Category: Music
-
Simian – We Are Your Friends
Artist: Simian Title: We Are Your Friends Label: Astralwerks Rating: 7/10 Simian can come off as completely disjointed but at the same time brilliant. We Are Your Friends is more on beaten path than their previous effort. Rock Me: “La Breeze” – Even though the chorus sounds like a charged up version of the Rolling…
-
Dana Glover – Testimony
Artist: Dana Glover Title: Testimony Label: Dreamworks Rating: 4/10 Dana Glover. Sounds like: Anastacia. Testify: “Rain” – infectious ear candy. Bargain: “Thinking Over” and “Almost Had It All” – Glover lets her voice go, even though the songs are pure fluff. “A Reason” – truly more fluff. The songs are infectious, but there is no…
-
Justin Timberlake – Justified
Artist: Justin Timberlake Title: Justified Label: Jive Rating: 6/10 NSYNC frontman Justin Timberlake takes it solo. Sounds like: Michael Jackson Hot: “Right For Me” – Finally we don’t hear NSYNC in a track or the saccharine nonsense that is synonymous with JT. “Never Again” – Although it sounds ready for a Disney movie there is…
-
Justin Timberlake – Interview [2004]
Around the horn with Justin Timberlake! Is that exciting that you’re getting a lot of critical good words before the record comes out? It is very exciting, I mean, you know, sometimes I think, I don’t think it’s all good. I mean there’s some bad too, you know, I think everything comes with something. But,…
-
David Gray – A New Day At Midnight
Artist: David Gray Title: A New Day At Midnight Label: RCA Rating: 7/10 David Gray has been around for quite sometime, but it took White Ladder, an album he personally financed, to make him known around the world. David Gray finds himself trying to follow up on that singular success with A New Day At…
-
Christina Aguilera – Stripped
Everyone seemed to wonder what happened to Christina Aguilera. The press has trashed her, she’s tried to shed her pop artist skin, and the question is whether she’s come out of it unscathed. The intro to the record shows she wants to put it all behind her.
-
The Police – The Very Best of The Police
Artist: The Police Title: The Very Best of The Police Label: Universal Rating: 8/10 The Police are one of the great rock bands of all time. In 1997 a greatest hits package was put together for the holiday season – the 2002 version is similar but with a few additions like “Seven Days”, “De Do…
-
Taproot – Interview [2002]
Interview with Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague! How long have you work on Welcome? A long time, about nine months I think. We started pre-production with Toby last November and wrapped in May but had to do some mixing in June. Were you writing in the studio or did you have songs done? Yes on both…
-
Sixpence None The Richer – Divine Discontent
Artist: Sixpence None The Richer Title: Divine Discontent Label: Reprise Rating: 8/10 It’s been a long time since “Kiss Me” ate up the airwaves. Has it been to long for Sixpence? Great: “Down And Out Of Time” – You could listen to this over and over again. “Paralyzed” – Emotional, powerful and perhaps the hardest…
-
Foo Fighters – One By One
Artist: Foo Fighters Title: One By One Label: RCA Rating: 7..5/10 The Foo Fighters are well known. They write catchy hooks, which turn into hit singles. Dave Grohl has seemingly taken a different approach to One By One. It’s subtle, but strong and not the typical Foo you’ve come to know and love. The Good:…