Weezer, Katy Perry, Tiesto, Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis

Weezer, Katy Perry, Tiesto, Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis

The Shotgun, is a monthly column of "Shotgun" CD reviews by Glide writer Eric Saeger.

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Iron Maiden, Local H, Mates of State

Iron Maiden, Local H, Mates of State

Iron Maiden, Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980-1989 (Sony Records) In my let’s-scare-Mom-to-death days I never really dug the kids who were into Maiden, the band who, along with my preferred Judas Priest, crafted the New Wave of British Heavy Metal sound.  Like the guys in Maiden, there was something prissy about their […]

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The Breeders, Clinic, Phantom Planet

The Breeders, Clinic, Phantom Planet

The Shotgun is a monthly column of shotgun reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.

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Feat: Black Mountain, Dub Trio, Dengue Fever, Patty Larkin

Feat: Black Mountain, Dub Trio, Dengue Fever, Patty Larkin

The Shotgun is a monthly series of shotgun album reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.

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Feat: Led Zeppelin, Ed Harcourt, Blake Lewis, Genesis

Feat: Led Zeppelin, Ed Harcourt, Blake Lewis, Genesis

The Shotgun is a monthly series of shotgun album reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.

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Feat: DJ 4 Strings, Paul Oakenfold, Sebastian Bach

Feat: DJ 4 Strings, Paul Oakenfold, Sebastian Bach

Formerly Random Stabbings & Artless Critique, The Shotgun is a monthly series of shotgun album reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.

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Feat: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Thrills & The Sadies

Feat: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Thrills & The Sadies

Formerly Random Stabbings & Artless Critique, The Shotgun is a monthly series of shotgun reviews by Glide contributor Eric Saeger.

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Feat.  Dropkick Murphys, HIM & Stars

Feat. Dropkick Murphys, HIM & Stars

RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE – October 2007 Dropkick Murphys, The Meanest of Times (Born and Bred Records)You’re one Dropkicks album late if you’re looking for “I’m Shipping Up to Boston,” the bagpipe-punk ditty that colored Martin Scorsese’s The Departed so Irish-ly, but you’re in the same neighborhood.  Like 2005’s The Warrior’s Code, it’s a […]

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Random Stabbings & Artless Critique – September, 2007

Random Stabbings & Artless Critique – September, 2007

RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE – September 2007Shout Out Louds, Our Ill Wills (Merge Records) It’s natural that Merge would want to build an entire suite of candlelit-bathtub-indie products around Arcade Fire, but Swedish quintet SOL is going to have to try something a little more innovative than myna-birding their labelmates’ hayloft symphonics and vicking […]

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10 Random Reviews & Artless Critiques

10 Random Reviews & Artless Critiques

RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE – August 2007 Wise Intelligent, The Talented Timothy Taylor (Shaman Works Recordings)New Jersey’s Wise Intelligent was the go-to MC for Poor Righteous Teachers’ black-Islamist hip-hop assault of the 90s (the harmless single “Rock Dis Funky Joint” was the apex of their fame), and they almost became the next Chuck D., […]

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