Category: Music
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Weed – Hard To Kill
Artist: Weed Title: Hard To Kill Label: Nettwerk Rating: 6/10 Weed’s Hard To Kill is a mellow album packed with rich beats and vocals. Made up of Cristina and Dan Handrabur, this band sounds like a sleepy, almost dazed Bjork. This married couple’s low-key electronic beats are both contrasted and improved by Cristina’s surreal and…
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Videodrone – Videodrone
Artist: Videodrone Title: Videodrone Label: Reprise Rating: 7/10 The latest release from Videodrone (previously known as Cradle of Thorns) is their first with the new name, as well as their first under Korn’s label, Elementree. Their evolution is quickly apparent, as they have transformed their sound to another level through musical ability. Their long time…
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The Verve – This is the Music: The Singles 92-98
Artist: The Verve Title: This is the Music: The Singles 92-98 Label: Virgin Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: This Is Music The album featuring two unreleased tracks and DVD features all the band’s music videos will also be released on the same date. This Is Music is a collection of all The Verve’s singles including two…
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The Verve Pipe – The Verve Pipe
Artist: The Verve Pipe Title: The Verve Pipe Label: RCA Rating: 8/10 The Verve Pipe isn’t going to lay down and play dead. I’m sure many of us were hoping to never hear “The Freshman” again, but you won’t hear anything like that on their latest self-titled album. What you will hear is a magnificent…
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Coal Chamber – Chamber Music
Artist: Coal Chamber Title: Chamber Music Label: Roadrunner Rating: 8/10 With Y2K approaching at a rapid pace, many bands are trying to release that revolutionizing album that nobody will forget. Coal Chamber’s Chamber Music, their second opus on Roadrunner Records, is a new twist on their patented spookycore sound. It’s evil in an odd way,…
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Choclair – Ice Cold
Artist: Choclair Title: Ice Cold Label: Priority Rating: 7/10 Straight out of Canada comes Kareem Blake, better known as Choclair. It has taken Choclair a decade to make a name for himself, but it won’t take him that long to get to the top. In his anthem, “Ice Cold”, the beats are hot and the…
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Paddy Casey – Amen
Artist: Paddy Casey Title: Amen Label: C2 Rating: 6/10 Paddy Casey has a voice that’s a throwback to Don McLean with a lateral to Tracy Chapman. The first song, “Fear”, is nice, but not entirely strong for the lead track. The one truly worth a mention is the bittersweet “Sweet Suburban Sky”. “Downtown” comes right…
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C-Note – A Different Kind of Love
Artist: C-Note Title: A Different Kind of Love Label: Epic Rating: 4/10 C Note is claiming to bring a Different Kind Of Love. All of the sexual innuendo that they are spreading certainly separates them from the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, even if it is just a little bit. Still, it’s still better than nothing.…
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Jude – Interview
If science could create talent, Jude might be Dr. Jeckyl’s attempt at a rock star gone awry. He is not a folkie or a bubble-gum pop star, not heavy metal or even alternative, but a rare combination of homogenous music styles. Jude, better known by his mother as Michael Jude Christodal, was born in Boston,…
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Brougham – Le Cock Sportif
Artist: Brougham Title: Le Cock Sportif Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 6.5/10 Straight out of Silicon Valley, otherwise known as Palo Alto, California, are music trespassers Brougham. They mix hip-hop with rock just enough to earn some Kid Rock comparisons. Right from go, Brougham gets burnt on “Don’t Speak English”, but then mellows on “7th Grade”.…