Category: Music
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Ali – Interview
Still a lunatic. Get inside this St. Louis hip-hopper Ali! Heard you’re out on the road? Yeah I’m out with Nas. How’s that going? It’s all good. It’s going real good. He’s showing me much love and allows me to tap into an audience I might not be able to. Are you alone while everyone…
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Stereophonics – Just Enough Education To Perform
Artist: Stereophonics Title: Just Enough Education To Perform Label: V2 Rating: 8/10 “Vegas Two Times” sounds heavier than ever but not without the resounding hook. Kelly Jones still stresses and strains his voice until it is worn and torn. “Mr. Writer” is a bit more restrained. It lays heavy in the chorus while reliving the…
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Nick Cave – No More Shall We Part
Artist: Nick Cave Title: No More Shall We Part Label: Reprise Rating: 7.5/10 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have a lot to live up to after their amazing 1997 release, The Boatman’s Call. No More Shall We Part bleeds passion from track one until the last track calls it a night. If Nick Cave’s…
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Sinomatic – Sinomatic
Artist: Sinomatic Title: Sinomatic Label: Atlantic Rating: 6.5/10 Out of Youngstown, Ohio, come a bunch of guys with stars in their eyes. Sinomatic opens blistering about what sounds like love in “Bloom”, but singer Cooper says “in reality it’s a song about drugs, about cocaine.” “You’re Mine” is seductive in its hook while not selling…
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Creeper Lagoon – Take Back The Universe and Give Me Yesterday
Artist: Creeper Lagoon Title: Take Back The Universe and Give Me Yesterday Label: Dreamworks Rating: 7/10 Creeper Lagoon has been this sort of band that has lived in infamy for years. You heard about them but didn’t really know much about them. Enigmatic is certainly a good way to describe them. I Become Small And…
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Mikaila – Interview
What is it like waking up in the morning reading a glowing review in Billboard and then going back to a somewhat normal life? It’s really weird. I’m tutored but I’m enrolled in a public school, but it’s hard to go all the time with traveling and other demands. And the demands on your time…
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Our Lady Peace – Spirtual Machines
Artist: Our Lady Peace Title: Spirtual Machines Label: Columbia Rating: 9/10 Spiritual Machines marks the fourth studio record to date for big-time north of the border rockers Our Lady Peace. In Canada, Our Lady Peace could sell out an arena in a heartbeat, but in the States they continues to look for acceptance in the…
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Saliva – Interview with Josey
Saliva is really back to roots rock. I’m curious about what you grew up listening to. I grew up listening to a lot of different stuff. I wasn’t really allowed to have rock ‘n’ roll records, but I listened to a lot of Randy Rhodes, Ozzy, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Metallica, and stuff like that.…
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The Ataris – End is Forever
Artist: The Ataris Title: End is Forever Label: Kung Fu Records Rating: 7/10 End Is Forever is the fourth full-length release for The Ataris. I never heard of them until this album came to me, but right from the driven “Giving Up On Love” and its serious appeal I was hooked. They have all kinds…
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112 – Part III
Artist: 112 Title: Part III Label: Bad Boy Rating: 7.5/10 It’s time for 112 to get your respect, and mine. Part III finds the boys as men and this time they’re not holding anything back. 112 have not distinguished themselves as more than a novelty. The voices are silky. The harmonies are tight. The songs…