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The White Album – A Re-Appreciation By Bernie Lang
In my childhood in the 1960s, I bought almost all of the vinyl albums by the Beatles and a smattering of single “45s”. In the 1970s and early 1980s, I bought selected releases by the group on cassette for my Sony Walkman. Then, later in the 1980s, I purchased all the...
“Entourage” Soundtrack Review by Adam Lauria
“I put in work and watch my status escalate,” rapper Guru, the vocal half of Gang Starr, proclaims as Vince and the boys walk in to a Bentley showroom in the first season of HBO’s wildly successful comedy Entourage (Episode 2, “The Review”). Of course, Guru had no...
My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges
My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges - These Kentucky rockers may be the best unknown band in rock music today. Their fifth album, Evil Urges, steers away from their earlier classic southern rock and into a new realm of modern music. Debuting in the Top 10 on the Billboard...
Black Gives Way to Blue, Alice in Chains by Michael Emer
After 14 years since the release of their last album and the tragic death of lead singer Layne Staley, Alice in Chains is back with their most powerful and impressive release since 1992’s influential Dirt. Black Gives Way to Blue is Alice in Chains’ way of welcoming...
Cosmic Egg, Wolfmother by Michael Emer
Wolfmother’s 2006 debut release, Wolfmother, rocked the music world and showed that there is more to the Australian music scene than just AC/DC and Silverchair. However, their newest album, Cosmic Egg, is sure to secure Wolfmother as a powerful, worldwide musical...
Voodoo Experience 2009
City Park in New Orleans, LA was the site for the 11th annual Voodoo Music Festival. This year's lineup featured over 120 bands and DJ's on six stages. Among the headliners were such industry staples as Kiss, Lenny Kravitz, Jane's Addiction, Widespread Panic, The...
New Mastersounds review
The New Mastersounds, from Leeds, England, began a US tour on Wednesday, November 4th in Charlottesville, VA in support of their freshly released album, Ten Years On, released on One Note Records. The venue, called Rapture, was tiny and packed. The band was in top...
Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
*** stars Yo La Tengo was already a well-established indie band by the time they entered my consciousness with Painful, in 1993. They had already morphed from a band with a Lou Reed/Velvet Underground fixation into one with an expansive, experimental sound that could...
Flyleaf’s new album, Memento Mori
Memento Mori, the highly anticipated sophomore album from Flyleaf, is a more mature and polished installment of the southern rock band’s trademark style. The album as a whole is not as raw as some of songs from the band’s 2005 self-titled debut album that went...
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