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Strike Anywhere Reviewed
Strike Anywhere Dead FM (Fat Wreck Chords) Richmond, Virginia’s Strike Anywhere aren’t a “do what I say, not what I do” gang of kids: The name is a warning.
Dirty Pretty Things Reviewed
Dirty Pretty Things Waterloo To Anywhere (Interscope) The other Libertine, the one who was able to manage his indulgences and ended up being literally robbed by Pete Doherty, moves on.
Christina Aguilera Reviewed
Christina Aguilera Back To Basics (RCA) It would take an artist as complex as Christina Aguilera to record a double album and call it Back To Basics.
Voicst Reviewed
Voicst 11:11 (Intrigue) Taking their name from South African slang for “manic energy,” Holland’s Voicst release their Stateside debut.
Goat Reviewed
Goat Twisted Heart (Engine Room) Still early in his career, Goat, aka Anthony Rosen, is on the slow track to becoming a Bruce Cockburn.
Broadcast Reviewed
Broadcast Future Crayon (Warp) B-sides and rarities compilatiton from underrated, cinematic electronic quintet.
Liam Singer Reviewed
Liam Singer Our Secret Lies Beneath The Creek (Tell-All) While this collection would surely be more intriguing had The Creek meant the actor, Liam Singer’s post rocking of classical music will do.
The Colour Reviewed
The Colour Devil’s Got A Holda Me (Rethink) The British spelling “colour” has occupied more bandnames than merits mention, and this Los Angeles band don’t clarify the matter.
Björk boxed!
Björk Surrounded (Rhino) When Rhino released the Talking Heads “brick” late last year, they created a format for catalog-reissue box sets — meaning a set of all the albums — by including DVD 5.1 sound and a crop of videos. With the Heads, that stuff was nice though the vids were primitive and some purists […]
Against Me! reviewed
Against Me! Americans Abroad: Live In London (Fat Wreck Chords) Gravel-pit-voiced Florida punk rockers write a new song, wrap a foreign-based concert around it.
A Change Of Pace reviewed
A Change Of Pace Prepare The Masses (Immortal) An energetic, if bloated pop punk album from Arizona quartet.
Eliane Elias reviewed
Eliane Elias Around The City (RCA Victor) Brazil-born Eliane Elias likes an urban samba beat. While she doesn’t mirror the horrors in the cities back home, she does embody South American élan.
Last Conservative reviewed
Last Conservative Pretty New Things (Good Charamel) Maybe this isn’t the forum to call into question open, unsigned music competitions, but one of Last Conservative’s claims to quarter-fame is an XM Radio “On The Brink: Best Unsigned Artist” win.
Tobias Froberg reviewed
Tobias Froberg Somewhere In The City (Cheap Lullaby) Swede singer-songwriter Tobias Froberg channels Paul Simon and Sondre Lerche on his cheery debut.
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