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Album Review: EELS - The Deconstruction (8/10)
Featuring the talents of Koool G Murder, P-Boo and The Deconstruction Orchestra & Choir, Mark Oliver Everett’s 12th entry synthesizes unmatched majesty with humble nobility, ... -
Album Review: Between The Buried and Me - Automata I (8/10)
Stepping back from their rock opera approach that took them to No. 12 on Billboard’s album chart in 2015, BTBAM have released one half of ... -
Music Album Review: The New Pornographers - "Whiteout Conditions" (8/10)
This is the first album released on septet the New Pornographers' Collected Works imprint and continues their history of resonant melodies, exquisite harmonies and indelibly ... -
Music Album Review: John Cale - "Fragments Of A Rainy Season" (8/10)
Ex-Velvet Underground hero John Cale re-releases his 1992 live album with bonus cuts, yielding spectacular rewards. Cale supplies many qualities missing from today’s music, namely grace, chops, finesse and literacy. ... -
Music Album Review: Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - "The Complete Capitol Singles: 1957-1966" (10/10)
Long before the syndicated television series Hee Haw, Buck Owens was a serious contender. This two-disc/56-track compilation bears that out, with a comprehensive cross-section of ... -
Album Review: Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands (9/10)
Lead vocalist Taylor Goldsmith has a ro bust, yet whispery tenor that can grab one’s ear with the utterance of one line or phrase. There is ... -
Album Review: Steve Benjamins - Slightlines (7/10)
Listening to the new song, “We Used To Live,” by Toronto artist Steve Benjamins, my first thought was, “Oh great, another copycat popish tune that sounds ... -
Album Review: Cash Box Kings - Holding Court (8/10)
The Oscar Wilson/Joe Nosek-led blues band continue to move forward with their vintage ‘50s-flavored Chicago sound. All the touchstones of love, money and good times are ... -
Album Review: Smallpools - Lovetap! (9/10)
Indie pop band Smallpools debut with flying colors, delivering infectious, upbeat tunes that instill the desire to dance—perhaps with a bonfire on the beach or ... -
Album Review: Joe Bonamassa - Different Shades Of Blue (Score: 8/10)
Bonamassa has taken blues from the Black clubs that crisscrossed America, and re-fashioned it into an epic presentation. The album features “Hey Baby (New Rising ... -
Album Review: The Veronicas - "The Veronicas" (Score: 8/10)
Australian sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso come back strong after a seven-year hiatus, and in those years they have shed their teen pop beginnings and ... -
Album Review: DragonForce -- Maximum Overload
DragonForce swing for the fences with the help of producer Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend) pushing the band to greater glory. These tightly orchestrated wizards ... -
Album Review: Jeffrey Halford & The Healers -- Rainmaker
Each song plays like a scene from a movie. The tunes are vivid takes on love, relationships and the human condition. Halford is the writer ... -
Album Review: il sogno del marinaio - canto secondo
Here we find American jazzpunk legend, bassist Mike Watt, doing what he does best, “jamming econo” in a trio format. This is ‘il sogno del ... -
Album Review: Nils -- Jazz Gems: The Best of Nils
Anyone who doesn’t “get” the smooth urban jazz genre would be wise to open their musical sensibilities to the infectious charms of German born guitarist ... -
Album Review: Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
This is what happens when a teenage Puerto Rican punk from the Bronx runs away from home and rides the rails until she lands in ... -
Album Review: Govt. Mule - Shout
Shout • Govt. Mule • Blue Note Records • Producers: Warren Haynes & Gordie Johnson • Score: 8 out of 10 This is the rock ... -
Album Review: The Idan Raichel Project - Quarter to Six
The Idan Raichel Project Quarter to Six Cumbancha Producer: Idan Raichel and Gilad Shmueli Score: 10 of 10 When Paul Simon went to Graceland it inspired him ... -
Album Review: Susan Werner - Hayseed
Sleeve Dog Records Total Rating: 8 of 10 Crit Harmon Marking a productive and eclectic 20 years as a critically acclaimed indie recording artist, Susan ... -
Album Review: Eric Gales Trio - Ghost Notes
Eric Gales Trio • Ghost Notes • Tone Center Records • Producer: Eric Gales • Score: 9 out of 10 This marks Eric Gales’ first instrumental ...
