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Music
Tuesday, October 7 2008
By Chris Baynes
It might not be what you'd call a 'return to form', but the Mancunians' seventh is a high point in a career all too short of them.
By Andrew Martin
The first in Her Space Holiday's new folk-pop direction, this album puts Marc Bianchi's songwriting talents on full display as he captivates your ear with toe-tapping, playful melodies.
By Matthew Fiander
The overly produced Forfeit/Fortune has some gems, but sounds more distanced than it should, working against Bachmann's usual strength for intimacy.
By Dave Heaton
These musical questions have been asked many times before, and they’ll continue to be asked until the end of time.
By John Bohannon
Hill finds the song form in free-form and stops stroking his ego and starts writing songs.
By D.M. Edwards
A unique memorial for a mother -- 34 tracks from Stars of the Lid, Jessica Bailiff, A Place to Bury Strangers, Sandro Perri, Antony and the Johnsons, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Fridge, Nudge, Matmos, Ida, Sybarite, and many others.
Monday, October 6 2008
By Matthew Fiander
This might be the best country record of 2008. Or maybe it's the best soul record of 2008. Or the best folk record. Who knows? Lambchop has never cared much for genres.
By Cole Stryker
Unless Phil Spector is at your soundboard, you have no business writing "Danny Says".
By Adrien Begrand
The Norwegian band's second album has turned out to be one of the year's biggest surprises.
By Joseph Carver
It may seem like a long shot. But with the economy in shambles, the presidential election hinging on metaphors about lipstick and pigs, and people angrier than they have been in decades, maybe what the world needs now is more Whitey Ford.
By Quentin B. Huff
If there's an album that can mark a new era for women in hip-hop, this isn't the one.
By Chris Conaton
With a name like Ninja Gun, you'd expect a pop-punk band or hipster indie rockers. What you get is actually a very good hybrid of alt-country and power-pop.
Friday, October 3 2008
By Andrew Martin
This album, Thievery Corporation's fifth, is equal parts revolution and tradition. But it's unfortunately weighed down by too much of the same downtempo sounds we have all heard before.
By Michael Keefe
After a seven year hiatus, James sound revived and hungry again on Hey Ma.
By James Greene, Jr.
Check your watch -- here comes another best of/greatest hits collection from that other popular metal band whose name begins with "M".
By Ron Hart
This set showcases the immense talents of Gilmour’s longtime Pink Floyd bandmate and touring partner Rick Wright, whose unexpected death has since punctuated this release.
By Dominic Umile
Dusk + Blackdown are dubstep documentarians. Say that three times fast.
By Steve Horowitz
As an old friend, Sorrels offers some of Phillips’ best known material as well as songs he had never published or recorded.
Thursday, October 2 2008
By Thomas Hauner
Roots Manuva’s autonomous background singing detracts from his most stirring quality: effortlessly smooth delivery.
By Quentin B. Huff
The Little Folksinger's latest is the perfect guest for your New Year's Eve bash. It's the life of the party, as well as the designated driver.
By Timothy Gabriele
24 Postcards in Full Colour might almost be condemnable as a rotten tease were it not so powerful in its absences.
By Matt Gonzales
On their first album in four years, the New Year quietly reminds the indie rock community why no one makes music for the Painfully Alone better than them.
By Ian Mathers
Seattle songwriter picks himself back up after tragedy, with a new band, a new sound, and surprisingly open-hearted music.
By Deanne Sole
The kora, with its lacelike and intricate patterns of notes, is the more attention-catching instrument, and you could easily forget that this album is a partnership and start to think of it as a Mansa Sissoko project.
Wednesday, October 1 2008
By Ian Mathers
It should be ludicrous, it probably sounds ludicrous, but (and this is the glory of Mercury Rev), it works.
By Marc A. Price
A musical, circus stage show based on a 16th century Chinese novel about a monkey who dreamed of being a god? Damon Albarn must have something to do with it. But stripped of the fancy visuals, the music is left wanting.
By Will Layman
The veteran Cuban pianist and former "Tropicana" bandleader presents a modest but charming duet program in the great jazz basement.
By Deanne Sole
This album is all soothe and salve, looking back to the heyday of highlife.
By Chris Baynes
The Coventry trio have no dearth of axes to grind, attacking the old whipping boy of the 9-5 working life with unrelenting discontent, if not humour or, at times, logic.
By Marc A. Price
I am the god of hellfire and I bring you… a collection of acoustic tunes.
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Tuesday, October 7 2008
By Dan Weiss
The Feelies, the most plaintive and modest of the 1980s indie-breakout bands, wrung total pastoral bliss from a North Haledon garage for over a decade. Glenn Mercer reflects on the close of the band's initial run and looks at the promise of its reunion.
Monday, October 6 2008
By Zeth Lundy
Why is Creedence Clearwater Revival -- staple of classic-rock radio and formidable singles band -- the epitome of uncool in the eyes of some music separatists?
By PopMatters Staff
The fictional character most like 'schizophrenic voodoo' girl, Nellie McKay? A mix of Lassie, Scarlett O'Hara, Godzilla and Nancy Drew. These and other reveling facets of her character are discussed with PopMatters 20 Questions.
Tuesday, September 30 2008
By Michael Franco
In this revealing and personal interview, McArdle discusses the events that lead her to write her confessional solo disc Summer of the Whore, and how this disc just may dictate the course of her life for years to come.
Monday, September 29 2008
By Quentin B. Huff
The Digital Underground party has apparently come to an end. If so, we must acknowledge the group for more reasons than popularizing "The Humpty Dance".
(more Busted Headphones)
Monday, September 22 2008
By Derek Beres
Great art such as Fela! inspires us to make the choices we need to make, and not give up our responsibilities because it is easier to allow someone else to make decisions for us.
(more Global Beat Fusion)
Tuesday, September 16 2008
By Adrien Begrand
All That Remains' Phil Labonte talks about exercising restraint in creativity, recording the band's new album, 'Overcome', and not taking metal too seriously.
(more Blood and Thunder)
Tuesday, October 7 2008
By Sara Hayes
Polished by the California sun and worn smooth by ocean breezes, The Donkeys’ music captures the past and makes it sound shiny and new.
Monday, October 6 2008
By Joseph Carver
After a prolonged introductory applause John Prine leaned into the microphone and said, “This is my first time here. I think I’ll stay awhile.” He did.
Friday, October 3 2008
By Jennifer Kelly
Thurston Moore revisits his 1995 solo album Psychic Hearts with Steve Shelley, Chris Brokaw, and a bass player called Mutilator along for the ride.
more DVD Reviews
Tuesday, October 7 2008
By Adrien Begrand
If you like the metal, then knowing your "nawobbum" is an absolute must.
Monday, October 6 2008
By Adrien Begrand
The biggest-selling death metal band of all time delivers one of the greatest music DVDs ever released.
Monday, September 29 2008
By Chris Conaton
Dream Theater's third DVD in the past five years is chock full of fresh material, but it's still their third DVD in five years, and it's all starting to feel like business as usual.
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