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The Scourge Of The Sea Reviewed

The Scourge Of The Sea Reviewed

| July 26, 2006 | 0 Comments

The Scourge Of The Sea Make Me Armored (Alias) In Mötley Crüe’s autobiography, The Dirt, manager Doc McGee suggests Mick Mars should have had a TV show called “Please Take Advantage Of Me.” The Scourge Of The Sea could have been guests.

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Cameran Reviewed

Cameran Reviewed

| July 26, 2006 | 0 Comments

Cameran A Caesarean (Innocent Words) What more of Cameran do you need to know other than they have a rhythm section named Sancho and Pascal Holper.

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Thor Reviewed

Thor Reviewed

| July 26, 2006 | 0 Comments

Thor Devastation Of Masculation (Smog Veil) Jon Miki Thor enjoys his name so much it completely envelops Devastation Of Masculation, right down to the thanks in the liner notes, which he calls “Thor Salutes The Warriors Of The Universe.”

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Keane reviewed

Keane reviewed

| July 19, 2006 | 0 Comments

Keane Under The Iron Sea (Interscope) I think this is the new Keane album, and not a set of weepy demos.

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Black Stone Cherry reviewed

Black Stone Cherry reviewed

| July 19, 2006 | 0 Comments

Black Stone Cherry Black Stone Cherry (Roadrunner) Advertised as back-to-basics hard rock, if Black Stone Cherry really admired their heroes they’d show a little ingenuity.

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Under The Influence Of Giants reviewed

Under The Influence Of Giants reviewed

| July 19, 2006 | 1 Comment

Under The Influence Of Giants Under The Influence Of Giants (Island) Some of the best songs on Under The Influence Of Giants’ self-titled debut take the exact same approach that much of Justin Timberlake’s solo album took: they both ripped off Michael Jackson’s classic Off The Wall at every possible turn.

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MSTRKRFT Reviewed

MSTRKRFT Reviewed

| July 19, 2006 | 0 Comments

MSTRKRFT The Looks (Last Gang) Death From Above 1979 remix offshoot MSTRKRFT rent some electro space on their one-note debut.

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Loch Vostok reviewed

Loch Vostok reviewed

| July 19, 2006 | 0 Comments

Loch Vostok Destruction Time Again! (Escapi) Former members of Swedish prog metal outfit Mayadome release their second as Loch Vostok.

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Cities Come To Town

Cities Come To Town

| July 19, 2006 | 0 Comments

Cities Cities (Yep Roc) Chapel Hill calling themselves Cities? Someone explain (and do it quick because the bassist just left the band).

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Diana Ross Reviewed

Diana Ross Reviewed

| July 12, 2006 | 119 Comments

Diana Ross Blue (Motown) A lost standards album from 1972 finally gets its release.

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Krak Music

Krak Music

| July 12, 2006 | 2 Comments

CX Kidtronik Krak Attack (Sound Ink) Atlanta hip-hop O.D.J. makes his personal debut and wastes little time establishing how f’d up he can get.

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Ta Smallz Reviewed

Ta Smallz Reviewed

| July 12, 2006 | 2 Comments

Ta Smallz Having My Way (Life Entertainment) When you need to print your name’s pronunciation on the cover of your CD, you’re gonna find problems.

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Slow Learner Reviewed

Slow Learner Reviewed

| July 12, 2006 | 0 Comments

Slow Learner In Their Time They Are Magnificent (self-released) Greg Dulli friend and Ani DiFranco beau Mike Napolitano bows as Slow Learner.

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Greg Laswell Reviewed

Greg Laswell Reviewed

| July 12, 2006 | 0 Comments

Greg Laswell Through Toledo (Vanguard) Greg Laswell could have left “High And Low” off his sophomore album and no one would have said a word about Coldplay. Not a fucking word.

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The Evening Episode Reviewed

The Evening Episode Reviewed

| July 12, 2006 | 0 Comments

The Evening Episode The Physicist Has Known Sin (Slowdance) After a series of tests, you might find trip-hop/schleptronica to be slow, a sedative, and an encumbrence on the motor functions.

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