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Album Review: Mary J. Blige -- "The London Sessions" (8/10)
The longtime queen of hip-hop soul hops across the pond for a sensationally diverse, eminently grooving romp with the U.K.’s hippest artists and songwriters. Exec ... -
Album Review: Lost Coyote's "Get Your Phil" - (8/10)
This is a fine collection of songs and one of the last collaborations with the late Phil Everly. Lost Coyote lead vocalist and guitarist Brian Stewart wrote ... -
Album Review: Dave Davies – Rippin’ Up Time (Score: 7/10)
God bless Dave Davies! He is touted as the inventor of grungy, feedback-driven rock & roll when all he wanted to do was create good ... -
Album Review: Theophilus London – Vibes (Score: 5/10)
Releases like this put writers like myself in quite a quandary. Theophilus London, one of Warner’s up-and-coming hip-hop/pop phenoms, hit a home run in 2011 ... -
Album Review: The Bloodhounds – Let Loose! (Score: 8/10)
East Los Angeles has a long and proud tradition of bands and fans that create and love good old American rock & roll. East L.A.’s ... -
Album Review: Jim White vs. Packway Handle Band – Take it Like a Man (Score: ...
Jim White is a southern-born poet, philosopher, singer-songwriter and now, producer. White has a dry and somewhat acerbic wit that he often pens in a ... -
Album Review: T.I. – Paperwork (Score: 7/10)
Paperwork, T.I.’s ninth studio album, is a plea to his audience to validate his hood credibility. At this point in his career, shouldn’t the expectation ... -
Album Review: Ultramarine – Every Man And Woman Is A Star (Score: 10/10)
In 1991 this minimalistic duo conjured up a spell of unique Canterbury techno (later dubbed “folktronica”) for a genre that was still in its infancy. ... -
Album Review: Defeat The Low – A Nervous Smile (Score: 9/10)
Yes, the owner of Rise Records is the guitarist in this band, and that should be the only time to address that, because Defeat the ... -
Album Review: Barbara Padilla – Barbara Padilla (Score: 8/10)
In the spirit of Paul Potts and Susan Boyle, the miraculously voiced Mexican/American soprano Barbara Padilla—runner up on Season 4 of America’s Got Talent—gives it ...
