2009

A.C. Newman: Get Guilty

Get Guilty, Newman’s second solo album following 2004’s Small Wonder, is less versatile than any of his New Porn releases, but grows on you more rewardingly.  Mixing simple lush compositions with the typical he/she vocals we’ve grown accustomed to from the lispy voiced composer, there’s a lot going on here.  

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Hors d’Oeuvres: Rise Up For Obama

Bruce Springsteen stole the show yesterday at the Lincoln Memorial where some of the biggest names in entertainment came together to kick off the inaugural celebration. The Boss performed a

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Week

On July 13, 1985 the world’s best rockers got together to help raise funds to feed the hungry in Africa. The Day The Music Changed The World tells the tale

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Volume 19: Andrew Bird

In 2001, when I was overly busy following Ryan Adams and Cowboy Junkies around the Midwest, I was first introduced to a guy and his violin. This particular person could also whistle clear enough to give you chills, create imposing fractured patterns on guitar, and draw you into his music because it changed in similar ways your feelings do when you’re first in love. Of course, the guy I’m referring to is Andrew Bird.

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Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns

It’s hard to fathom that back in the ‘90’s Snow Patrol, a student band from Scotland, was teetering on thin ice.  So thin that frontman Gary Lightbody had to sell his record collection to meet his monthly nut.  Yet in the next 14 years, they not only reached land, but crossed over the universe…a story that unfolds through their albums, particularly the last three

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