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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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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”. […]

  • Ian Brown – Golden Greats

    Artist: Ian Brown Title: Golden Greats Label: Interscope Rating: 4/10 Ian Brown has been his own worst enemy and best friend throughout his career. He was part of one of the biggest bands in Britain’s music history, The Stone Roses, and he helped bring them crumbling down right before his very eyes. After their breakup, […]

  • Bow Wow Wow – Made in the U.S.A.

    Artist: Bow Wow Wow Title: Made in the U.S.A. Label: Cleopatra Rating: 8/10 If the name of the band Bow Wow Wow doesn’t ring a bell, then maybe the song “I Want Candy” will. Bow Wow Wow is releasing Wild in the USA, a collection of rare remixes and live recordings of your favorite 80’s […]

  • Boy Sets Fire – After The Eulogy

    Artist: Boy Sets Fire Title: After The Eulogy Label: Victory Rating: 7.5/10 The underground scene is a great place to be these days, and Boysetsfire has found its place among the elite. With the release of After The Eulogy on Victory Records, Boysetsfire has placed itself in the middle of everything that is truly hardcore, […]

  • Blowfly – Blowfly Does XXX-Mas

    Artist: Blowfly Title: Blowfly Does XXX-Mas Label: Panadisc Rating: 5/10 Soul singer Clarence Reid found fame in a different seting with vividly explicit (though also mostly comical) sex material and outrageous commentary. Reid issued several albums as Blowfly, an adult comedian in the Redd Foxx, Rudy Ray Moore and Dolemite tradition. His albums were issued […]

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