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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…

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…

Any group using their connection to someone else as their stepping-stone should be in for a rude awakening.

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…

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…

Artist: Rival Schools Title: United By Fate Label: Island Rating: 5/10 Rival School is actually combined pools of musicians with credits such as Quicksand and CIV. Together they are United By Fate and roar through a combined strength of rock and punk. “Travel By Telephone” is down and dirty rock, even though you may not…

Artist: Brian McKnight Title: Superhero Label: Motown Rating: 7.5/10 Brian McKnight is playing the Superhero roll. The question is, will this fly or will he fall into the hands of the villain? McKnight’s sixth album is typical of everything he’s released in the past, which is both a good and bad thing. Good in that…