Album Reviews

Just like their namesake, a fictitious plant that’s hard to describe,
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Along for the ride on the all acoustic Spooked and garnishing Robyn Hitchcock

This was the quintessential

With the likes of The Brian Setzer Orchestra and The Cherry Poppin

Built around Brian Wilson and lyricist Bert Parks’ hash affairs in the late 60’s. SMiLE[/o] was partially built and then tucked away with the psychological madness that would later haunt Wilson. As the follow-up to the iconic Beach Boys album Pet Sounds, SMiLE was to be the American Sgt. Pepper’s, a recording that set the standard for pop albums.

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The Music clearly nails their series of riffs and grooves in Welcome To The North, as progressive flash with glory days of metal flashback come together, without all the Aqua Net.

Taking a more melodic and refined approach from their grimey 2002 debut Turn On The Bright Lights, Interpol leader Paul Banks strived to make a stellar follow up, while pushing the band in a step me up direction. As a result, Interpol is turning the corner in a shinier pop direction, surfacing them apart from their continual Joy Division comparisons.

Like everything else in the Crescent City, death is a time for celebration and this album is meant to give listeners a glimpse into a traditional New Orleans jazz-funeral precession from church to cemetery with the DDBB offering up the soundtrack.

Rhythm Oil strengthens with each journey through. What was an infatuation with NRBQ, Barbara Cue created a cohesion that ultimately wanted to illustrate its love of music.

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Mixing intelligence with off-the-cuff rock and roll sophistication has always been one of Costello

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Bridging the gap between avant-garde jazz of the sixties, politically charged poetry slams of the seventies, and the raw rap sound of the eighties, ISWHAT?!

The Libertines

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The vocals are light an airy, bouncing over a sultry dance line in a heavy Steely Dan scenario, but the it lacks the rich soil necessary to hold the balance and ends up as easy listening.

Of all the grand performances at Woodstock, the obscure, ad-lib festival opener set by Richie Havens has become one of the most poignant. Grace Of The Sun, his latest release, looks to bring his name back to the forefront, or at least into present times.