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Shannon McArdle reviewed
Shannon McArdle Summer Of The Whore (Bar None) Former Mendoza Line frontwoman Shannon McArdle lies back on the couch and drops truckloads of divorce-flavored pathology.
Scars On Broadway
Scars On Broadway Scars On Broadway (Interscope) He might not like it, but from here to forever, any music Daron Malakian creates outside of System Of A Down will be compared to that band. That band who, in less than a decade, scored five platinum records, three no. 1 records, and redefined the rules of […]
Chrome Division reviewed
Chrome Division Booze, Broads And Beelzebub (Nuclear Blast) If anyone in heavy metal deserves to kick back and have a good time, it’s Chrome Division guitarist Shagrath. His full-time job fronting Dimmu Borgir, after all, demands he be dead serious all the time about Satan, pentagrams, corpsepaint, The Lord Of The Rings, and hating your […]
Dead Heart Bloom reviewed
Dead Heart Bloom Fall In (KEI) Kicking off a series of three (presumably free, as this one is) 2008 EPs, Fall In slides through tastes more succinctly than Dead Heart Bloom’s two albums did.
Taylor Hollingsworth reviewed
Taylor Hollingsworth Bad Little Kitty (Mass) To smoke, or not to smoke: That was the question before Taylor Hollingsworth. He smoked.
The Black Ghosts reviewed
The Black Ghosts The Black Ghosts (Iamsound) Judging from Simian Mobile Disco’s debut, it seemed likely the split occurred on artistic grounds: Jameses Ford and Shaw wanted to go pop, while Simon Lord and Alex MacNougthon preferred the experimental angle. Judging from The Black Ghosts, Lord should be in SMD. Appearing: Thursday, July 24th at […]
John Hiatt reviewed
John Hiatt Same Old Man (New West) Raspy singer-songwriter John Hiatt displays a voice beyond his years on Same Old Man, which makes him sound about 113. Appearing: Friday, July 18th at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park.
Billy Idol compiled
Billy Idol The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself (Capitol/EMI) Since Billy Idol’s intentions have always been so clear, he’s a classic debate case: Is it better to acknowledge you’re a sellout from the beginning?
Albert Hammond, Jr. reviewed
Albert Hammond, Jr. ¿Cómo Te Llama? (Black Seal/Sony BMG) With the Drew Barrymore aftermath currently the only interesting Strokes news, Albert Hammond, Jr. releases his second solo album.
Motley Crue reviewed
Motley Crue Saints Of Los Angeles (Eleven Seven/Motley) With a guitarist who shows less life than Bernie Lomax, a drummer who’s convinced he’s a DJ, and a summer tour “extravaganza” with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, and fuckin’ Trapt, it’s doubtful anyone had high expectations for a new Motley Crue record. But guess what? Saints Of Los […]
Patriotic Country three-quilled
Various Artists Patriotic Country 3 (Razor & Tie) America is under siege. That’s the message emanating from this 17-track compilation, proceeds from which will benefit the families of the National Guard and other military reservists.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson reviewed
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Say Hey) Gravel-voiced and broken, rarely does a singer-songwriter come with a story as compelling as the soul-scarred narratives this one brings to life. Expanding his name the way he does on the album sleeve only serves to underscore one man’s awful fall from innocence to inferno.
Mudcrutch reviewed
Mudcrutch Mudcrutch (Reprise) If anywhere, Tom Petty’s Mudcrutch should be insanely popular in Chicagoland: We’re putting the band back together! Appearing: Wednesday, July 2nd at United Center in Chicago.
Camper Van Beethoven compiled
Camper Van Beethoven Popular Songs Of Great Enduring Strength And Beauty (Cooking Vinyl) Camper Van Beethoven don’t loom. Despite being as important to American alternative rock’s adolescence as Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Sonic Youth, and others, “legendary” has rarely been credibly applied to them. Music goons were even able to pull Mission Of […]
The Warlocks reviewed
The Warlocks Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee) There is hope for anemic indie pop. Appearing: June 20th at Logan Square Auditorium.
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