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Booming Back at You
Fri, 09 May 2008 07:48:26
If his goal was to make an album that feels as good as it sounds, mission accomplished for Tom Holkenborg. The one-man band/production team/live force most-widely recognized as Junkie XL has delivered an electro-charged colossus with Booming Back At You, a 12-track surge of high-octane breaks, ... more
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Division
Fri, 09 May 2008 07:40:52
While many bands that achieve success on terrestrial radio–like 10 Years—are often faceless, and indistinguishable, and can be interchanged without much thought, 10 Years manage to sidestep the rest of the
like-sounding pack by grafting slightly progressive riffs with vocalist Jesse Hasek's ...more
Honeysuckle Weeks
Fri, 09 May 2008 07:38:52
Everything is beach-y keen and totally waterproof on The Submarines' Honeysuckle Weeks. For a band with a submersible name, the married duo of John Dragonetti and Blake Hazzard certainly keep things light and buoyant throughout their second full offering. Recorded in the couple's garage cum studio ...more
Pre-release hype surrounding the new Def Leppard album promised everything from a return to Pyromania form, to a full-on country album. Fortunately, neither could be farther from the truth. Pound for pound, songs from The Sparkle Lounge is the strongest Def Leppard album since the triple-platinum ...more
Narrow Stairs
Thu, 08 May 2008 10:07:28
Six studio albums deep into their career, Death Cab for Cutie have seemingly marked a turning point in their sound with Narrow Stairs. Lead singer and songwriter Benjamin Gibbard, also known for his well-received electro-pop side project The Postal Service, has declared the album a "curve ball," ...more
Speed Racer
Thu, 08 May 2008 09:31:03
Speed Racer is the film equivalent of Space Mountain at Disneyland. It's fast, furious and fun for the whole family. Also like Space Mountain, it's a tripped-out roller coaster that never slows down. The film sets a new standard for computer generated special effects. Directed by The Matrix ...more
Emile Hirsch
Nothing's sacred in great comedy. Everything becomes a target for a laugh. Enter Drawn Together, one of the most raucously funny animated shows ever to hit cable. Comedy Central hit a homerun with this reality show spoof, featuring the horniest cartoon characters ever committed to cell. The third ...more
WARchild
Wed, 07 May 2008 10:05:11
Emmanuel Jal has got a quite a tale to tell. And he certainly tells it on his debut WARchild. In fact, the album plays out more like a feature film than anything else. In those terms, the WARchild's not
unlike Captain Willard's journey down the river to Hell and back in Apocalypse Now. However, ...more
Mudcrutch
Wed, 07 May 2008 07:14:10
Mudcrutch offers more nostalgia for Tom Petty fans than it does detours for the iconic frontman of the Heartbreakers. The eponymous album is a collection of tracks dating back as far as the outfit's inception in Gainesville, FL, in 1970, as well as a few new nuggets written to round out the release, ...more
Home Before Dark
Wed, 07 May 2008 07:07:50
Neil Diamond may not have performed at this year's Coachella, but he can be credited with one of the festival's enduring memories. When his feel good, sing-along anthem "Sweet Caroline" ended after being pumped through the Sahara Tent sound system prior to the festival-closing, post-Roger Waters set ...more
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