Category: Music
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Toploader – Onka’s Big Moka
Artist: Toploader Title: Onka’s Big Moka Label: Epic Rating: 6/10 Toploader is a band shipped to America on a huge wave of hype. Are they worth the hype? Read on. The first thing that strikes you is the Stevie Wonder sound. “Let The People Know” sounds cool even though it’s kind of silly, but not…
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Maxwell – Now
Artist: Maxwell Title: Now Label: Columbia Rating: 7/10 Maxwell wants to be the king of soul. He can’t wait for the title, he wants it Now. From the timid “This Woman’s Work” to the torrid and tortured “Symptom Unknown”, Maxwell makes it a point to tell us all that he’s no one genre man. There…
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Pete – Interview
After a late night, Pete. frontman Dave is sounding a little hoarse, but still up to chatting. And we did a lot of that. What was supposed to be fifteen minutes ended up being an hour. You sound a little hoarse. I am. I was out drinking and talking a little late, so I’m a…
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Bob Schneider – Interview
sit down and get to know bob schneider What were you thinking when you got the call about joining the Stevie Nicks tour? It was pretty amazing. Stevie Nicks is nothing but pure hits. And it’s not just hit songs, but they are really good. They are songs that are inspired and original. At first…
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Jimmy Eat World – Interview [2001]
one-on-one with bassist rick burch What’s it like to go from not having a record deal a year ago and now being on the Warped Tour? It’s awesome. How did it go down? We were on Capitol and we got dropped off them and we were really psyched about that because they weren’t working really…
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The Butthole Surfers – Weird Revolution
Artist: The Butthole Surfers Title: Weird Revolution Label: Hollywood Rating: 6/10 The Butthole Surfers are now legends. They don’t have songs you’d hear on the radio, well, except their hit a few years ago, “Pepper”. Instead their notoriety comes from their obscurity. With albums that are deemed classics by those in the know, it takes…
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Tom McCrae – Tom McCrae
Artist: Tom McCrae Title: Tom McCrae Label: Arista Rating: 7/10 Searching for new music is never easy. Tom McRae writes and sings like he has given up looking for something to listen to and instead made his own. Songs like “2nd Law” and “Draw Down The Stairs” push the emotional peddle. McRae lays it on…
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Adema – Adema
Any group using their connection to someone else as their stepping-stone should be in for a rude awakening.
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Slipknot – Iowa
Artist: Slipknot Title: Iowa Label: Roadrunner Rating: 8/10 When the seed was planted two and a half years ago, nobody thought the virus that has become Slipknot would infect so many. With the release of Iowa, the Knot have officially begun their quest to take over the world and beat the living hell out of…
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Juvenile – Project English
Artist: Juvenile Title: Project English Label: Cash Money Rating: 6/10 Juvenile set off the Cash Money carriage ride that has been nothing but a gold rush. Cash Money is looking for more platinum records so they can pile more green in the vaults. Will Project English help out the savings account? Well, Mannie Fresh does…