Category: Music
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Linkin Park – Meteora
Artist: Linkin Park Title: Meteora Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 6/10 Company Line: To those outside the band, the pressure to follow up that success might have seemed insurmountable. But within Linkin Park, vocalists Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda, guitarist Brad Delson, turntablist Joseph Hahn, drummer Rob Bourdon, and bassist Phoenix weren’t sweating it in ways…
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Madonna – American Life
Artist: Madonna Title: American Life Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 5.5/10 The Line: Madonna takes it back to the basics. The Good: “Hollywood” – As pretentious and weak as the lyrics are the hook is quite undeniable. The Marginal: “Nothing Fails” – The bridge that sounds pleasing, but the chorus is weak. Then we get verses…
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Breaking Benjamin – Interview
Breaking Benjamin is breaking in fans city by city. We speak with drummer Jeremy Hummel. Have you noticed more people who know the songs at the shows? It’s been par for the course this whole tour. I wouldn’t say that every show there are more and more, but it’s been consistent. When was the band…
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Blue Man Group – The Complex
Artist: Blue Man Group Title: The Complex Label: Lava Rating: 5/10 The Blue Man Group are those weird blue guys you probably have seen in the Intel commercials. Well they actually play music. The Good: “Time 2 Start” – Hot drumming. “Piano Smasher” The Average: “Dulcimer” – Interesting instrumental. “Sing Along” – Features Dave Matthews,…
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Pearl Jam – Riot Act
Artist: Pearl Jam Title: Riot Act Label: Epic Rating: 6.5/10 Our Line: It’s Pearl Jam, do we really have to explain? The Good: “I Am Mine” – There seems to be more going on that what is on the surface and that is why we loved Pearl Jam in the beginning. Vedder has an uncanny…
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Feeder – Comfort In Sound
Artist: Feeder Title: Comfort In Sound Label: Republic Rating: 5.5/10 Company Line: There’s no getting around a simple fact. FEEDER has been recording well-received albums and ceaselessly touring the globe for over a decade. Countless hard-won experiences have led to the London-based group’s current success overseas. But one single event truly shaped FEEDER’s fourth album,…
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Jessica Andrews – Now
Artist: Jessica Andrews Title: Now Label: Dreamworks Rating: 8/10 The Corporate Line: The progress of Jessica’s musical career has coincided with the universal challenges of young adulthood, and the insights she’s gained from her recent experiences are reflected in Now’s expanded emotional palette. Produced by veteran hitmaker and longtime Andrews supporter Byron Gallimore, Now finds…
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Lucy Woodward – While You Can
Artist: Lucy Woodward Title: While You Can Label: Atlantic Rating: 5.5/10 Corporate Line: Lucy Woodward has blended a variety of influences – blue-eyed soul, rock, pop – into a style that’s all her own. “WHILE YOU CAN,” her Atlantic debut – produced by John Shanks (the Corrs, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks) and Kevin Kadish –…
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The White Stripes – Elephant
Artist: The White Stripes Title: Elephant Label: V2 Rating: 8/10 The Good: “Seven Nation Army” – The White Stripes will have you fooled as they sound like an army. This is perhaps their next step into another level as the bassline brings the bottom even lower. “There’s No Home For You Here” – An exploding…
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(Hed) Pe – Interview
(Hed) Planet Earth are back and frontman Jahred has a few words to say about it! How is the tour? Great. It doesn’t take much to keep me happy on the road. We’ve been getting good receptions everywhere we go. Do you ever step on-stage and look over the crowd and say to yourself ‘damn,…