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  • Hymn and Her

    Earlimart

    Hymn and Her

    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:19:45

    Members have come and gone, and so has the identity of a once dirty-ish rock act. In seeking out a new sound, Earlimart has stumbled a bit en ...more

  • Delta

    Delta Goodrem

    Delta

    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:38:43

    Delta Goodrem wants to give us something to believe in. That's instantly apparent from "Believe Again," the aptly-titled opening track of her ...more

  • Used and Abused

    Danger Radio

    Used and Abused

    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:34:56

    Danger Radio have effectively updated funk for the MySpace Generation. The Seattle six-piece stir up a veritable hodgepodge of sounds that could only ...more

  • Sunjinho

    Jackson Conti

    Sunjinho

    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:06:29

    Jackson Conti isn't a neo-soul balladeer, a hip-hop artist or even a singer-songwriter, but rather, Jackson Conti is the team of famed ...more

  • The Declaration

    Ashanti

    The Declaration

    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:00:57

    On her fourth studio album, Ashanti's attempt at asserting her independence from the producers that have controlled her career yields lackluster ...more

  • Firesight

    Jessie Baylin

    Firesight

    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:59:44

    Oh, to be the sweet new kid on the block. With tousled blonde locks and saucer-sized doe eyes, Jessie Baylin is that soft and sought-after girl next ...more

  • T.O.S.: Terminate on Sight

    G-Unit

    T.O.S.: Terminate on Sight

    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:02:24

    On T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight), G-Unit come out with knives drawn, guns blazing and rhymes sharpened. On the title track, 50 Cent announces, "I'm on ...more

  • All I Intended to Be

    Emmylou Harris

    All I Intended to Be

    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:11:43

    Emmylou Harris continues to justify her recent home on the forward-thinking Nonesuch label with an album that knows no musical boundaries, even if ...more

  • Diamond Hoo Ha

    Supergrass

    Diamond Hoo Ha

    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:06:30

    If a band isn't popular in America, does it still make a sound? In Supergrass's case, the answer is decidedly, "Yes." While the Manchurian foursome ...more

  • Wheels

    Dan Tyminski

    Wheels

    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:22

    Known by the mainstream, if at all, as the guy who lent George Clooney his pipes for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and by bigger bluegrass fans, as ...more

  • Evil Urges

    My Morning Jacket

    Evil Urges

    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:06:25

    There's a palpable boldness throughout My Morning Jacket's fifth album Evil Urges. Down south, they call them "balls." Unsatisfied with having ...more

  • @#%&! Smilers

    Aimee Mann

    @#%&! Smilers

    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:19:25

    Aimee Mann may never escape Magnolia. The P.T. Anderson film was so thoroughly shaped by her songs that the feelings evoked by this new disc, years ...more

  • Rotation

    Cute Is What We Aim For

    Rotation

    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:34:21

    Can pop punk be mature? Well, Cute is What We Aim For make a good case for the genre's maturity on Rotation. In fact, the Buffalo, NY quartet have ...more

  • Sweden Rocks

    Ted Nugent

    Sweden Rocks

    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:32:22

    "We bring you rock n' roll salutations, motherfuckers!" bellows Ted Nugent early on his latest live offering Sweden Rocks. The axe-slinging wild man ...more

  • A Thousand Shark's Teeth

    My Brightest Diamond

    A Thousand Shark's Teeth

    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:46:35

    Fans of operatic melodies and theatrical flourishes will gravitate to A Thousand Shark's Teeth.  The second LP release from New York’s My ...more

  • Live from Texas (DVD)

    ZZ Top

    Live from Texas (DVD)

    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:45:03

    It's hard to believe that heavily bearded blues-rock trio ZZ Top were an MTV staple two decades ago with riff-driven hits like "Sharp Dressed Man" and ...more

  • At Mount Zoomer

    Wolf Parade

    At Mount Zoomer

    Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:05:27

    Before the Internet, it would have been quite a chore keeping tabs on Spencer Krug (Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake) or Dan Boeckner and the rest of Wolf ...more

  • Definition of Real

    Plies

    Definition of Real

    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:34:50

    The Dirty South is surely an inspiration for the ultra-cock,y yet super confident Plies and his latest thuggy and controversial platter, the ...more

  • The Devil, You + Me

    The Notwist

    The Devil, You + Me

    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:33:58

    It's been over six years since German indie rockers The Notwist released their 2002 genre-redefining, critically acclaimed Neon Golden. On The ...more

  • There Were Wolves

    The Accidental

    There Were Wolves

    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:31:20

    It certainly is a breath of fresh air to stumble across a British buzz band that isn't into dance rock–and is actually worth the hype. It's almost ...more



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