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Travis Tritt reviewed!
Travis Tritt The Storm (Category 5) It’d be easy to sit back and say folks have tired of Travis Tritt, especially from a Yankee perspective. His era — that of Garth Brooks and Clint Black — is only survived by a bland-as-all-get-out Alan Jackson, while Tritt’s own appropriation of the Waylon image gets shakier the […]
Scorpions reviewed
Scorpions Humanity Hour 1 (New Door/UMe) Sensing they perhaps missed a chance when they failed to retire after “Winds Of Change,” Germany’s undying Scorpions try yet again to go out on a high note with Humanity Hour 1.
DevilDriver reviewed
DevilDriver The Last Kind Words (Roadrunner) Dez Fafara finally hits his stride, three records into his second career.
Angel & The Love Mongers reviewed
Angel & The Love Mongers The Humanist Queen (Rock Snob) The last time a Tennessee-based band devoted an album to British influences, they were called Big Star and went down in history as the missing link. Don’t expect as much from Angel & The Love Mongers.
The Velocet reviewed
The Velocet A Quick And Dirty Guide To War (Eyeball) The times would indicate an army brat’s album might attempt something substantial, but apparently Michael Davison really just wants to rock like everyone else.
Luke Temple reviewed
Luke Temple Snowbeast (Mill Pond) Sometime visual artist Luke Temple couldn’t stand the New York art scene so he decided to try his hand at singing. His second album suggests the NYC music realm was a tough fit as well.
Dave Mehling reviewed
Dave Mehling How Do I Make You Lonesome? (self-released) Minnesota singer-songwriter teeters on the brink for a tension-filled debut.
Two Loons For Tea
Two Loons For Tea Nine Lucid Dreams (Sarathan) Third album from Seattle duo edges in on the adult contemporary wing of trip-hop currently inhabited by Morcheeba, Sia, and Zero 7.
Monte Negro reviewed
Monte Negro Cicatrix (Feed The Hungry) Bilingual Los Angelinos move more spiritedly away from Latino alt-rock into the broader, blander realm of mainstream American rock.
Black Before Red reviewed
Black Before Red Belgrave To Kings Circle (I Eat) Austin house band finally get a lineup together for their first album, a pastoral, indie ode to The Kinks and The Shins.
Joe Satriani revisited
Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien: Legacy Edition (Epic/Legacy) How appropriate the week Van Halen announce their shaky reunion does another aging guitar hero come to town with the intent of revisiting his past. Appearing: Thursday, August 16th at House Of Blues in Chicago
T.I. reviewed
T.I. T.I. Vs. T.I.P. (Atlantic/Grand Hustle) 2006’s best-selling rapper revives a concept from his second album, pitting the alleged two sides of his personality against each other in an appropriately half-baked affair.
The Kingston Trio reviewed
The Kingston Trio Nick, Bob & John: The Final Concert (Collector’s Choice) This single CD captures the final concert of the second version of The Kingston Trio, one of the most successful folk groups of all time.
Bottom Of The Hudson reviewed
Bottom Of The Hudson Fantastic Hawk (Absolutely Kosher) The long-awaited follow-up to the Holiday Machine EP finds Bottom Of The Hudson testing out this whole “band” thing.
The Ghost Is Dancing reviewed
The Ghost Is Dancing The Darkest Spark (Sonic Unyon) Exuberant indie rock, like I Am Barcelona invading Conor Oberst’s practice space with the Clap Hands kids, is what makes this ghost dance.
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