Album Reviews

Hinder: Extreme Behavior

Kate Giglio January 5, 2006 No Comments

Welcome the next Oklahoma-bred catastrophe, Hinder.

Eurythmics: Ultimate Collection

Jason Keil January 5, 2006 No Comments

The 19 tracks beat out any previous hits collection Arista has put out, and show how Lennox and Stewart, as eclectic songwriters, have had a thorough impact on modern artists like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Fivespeed: Morning Over Midnight

Meghan Callaghan January 4, 2006 No Comments

This past September, Fivespeed was featured on Stuff Magazines

Jamie Cullum: Catching Tales

Brad Hodge January 3, 2006 No Comments

Jamie Cullum

Coheed and Cambria: The Second Stage Turbine Blade: Reissue

Jamie Lee December 30, 2005 No Comments

The band recently reissued this groundbreaking release with new packaging and three additional tracks, further affirming the sonic shift caused the characteristic tempo-bending time signatures and Vonnegut -like storytelling.

Buckethead & Friends : Enter the Chicken

Brian Gearing December 29, 2005 No Comments

For a guy who (according to legend) was raised by chickens and now tops off his blank-faced mannequin mask and long, black Jerry Curl wig with an empty KFC bucket, Buckethead makes some fairly normal music, but that seems to be the point.

The Kingsbury Manx: The Fast Rise and Fall of the South

Jeff Strowe December 29, 2005 No Comments

The Manx craft together a collage of wistful lyrics, amiable soundscapes, and pitch perfect production, courtesy of Wilco sideman Mikael Jorgensen

North Mississippi All-Stars: Electric Blue Watermelon: Screwed and Chopped EP

William Helms December 27, 2005 No Comments

This experiment is the closest thing to the psychedelic sounds that came out of the late 1960

Beastie Boys: Solid Gold Hits

Jason Gershuny December 23, 2005 No Comments

This album is a walk down memory lane from the birth and early adolescence of rap and hip-hop, to the modern mind-melting compositions that are quickly becoming staples of my play lists.