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Passion Pit: Manners
Passion Pit Manners Rating: 4.0 Label: Frenchkiss It’s always nice when an incredibly hyped band manages to live up to the unfair expectations hoisted on them on the strength of an EP. Rather than
Read More »Kasabian: The West Ryder Pauper Lunatics Asylum
Kasabian The West Ryder Pauper Lunatics Asylum Rating: 3.5 Label: RCA/Red Ink Whether they intend to or not, Kasabian provide a concise history of Britain’s best musical flavors. Their mouthful-titled third album burns a
Read More »Tiny Masters of Today: Skeletons
Tiny Masters of Today Skeletons Rating: 1.0 Label: Mute Records It’s difficult to view Tiny Masters of Today as anything but a prepubescent neo-punk novelty act. Its sibling members Ivan and Ada are just
Read More »And The Band Played On… John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Live In Toronto ’69
And The Band Played On John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band Live In Toronto ’69 Dir: D.A. Pennebaker 1969 In 1969, The Beatles were the biggest and best group ever. Abbey Road had
Read More »Dead Snow
Dead Snow Dir: Tommy Wirkola Rating: 2.5 IFC Films 90 Minutes Though Sam Raimi has attempted to turn back the clock with the recent, much-feted Drag Me to Hell, perhaps Tommy Wirkola’s Dead Snow
Read More »Mercato: Philadelphia, PA
1216 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 985-2962 www.mercatobyob.com The woman at the table to our right had just come back from visiting her daughter in San Diego (the weather was gorgeous), and the
Read More »BLAST!
BLAST! Dir: Paul Devlin Rating: 3.0 Paul Devlin Productions 74 Minutes “Welcome to Astrophysics Indiana Jones Style!” says the hyperbolic tagline on my DVD screener of the documentary BLAST! It’s not too far off:
Read More »Revisit: Beck: The Information (2006)
Revisit: Beck The Information 2006 Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. Beck Hansen must really hate surfing: seven albums and he has never allowed himself
Read More »Patterson Hood: Murdering Oscar (and other love songs)
Patterson Hood Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) Rating: 3.0 Label: Ruth St. Records Patterson Hood’s Murdering Oscar (and other love songs) will likely sound familiar to the legions of PBR-swillin’, trucker-hat-wearin’ Drive-By Trucker
Read More »Rancid: Let the Dominoes Fall
Rancid Let The Dominoes Fall Rating: 3.5 Label: Hellcat It has been six long years since Rancid’s last album, and unlike the band’s sound, the world has changed drastically. The United States continues to
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