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S.O.S. - Rihanna

Produced by Jason Rotem, the sizzling ‘S.O.S.’ is bringing the summer heat early this year. With its hypnotic beat and enticing melody, ‘S.O.S.’ utilizes the electro-funk of Soft Cell’s ’80s classic ‘Tainted Love’ to create a soulful anthem of young love. Title track is backed by the instrumental version, music video and the track […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

I Pledge Allegiance to Myself - Lizzie West & The White Buffalo

Lizzie West and her songs are going places, have been places, and are here right now. “I Pledge Allegiance to Myself,” the Brooklyn-based cross-country gypsy’s first CD for Appleseed, recounts her latest adventures on what she calls “the holy road” – the open-minded path to experience, ideas, honesty, and living life in the moment.
Lizzie’s […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Painting the Day: The Angelic Psychedelia of the - Cowsills

Compilation from the ultimate American teen act of sunshine pop psych, possibly only rivaled by the Monkees in terms of popularity in the genre. And they didn’t even come from California!! The difference is the Cowsills were a real family band, formed by their father Bud Cowsill at the time of Beatlemania, and featuring […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

A Mother’s Gift: Lullabies From the Heart - Carnie Wilson

Carnie WilsonCarnie Wilson, daughter of legendary Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, has a varied career as a singer, songwriter, actress, author, and TV talk show host. As a member of Wilson Phillips she enjoyed unparalleled debut album success, selling ten million copies with three number one hit singles including the song “Hold On.” The […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Christ. O - Vanden Plas

If you want to do justice to the significance of prog metal act Vanden Plas from Kaiserslautern, it doesn’t really make sense to restrict yourself to their accomplishments in Germany alone. The band surrounding vocalist Andreas Kuntz have succeeded in making a name for themselves on an international level, enjoy almost cult status in […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Reintarnation - K. D. Lang

Some k.d. lang fans argue that the Alberta-born crooner released her best work during the first 10 years of her career. Dressed in layers of thrift store finery, with stage moves that recalled the Tasmanian Devil, lang’s quirky ‘cow-punk’ style made an unforgettable first impression. Sassy antics aside, her appeal was cross-generational, blowing audiences […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Songs from Black Mountain - Live

After making music together for more than half of their lives, touring their way around the world, numerous hits and selling over 20 million records, Songs From Black Mountain marks a new beginning for the groundbreaking band Live. Containing 12 rich and well-crafted songs including their new hit single ‘The River’, Songs From Black […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am Not - Arctic Monkeys

Hot on the heels of their shock UK No. 1 single “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not confirms Sheffield’s Arctic Monkeys as the UK underground’s most proselytizing young preachers of the DIY gospel. Marrying nervy, caffeine-and-cigarettes indie clatter to conversational, pretense-free lyrics and […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Black Magic Show - Elefant

Elefant frontman Diego Garcia leveraged a privileged upbringing to indulge his taste in Bowie and the ’80s UK Ian Curtis/Robert Smith/Morrisey pantheon via his workhorse NYC-based club band. The three years of heavy touring that followed their well received Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid debut has toughened up Elefant’s sonic hide considerably on this follow-up, […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Hosannas from the Basement of Hell - Killing Joke

“As a teenager when I started this group, we sat around and we said: ‘What do we want to achieve out of all this?’” Jaz Coleman. “The answer to the question was that we wanted to inspire other people,” he says. “We had this idea that Killing Joke is a mirror, and what you […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Greatest Hits - Chris Isaak

Chris Isaak begins his third decade as one of the most distinctive recording artists—and the epitome of modern cool—with his first career-spanning retrospective. Best Of Chris Isaak CD features every hit, led by “Wicked Game,” and including many fan favorites such as “Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing,” plus four previously unreleased tracks: an […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Holy Diver Live - Dio

Captured live in front of a sold-out London crowd, Ronnie James Dio delivers a truly memorable performance on this truly memorable night. Dio has been hailed as one of the finest voices in Heavy Metal for over 30 years now and for good reason. Due to his stints in Rainbow, Black Sabbath and as […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Ten Silver Drops - Secret Machines

As you might expect from a band whose primary interests include psychedelic space-rock jams and song titles like “It’s A Bad Wind That Don’t Blow Somebody Good,” the Secret Machines are in no particular hurry. So don’t be put off by the fact that the tracklist for the Texas-born, New York-based band’s second full-length […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews

Paris - Putumayo Presents

Very traditional in its sound, chanson was rediscovered and revamped in the late 50s and early 60s before it once again became passé with younger audiences, who embraced rock and pop as the sound of their generation. Now, forty years later, a new school of musicians has given a fresh voice to this vintage […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews