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Robert Plant: Band of Joy
Robert Plant Band of Joy Rating: 3.6/5.0 Label: Rounder Records Robert Plant has a lot to look back on. As lead singer of Led Zeppelin, a band so enshrined in rock mythology as to
Read More »Cloud Cult: Light Chasers
Cloud Cult Light Chasers Rating: 4.5/5.0 Label: Rebel Group After releasing 2008′s Feel Good Ghosts, frontman Craig Minowa said it would be a long time before another Cloud Cult album, and even indicated there
Read More »Brandon Flowers: Flamingo
Brandon Flowers Flamingo Rating: 1.9/5.0 Label: Island Records It’s fairly clear that, more than anything else, Brandon Flowers wants to be a pop star. Though his band the Killers had a few hits and
Read More »Concert Review: Broken Social Scene/The Sea & Cake
Broken Social Scene opened their recent performance in Central Park with the song that realistically roped in the bulk of this sold-out crowd in the first placed: “KC Accidental,” the jet engine jam that
Read More »Oeuvre: Polanski: The Fearless Vampire Killers
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. Roman Polanski’s 1967 film The Fearless Vampire Killers is a source of confusion right down to its title. Released
Read More »The Social Network
The Social Network Dir: David Fincher Rating: 4.7/5.0 Columbia Pictures 120 Minutes Tomorrow, once this review is published, I will probably post a link to it on Facebook. Some of you are my friends.
Read More »Let Me In
Let Me In Dir: Matt Reeves Rating: 3.5/5.0 Overture Films 115 Minutes Although I vowed to watch Let Me In, the American remake of Swedish vampire film Let the Right One In, as if
Read More »No Age: Everything in Between
No Age Everything in Between Rating: 3.8/5.0 Label: Sub Pop It’s a seemingly simple formula to make a No Age: Guitar, drums, samples and maybe some shouting. However, the result – gloriously ferocious noise
Read More »Black Milk: Album of the Year
Black Milk Album of the Year Rating 3.0/5.0 Label: Fatbeats / Decon The “rapper/producer” moniker comes with its own powder-keg of preconceived assumptions. You usually either get a quality rapper who makes average-to-good beats
Read More »Emmett and Mary: S/T
Emmett and Mary S/T Rating: 3.6/5.0 Label: My Idea of Fun Emmett and Mary have big ideas. And ultimately, unless you live within the tree-lined streets of Johnstown, PA (their hometown and headquarters of
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