Archive for January, 2007

Blanco Facil - Chetes

Chetes (aka Gerardo Garza), former lead vocalist and composer of the groups Zurdok and Vaquero, releases his debut album as a soloist. Features members of Wilco and produced by Wilco’s Ken Coomer. “Completamente” was nominated for a Latin Grammy for “Best Rock Song”.
Track Listings
1. Poco A Poco
2. Otra Vez
3. Se Fue El Dolor
4. Completamente
5. […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

Arnold Layne / Dark Globe - David Gilmour

Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour, with help from David Bowie and Richard Wright, pays tribute the band’s founder, Syd Barrett, who passed away in July of 2006 by covering two of Syd’s songs. The first is the early Floyd tune, ‘Arnold Layne’, a song the band recorded before Gilmour joined. The second cover is […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

No Place To Be - Matisyahu

Matisyahu No Place To Be CD + bonus DVD package CD contains 7 new tracks, including “Jerusalem (Out Of Darkness Comes Light)” and “Message In A Bottle” recorded with Sly & Robbie. The bonus ‘Live in Israel’ DVD contains a live show shot in Tel Aviv, intercut with interviews and street performances from Jerusalem. […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

21 - Omarion

He’s got a liquidy voice, the looks to go with it and, at long last, a permanent lock on adulthood (21–get it?). But unlike another former boy-bander who hit the bigs with a well received solo disc, he’s not hell-bent on bringing sexy back: 21, like O before it, traffics in funk-ribboned, vaguely Michael […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

True Magic - Mos Def

The hotly anticipated third album from Grammy-nominated artist Mos Def, True Magic features production from Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes, Minnesota and Preservation.
Track Listings
1. True Magic
2. Undeniable
3. U R the One
4. Thug Is a Drug
5. Crime & Medicine
6. Ha
7. Dollar Day
8. Napoleon Dynamite
9. There Is a Way
10. Sun, Moon, Stars
11. Murder of a Teenage […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

Oh! Gravity - Switchfoot

With Oh! Gravity, the San Diego-based modern rock act delivers their best album in years, one that fully reconciles their (Christian) faith with their (considerable) talent. It’s diverse but not overly so, and while the production work of veteran Tim Palmer (U2, Tears for Fears) helps provide a radio-friendly sheen atop everything, it’s actually […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky - Original Soundtrack

If you’re enough of a fan to want the most memorable Rocky themes on a CD, but not enough of a fanatic to buy all the individual soundtracks, then this is the CD for you.
All the sound is remastered and is crisp and powerful sounding, and the flow of the mix is pretty good. […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer - Of Montreal

During the last three years of Montreal have been on a tear: releasing 2004’s Satanic Panic in the Attic and 2005’s The Sunlandic Twins and spreading their dance party-inducing live shows to the masses. Now, of Montreal have created their masterpiece with Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? It’s an irresistible and remarkable album, […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

This Is a Stick Up… Don’t Make It a Murder - Hit the Lights

Ohio’s five-piece bring an original twist to their favorite formula. Tying in a pop sensibility with infectious melodies, style, and flow, they can back up their emotion-fueled rock with their passionate, heartfelt lyrics and high octane live show. Produced by Matt Squire (Thrice, Panic! At The Disco, TREOS).
This title will be released on January […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

Late Night Special - Pretty Ricky

On Late Night Special demonstrates the growth and maturity of Pretty Ricky’s lyrics, production, and vocals. Forget everything else on the menu–Pretty Ricky is your one and only Late Night Special.
This title will be released on January 23, 2007

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

Sonny Please (Dig) - Sonny Rollins

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins releases Sonny, Please -his first studio recording in five years - on Emarcy / Doxy Records, his own label. The album was released digitally on November 21, with the traditional CD release date set for January 23, 2007. The new CD captures his working band “at a good pitch,” as […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

The Good, the Bad & the Queen - The Good the Bad & The Queen

Standard UK pressing of the debut album from Britpop supergroup The Good, The Bad And The Queen. TGTBTQ is a new album featuring Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz), Paul Simonon (The Clash), Tony Allen (Africa 70/Fela Kuti) and Simon Tong (The Verve). The Good, The Bad and The Queen began life in the Aphrodisia Studios in […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads) - Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s reverence for his musical roots are center-stage on Ten Days Out…Blues From The Backroads, a CD+DVD package that features the guitarslinger and Double Trouble rhythm section of bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton performing with some of the greatest blues players of our time as well as lesser-known but historically […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews

Wincing The Night Away - The Shins

Indie-rock’s hardest-working slackers finally release their third album, on which they’ve made the clear transition from bedroom-pop to stadium-rock without losing everything that makes them great. Those soaring vocals that sound like the unholiest collision of the Cure and Simon and Garfunkel, the nimble pop hooks that are never overused, those lyrics that are […]

January 2nd, 2007 - Posted in Album Reviews