Articles tagged "pop"

Capsule Reviews

Mary Roos: Amour Toujours: The French Song Collection 1972-1975

by Deanne Sole

[9.Nov.09] :. Her songs are designed to be heard once and wiggle themselves into your brain.

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Music Review

Cale Parks: To Swift Mars

by Joseph Pickert

[5.Nov.09] :. To Swift Mars samples the ‘80s pop zeitgeist to various effect, but is strongest in its least nostalgic moments.

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Music Review

Daryl Hall & John Oates: Live at the Troubadour

by C.L. Chafin

[13.Feb.09] :. Vintage pop duo gives it one more go.

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Sound Affects

The Cure - “A Pink Dream”

by Matt White

[23.Jan.09] :. How many times have you heard a b-side of one of your favorite bands and thought “WHY wasn’t this on the album?” It is even more frustrating/confusing when there are tracks on the...

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Isol / Zypce: Sima

by Deanne Sole

[30.Jun.08] :. Sima argues the existence of an Argentinean pop scene that creates smart and pleasantly eccentric music.

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Music Review

Wolftron- Flesh & Fears

by Chris Conaton

[4.Jun.08] :. The frontman of Daphne Loves Derby does a solo album of romantic pop. But where's the heart?

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TWiG 2008-05-12: Enter the Drones

by Mike Schiller

[12.May.08] :. New releases for the week of 2008-05-12...

 

Various: Thai Pop Spectacular

by Deanne Sole

[20.Sep.07] :. You might be able to file Thai Pop Spectacular away on the Wacky shelf, but the thrilling stab of Thai Country Groove is less easily dismissed.

 

Zap Mama: Supermoon

by Deanne Sole

[13.Sep.07] :. Despite her obvious admiration for US hip-hop, Daulne's music-making spirit has always been more French than North American.

 

Suzy Bogguss: Sweet Danger

by Steve Horowitz

[4.Sep.07] :. While old fans may be disappointed, this should find Bogguss a new audience that enjoys sophisticated tunes that would seem at home in classy nightclub.

 

Tegan and Sara: The Con

by Elizabeth Newton

[9.Aug.07] :. This album is very, very good. To be more precise, it is one of the best albums so far of 2007 and one of the best recent pop releases.

 

Svoy: Eclectric

by Mike Schiller

[8.Aug.07] :. Svoy has a wonderful idea of who he wants to be, but he spends so much of the album trying to live up to that standard that he seems to forget what makes his best songs so great in the first place.

 

Various Artists: Le Pop 4

by Deanne Sole

[18.Jun.07] :. A Gigi of an album: a voluptuous and innocent charmer from France.

 

No More Kings: No More Kings

by Elizabeth Newton

[7.May.07] :. This is the sort of music that MTV thrives upon: music driven by pop culture, and full of style rather than substance.