton basement. Even now, with the future opening wide before Sleeping At Last, Ryan, Chad, and Dan are probably down there again, in the glow of the Christmas lights…
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Kelly Osbourne – Changes
Artist: Kelly Osbourne Title: Changes Label: Sanctuary Rating: 2/10 Corporate Line: With the release of CHANGES, Kelly is back with a vengeance. The CD features all the songs from SHUT UP!, four totally raw, totally live bonus tracks (“Come Dig Me Out,” “Disconnected,” “Too Much of You” and “On The Run”) and—brace yourself— Kelly’s FIRST-EVER…
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Sheek Louch – Walk Wit Me
Artist: Sheek Louch Title: Walk Wit Me Label: Universal Rating: 3/10 Company Line: “This album is all me,” says Sheek. “With the LOX, I have to write about the topic agreed on by all three of us. But on my album, I can get deep into it and let you understand me.” The Good: “I…
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Ludacris – Chicken N Beer
Artist: Ludacris Title: Chicken N Beer Label: Def Jam Rating: 3/10 Corporate Line: With the release of his third album Chicken-N-Beer, 26-year old Ludacris has crafted one of the most expressive rap records in years. From the hot buttered opening of “Southern Fried Intro,” with its gutbucket rock guitars and fiery fem background vocals, Ludacris…
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Sevendust – Seasons
Artist: Sevendust Title: Seasons Label: TVT Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: “This is a recovery record,” says Sevendust drummer Morgan Rose candidly about the band’s fourth studio album, Seasons. “A bulk of the record is just dedicated to the realization that we’ve done some bad things to ourselves and people around us over the long haul.”…