Archive | Album Reviews
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Column: Twilight… Bad Movies, Good Music
June 29 was a very special night, one whose significance had not been matched since November 20, 2009. June 29 was celebrated in megaplexes and small rural movie houses all over the world. June 29 was touted in public by preteen girls, and in private by the older and male populations.
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Album Review: M.I.A. “/\/\/\Y/\”
Mathangi Arulpragasm—known to her friends as Maya—was going to give birth in a bathtub. The 34-year-old mother-to-be was born in Sri Lanka, you see, and wears the Third World badge proudly.
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Album Review: Dangermouse, Sparklehorse and David Lynch “Dark Night Of The Soul”
"Pain is a matter of sensation," sings Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips in the opening lines of "Dark Night of the Soul.
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Album Review: Macy Gray “The Sellout”
After a three-year hiatus spent raising her children, Macy Gray has returned to the music world with a spirited new album, The Sellout. Gray, a self-proclaimed jazz singer, has persevered since her debut and creates music difficult to duplicate.
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Album Review: Miley Cyrus “Can’t Be Tamed”
After just 17 years of life, the young Miley Cyrus has managed to achieve ubiquity. This past year, it has been impossible to go anywhere without hearing the chorus of her hit single “Party in the USA.
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Album Review: Stars “The Five Ghosts”
Stars, the well-known Canadian band who have delighted the indie music scene with their modern synthpop love songs, are beginning to sound a bit old. Their newest album, The Five Ghosts, might as well be the phantom of their albums past.
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Album Review: Uffie “Sex Dreams And Denim Jeans”
Four years since the debut of Uffie's successful single "Pop The Glock," the near-forgotten princess of the underground electronic scene has released her first album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans.
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Album Review: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers “Mojo”
From the first twang of electric guitars on the opening track, “Jefferson Jericho Blues,” the essence of Petty’s early records—and more importantly of his roots, the American South—come through.
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Album Review: The Roots “How I Got Over”
On Nov. 17, ?uestlove and The Roots shocked the hip-hop world when they announced that they were going to retire from touring and work full-time as the house band for Jimmy Fallon's Late Night Talk Show. This was only a few months after they released their rumored final album, "Rising Down.