Vinyl Vault

Oasis: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

By JBev
November 6th, 2009

The recent news that the brothers Gallagher had severed ties, yet again, got this reviewer to thinking about the time when Oasis was known for more than just bickering and onstage meltdowns.

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Album Review

Weezer: Raditude

By JBev
November 5th, 2009

The problem with so many recent Weezer albums is that they tend to have a killer single or two that remind us why Rivers Cuomo is a genius, surrounded by auto-pilot power pop that leaves you wanting less. So Cuomo has decided to alleviate this problem on Raditude, the band’s latest release, by attempting to stuff the entire album with possible singles.

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Album Review

R.E.M.: Live at the Olympia

By JBev
October 28th, 2009

R.E.M. revisits past glories with an inspired 39-song live set that features new material alongside some of the band’s deepest, most enduring album cuts from the ’80s.

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Album Review

The Swell Season: Strict Joy

By JBev
October 22nd, 2009

There are many ways for musical artists to break it big these days, but winning an Academy Award might be the most unorthodox of all. That’s the path that Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova took. The two hooked up to star in the indie film Once two years ago, and the rest is history.

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Album Review

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Collaborate with Kerouac

By JBev
October 21st, 2009

On the album, One Fast Move Or I’m Gone, Jay Farrar takes snippets from Big Sur, rearranges them a bit, and then adds the music. He asked Gibbard aboard to share the vocals.

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Album Review

Rosanne Cash: The List

By JBev
October 18th, 2009

In 1973, Johnny Cash meticulously assembled a list of the “100 Essential Country Songs” and gave it to his daughter. Some 36 years later, Rosanne Cash has returned to that piece of paper and recorded her own versions of 13 of those classic songs.

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Album Review

Bob Dylan: Christmas in the Heart

By JBev
October 15th, 2009

There is no denying that some of this is a little bit surreal. Hearing Dylan tackling the first verse of “O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)” certainly is a mind-bender.

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Vinyl Vault

Squeeze: East Side Story

By JBev
October 14th, 2009

Those who are unaware might think of Squeeze as one-hit wonders. But there was a time when the group’s songwriting duo was considered their generation’s Lennon and McCartney.

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