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MUSIC REVIEW: BEACH HOUSE - 'BLOOM'
Dream Pop Near Perfection on an Album of Flowering Tunes
...you simply have to know how to capture the shreds of that cloud in a bottle and put them on display on the shelves of your rickety cart.
MUSIC REVIEW: KILLER MIKE - 'R.A.P. MUSIC'
Groundbreaking Album of Rap's Finest Fulfilling The Wildest Dream
Aside from personal developments, there is a very real feeling that this may well be one of the best rap albums of recent years.
MUSIC REVIEW: MEIKO - 'THE BRIGHT SIDE'
An Album that Battles the Darkness to Arrive Bathed with Indie Pop Light
This is the album you’ll listen to when you are done moping about the love you lost and ready to begin again.
MUSIC REVIEW: MICK BOOGIE - 'BEASTIE BOYS GRAND ROYAL MIXTAPE'
Something For The Weekend: A Celebration of an Iconic Life, Work and Fighting Spirit
Nothing was ever done in half measures – and that is a measure of a rare man
MUSIC REVIEW: DAMON ALBARN - 'DR DEE'
The Album of the Opera of The Medical, Mystical, Elizabethan Superhero
The compositions are strange, soaring, and timeless. They certainly take you on a trip to Dee's era of Renaissance discovery...
MUSIC REVIEW: SILVERSUN PICKUPS - 'NECK OF THE WOODS'
Shoegaze Favorites Bring an Album of New Direction, Sounds and Strength
As a title, 'Neck of the Woods' conjures ideas of things heading in the right direction. As an album, this is perhaps the most ‘right’ the band has ever been.
MUSIC REVIEW: RUSKO - 'SONGS'
Dubstep, Reggae and Almost Pure Pop on Trippy Second Album
..at the heart of this particular expedition the artist is in very good shape. He will lead, and others will surely continue to follow. Everything here signals longevity.
MUSIC REVIEW: TENNIS - LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR
A Compelling Night of Indie-Pop Intimacy and Broad Appeal
They've dominated my music listening this year and I feel good every time I hear their them. I can't wait to hear where their next adventure takes them.
MUSIC REVIEW: JADAKISS - 'CONSIGNMENT MIXTAPE'
Something for The Weekend: A Free Download of Solid Street, Slow-Flowing Beats and Rhymes
The fight is still being fought – and just because it’s dirty, doesn’t mean it’s lacking class. Solid, unrelenting, heavyweight.
MUSIC REVIEW: PORTUGAL. THE MAN - LIVE AT THE OGDEN THEATER
Modern Glam Rock With A Twist of Classics and Mountain-Sized Energy
When Portugal. The Man took the stage, we were immediately struck by the sheer audacious commitment they brought to their performance.
MUSIC REVIEW: BEN KWELLER - LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD THEATER
A Night of Friends, Femmes, Local Heroes and Indie-Pop Sing-Alongs
Each person on the stage is having so much fun it will infect you and you will never want to leave. So, don’t just wait for something great…go and find a live date now…
MUSIC REVIEW: NORAH JONES - 'LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS'
A Smooth And Soulful Album of Tender, Alternative Scales
If you've been a Jones fan all along, you won't need much persuasion, but if you've never given her a try, there couldn't be a better time to start listening.
MUSIC REVIEW: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - 'OUT OF THE GAME'
The Classy Singer-Songwriter Settles Down and Hits A Stronger Stride
If this album is what happens Rufus Wainwright finally settles down, I wish him a long, happy, marriage
MUSIC REVIEW: NICK WATERHOUSE - 'TIME'S ALL GONE'
An Album of Old-School Sounds, Soulful Demands And Modern Twists
Time’s All Gone needs to be in your collection. Put it on repeat. Waterhouse’s sultry, seductive ways will make you a believer. He’ll work his way into your head & heart.
MUSIC REVIEW: KOOL A.D. - '51'
Something For The Weekend: A Free Download from Das Racist's Bay Area Boy
Yes. Does the track carry sweet beats? Yes. Does the track pull the listener up from comfortable progress? Yes, as It should. So the win is registered.
MUSIC REVIEW: ORBITAL - 'WONKY'
Pioneering Electronica Returns With Screwy Pollination of Good Sounds
Experimentalism is the order of the day, and this gives established artists a chance to reevaluate and redefine themselves.
MUSIC REVIEW: JACK WHITE - 'BLUNDERBUSS'
Hitting Bullseye with a Smoking Solo Debut of Sure-Shot Rock 'n' Roll
As is often the case within Jack White’s approach, for all the volume, rust, robust authenticity and styling, there is the requisite passage of disarming grace.
MUSIC REVIEW: L.P. - 'INTO THE WILD LIVE AT EASTWEST STUDIOS'
An EP of Pop-Rock Storytelling That Cuts It's Own Path And Opens the Road
...it won’t be long before L.P. is less the subconscious sound of pop, and fully lit at the front of the collective mind.
MUSIC REVIEW: DJ ROB DINERO - 'WATCHING OVER THE THRONE'
Something For The Weekend: A Free Download of Tupac and Biggie on a Rap Remix Dream
In Dinero's version, all of the Jay-Z and Kanye verses are replaced by classic Biggie and Tupac verses.
MUSIC REVIEW: KIMBRA - LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR
A Concert of Style and Charisma from an Alt-Pop Singing Star (And Friend of Gotye)
...her voice's tone is still soulful and jazzy. She uses that and her body as instruments to make it work, and again it all seems singularly Kimbra.