Shawn Donohue

Graveyard Lovers- Dreamers

[rating=8.00] The key line on Graveyard Lovers’ fantastic first full length release comes early in the opening song “Manifesto”, when lead singer Zach Reynolds let’s you in on his one

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Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt

[rating=6.00] On Pearl Jam’s 2006 self titled release the band found their angst-ridden past melding swimmingly with their middle age present. There was a President they could rebel against, wars

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Arctic Monkeys- AM

[rating=8.00] With each album the Arctic Monkeys experiment with their sound a bit more, stretching out from their high-powered storytelling pub rock that shot them to instant fame back in

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Body/Head – Coming Apart

[rating=6.00] The new noise/drone/art-rock duo Body/Head is actually comprised of two elders on the scene, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth fame and Bill Nace who runs Open Mouth Records out

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Kendra Morris – Mockingbird

[rating=6.0] The second release from the NYC songstress is a complete cover album as Kendra Morris takes on some well known staples of classic rock (and other genre’s) putting her

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The Oblivians – Desperation

[rating=7.00] With a resurgence of lo-fi punk rock over the last decade it is good to see one of the best from the 90’s strap it back on as the

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Kanye West- Yeezus

[rating=6.0] Today it is impossible to separate “Kanye the Celebrity” and “Kanye the Artist”. It would appear “the celebrity” has overtaken “the artist” by dropping an album on the birthday

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