Category: Music
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Submarine – Skin Diving
Artist: Submarine Title: Skin Diving Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 4/10 Submarine is stepping into a line of bands attempting to bring techno-rock monotony into America where it has failed time and again. Better groups before them, like Morcheeba, Olive, and Portishead, have failed to move ahead with this mix and I can’t expect Submarine will…
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Aaron Carter – Aaron’s Party
Artist: Aaron Carter Title: Aaron’s Party Label: Jive Rating: 0.5/10 Aaron Carter is the younger brother of Backstreet Boy’s heartthrob Nick Carter. Not quite impressed by that? Well, this album won’t do anything to change that. The first single, “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)”, is terrible. Clich after clich end sentences made up of pathetically…
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Take 5 – Against All Odds
Artist: Take 5 Title: Against All Odds Label: Elektra Rating: 5/10 Perhaps the real king of pop is Lou Perlman. Guess what he’s just come out with. Yes, another boy band. It appears Perlman’s magic factory in Orlando has lost its glitter. Everything is coming out bland and soulless. Take 5 is no exception. “Shake…
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Boyz II Men – Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya
Artist: Boyz II Men Title: Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya Label: Universal Rating: 7/10 Boyz II Men were once the biggest group on the planet. It was these Boyz who opened the boy band door once again so that Backstreet could ride in on their coattails. Then they took years off and the world all but…
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98 Degrees – Revelation
Artist: 98 Degrees Title: Revelation Label: Universal Rating: 7/10 The girls will be feeling the heat from 98 Degrees’ latest release, Revelation. The one thing I found interesting is how involved 98 Degrees is in the album’s writing. That has spelled disaster for the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. Not the case here. The opener, “Give…
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Dirty Walt – To Put It Bluntly
Artist: Dirty Walt Title: To Put It Bluntly Label: Triple X Rating: 1/10 Dirty Walt is one fifth of Fishbone and is in possession of a funky, deep soul voice, but it’s used for all the wrong reasons on his first solo album, To Put It Bluntly. The only song worthy of a listen, and…
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Electrasy – In Here We Fall
Artist: Electrasy Title: In Here We Fall Label: Arista Rating: 3/10 Rock can come in many packages. Most are sealed in a plastic home, some in cardboard, paper, but most often just dull old plastic. Not very pretty to look at, or very interesting for that matter. Bland. Electrasy fixes as the same old bland…
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OPM – Interview
Finding out if heaven really is a halfpipe with opm frontman John e. Necro How is being signed to a national label? Its definitely a trip. Its been a lot of fun. It feels like everything is going in a real positive direction. Did it blow your mind when “Heaven Is A Halfpipe” started getting…
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Five For Fighting – America Town
Artist: Five For Fighting Title: America Town Label: Aware Rating: 2/10 “Easy Tonight” opens Five For Fighting’s America Town. It’s here you take notice of John Ordarsik’s affected vocals. Worse yet is that he seems to be able to really sing. Why he doesn’t pull it off, I have no idea. What in the world…
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Good Charlotte – Good Charlotte
Artist: Good Charlotte Title: Good Charlotte Label: Epic Rating: 6/10 Good Charlotte brings geek to sheik with their “Little Things”. It brings a giant hook that gets radio’s attention and converts the nerdy masses. It’s Good Charlotte’s punk posture and carefree attitude that will win you over, but realize it’s the true pop sensibility that…