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Cat Power: Dark End of the Street
Cat Power Dark End of the Street Rating: 3.5 Label: Matador On the heels of her hit album Jukebox, Cat Power (a.k.a. Chan Marshall) teases us with six more Americana covers, from the likes
Read More »Rivers Cuomo: Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo Rating: 3.5 Label: Geffen The king of geek rock releases another selection of master-and-disasterpieces that fits perfectly in any alterna-pop fan’s treasure trove. First
Read More »Q-Tip: The Renaissance
Q-Tip The Renaissance Rating: 4.0 Label: Universal Motown In a year that seems overrun with pop-rap releases, Q-Tip’s second solo effort comes as a breath of fresh air, especially against the omnipresent pollution of
Read More »Kanye West: 808s & Heartbreak
Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak Rating: 3.0 Label: Roc-A-Fella It looks like Jay-Z (Big Cheese at Roc-A-Fella Records), along with the American public, will let Kanye West do whatever the fuck he wants. Fresh
Read More »Various Artists: Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to the Cure
Various Artists Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure Rating: 2.0 Label: Minimal Vinyl Records When I popped disc one of Perfect As Cats in my laptop the other night, I was taken
Read More »Snow Patrol: A Hundred Million Suns
Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suns Rating: 4.0 Label: Geffen Records “Aren’t they the guys with that one song? Yeah, I like that song. But, no, I don’t really know ‘em.” That’s the answer
Read More »The Dears: Missiles
The Dears Missiles Rating: 3.0 Label: Dangerbird The Dears are back… sort of. A new label, a band “re-casting” and a new stripped-down sound and you’ve got the 2008 model of Montreal’s favorite sad-sack
Read More »Concert Review: The Dears/Eulogies
It seems my roommate and I have a problem with arriving places on time. The Dears concert at Maxwell’s, Hoboken’s friendly dive, was no exception to this rule. We showed up a little before
Read More »Annuals: Such Fun
Annuals Such Fun Rating: 3.0 Label: Canvasback/Terpsikhore Such Fun is the latest outing from indie-rockers The Annuals and it may draw a lot of comparisons to artists such as Broken Social Scene, The Format,
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