Album Review

The Decemberists The Hazards of Love

By JBev
March 22nd, 2009

You’ll hear a four-letter word thrown around often by the cynics when discussing The Decemberists new release, The Hazards Of Love. The word in question represents everything that is awful to a lot of music fans, the place where no light may enter and no man may safely return. That word is prog.

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Interview

Queensryche’s American Soldier Deconstructed

By Douglas Newman
March 20th, 2009

Queensryche’s epic new concept album, American Soldier, encompasses a dozen songs inspired by numerous interviews with veterans conducted by Geoff Tate, the group’s singer and chief songwriter, who was intent on telling their story using their words.

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The Daily Deep Cut

Gang of Four “Anthrax”

By Rick Sawyer
March 19th, 2009

Gang of Four performed a détournement on British pub music, transforming the raucous, working class sound of bands like Dr. Feelgood into mutant funk. It’s a funk devoid of swing, however; the route to the “one” is always direct and angular.

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Vinyl Vault

When Simon Went Solo

By JBev
March 19th, 2009

Two years after Simon & Garfunkel parted musical ways on a stunning high note, Paul Simon returned to the scene with a self-titled solo debut in 1972.

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Album Review

Crystal Antlers’ Aural Assault

By Brian Castleberry
March 18th, 2009

Crystal Antlers’ first full-length album, Tentacles is garnering a great deal of hype in the indie blogosphere, and much of it is warranted.

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X is the Y of Z

The Chuck Berry of Nationalism and Other Historical Anomalies

By Mark Peters
March 18th, 2009

When it comes to jump-starting rock ‘n’ roll and camera-equipping women’s restrooms, no one has quite the resume of Chuck Berry. That doesn’t stop some writers from making the comparison.

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Album Review

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Return with the Exclamatory It’s Blitz!

By JBev
March 17th, 2009

On It’s Blitz! the Yeah Yeah Yeahs go for the jugular, the gut, the nether regions, and whatever part of your body is helplessly susceptible to a killer synthesizer hook.

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The Daily Deep Cut

The Pogues “If I Should Fall From Grace With God”

By Douglas Newman
March 16th, 2009

It’s the day before St. Patty’s and the perfect time to highlight the band that gave new life to traditional Irish music: The Pogues.

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