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MXPX - Before Everything and After
It's Not a Bad Album... If You're TwelveThis review is by far one of my toughest namely because it's hard for me to slam one of my favorite bands. Yes, yes... MXPX is one of my guilty pleasures, but their latest effort, Before Everything and After,...
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Northern State - Dying In Stereo
Killing My StereoIf this was 1985, Northern State would be touring with the Beastie Boys, and together they would own the hip-hop world. Unfortunately, this is 2003 and Northern State's album Dying In Stereo feels like more of a cheap rip-off. The...
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Seal - Seal IV
Untitled Album FourYou’d think with all the positive thinking, Seal would be able to come up with at least a title for his fourth album, simply called Seal IV. But alas, Seal’s thinking is still limited to...
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David Bowie - Reality
Never Get OldBack in 1971, David Bowie first sang “Time may change me / But I can’t trace time.” Now, 32 years later, Bowie has released Reality, an album that does a remarkable job tracing the many...
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World Fusion Part 1 Page 2
Ashley MacIsaac, however, has gone a very different route with the same music. Though he still plays the traditional jigs and reels, punk and blues have been fused with his style as well. A song may start off with simple drums and electric...
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World Fusion Part 1 Page 3
Tinariwen has a history that would blow any inspirational blockbuster movie plot right out of the water: they are a group of musicians from the Malian Touareg rebel group in West Africa. The Touareg people were a race of free-roaming nomads with...
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World Fusion Part 1
What do you think of when you hear the term "world music"? Many consumers of contemporary American music, whether mainstream or indie, probably think of annoyingly high-pitched unnamable instruments, ethereal new-age soundscapes, or the...
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The Libertines - I Get Along
You Just Got ScrewedIf this album was metaphor for sex, it would be a gang-bang with Jack Black, Jack White and Courtney Love, with the VCR rigged up for instant replay at the point of synchronized anal penetration. This metaphor shows that the...
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