Archive | Album Reviews
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Album Review: Tokyo Police Club “Champs”
“It’s good to be back,” repeats singer Dave Monks in “Breakneck Speed,” the third track on Tokyo Police Club’s long-awaited sophomore LP, Champ.
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Album Review: The Wild Moccasins “Skin Collision Past”
The Wild Moccasins may be known for being “cute” with their playful onstage antics, baby faces and dreamy lyrics, but there’s nothing cutesy or juvenile about this indie-pop band’s first full-length album, Skin Collision Past, which features nine brief but captivating tracks.
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Album Review: Various Artists “Eclipse” Soundtrack
While the “Twilight” series can easily be labeled as subpar film entertainment, the soundtracks to each of Stephanie Meyer’s teen-vampire flicks have continually served as the films’ silver linings.
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Album Review: Band Of Horses “Infinite Arms”
In the four short years since their debut album hit the market, Band of Horses has grown from a relatively unknown band (originally called Horses), to a band whose most famous ballads, “The Funeral” and “No One’s Gonna Love You,” have been featured in numerous films and TV shows, and now ...
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Album Review: Sleigh Bells “Treats”
Heavy guitar and airy female vocals don't always result in evanescent metal pop. In fact, former Poison the Well guitarist Derek Miller and singer Alexis Krauss discovered a more festive alternative: Sleigh Bells.
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Album Review: Janelle Monae “The ArchAndroid”
Janelle Monáe is talented. More importantly, she’s ambitious. The 24-year old singer/dancer/writer/actor/performer gave up a career on Broadway for a shot at music — a pursuit that, she believes, “has the potential to change the world.” Imagine that.
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Artist Interview/Album Review: A Paper Cup Band “Sitting Shotgun To A Statue”
If Rivers Cuomo , Stephen Malkmus and Beck were ever sitting together on a loveseat during a nuclear blast and became fused together like Siamese triplets, the result would probably end up sounding something like A Paper Cup Band’ s latest album.
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Album Review: Delta Spirit “History From Below”
Delta Spirit is no stranger to San Diego — or success. The band formed a few years ago here in our own backyard, and wasted no time in releasing critically acclaimed debut Ode to Sunshine.
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Album Review: Ratatat “LP4”
Holed up with a line of bizarre instruments in an old rural mansion in upstate New York — instead of the urban apartment that birthed most of their past successes — Mike Stroud and Evan Mast laid down the tracks for their sixth album in as many years.