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Wednesday, March 10,2010
Music Reviews

Violent Soho & Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

CD Reviews: Violent Soho & The Brutalist Bricks

By Brian Staker
Queensland, Australia, quartet Violent Soho are the latest signing by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore to his Ecstatic Peace label ...
Wednesday, March 3,2010
Music Reviews

The Brian Jonestown Massacre & Robert Pollard

Reviews: Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? & We All Got Out of the Army

By Brian Staker
Robert Pollard is sort of an anti-rock star. The by-now 50-something former Dayton, Ohio, schoolteacher manages to rock out without any of the supposed accessories: no tattoos ...
Wednesday, February 17,2010
Music Reviews

Adam Franklin & Cloud Cult

By Brian Staker
Adam Franklin originally played guitar in the Stooges-titled band Shake Appeal, but gained widespread attention for the London-based group Swervedriver...
Wednesday, February 10,2010
Music Reviews

Gil Scott-Heron & Corinne Bailey Rae

CD Reviews: I'm Here Now, The Sea

By Jamie Gadette
Corinne Bailey Rae rose to prominence in 2006 with her self-titled debut, an album of Starbucks-ready RB ballads whose sweet, sleepy melodies lacked the staying power of a strong double latte.
Wednesday, January 13,2010
Music Reviews

Kurt Vile & Vampire Weekend

By Brian Staker
Some musicians take a while to get revved up, polishing their songs and performance until they reveal their art to the world.
Wednesday, December 30,2009
Music Reviews

Best Albums of 2009

Silver linings in sound abounded in '09.

By City Weekly Staff
2009 was rough. It started off with hope for change and ended with, “Well, this will do for now.” But you know that theory linking suffering to good art?
Wednesday, December 16,2009
Music Reviews

Capgun Coup: Maudlin

Nebraskans prove "bad" bands have all the soul

By Reyan Ali
Garage rock has a curiously dubious nature. Based on the notion that garage inherently champions a primordial version of rock & roll over the thoughtfully orchestrated fret acrobatics of, say, a progressive band ...
Wednesday, December 9,2009
Music Reviews

The Lawrence Arms: Buttsweat & Tears

By Reyan Ali
Where might The Lawrence Arms be without booze? Knowing how frequently the Chicago trio uses alcohol and its attached subtexts as lyrical fuel, it’s hard to imagine their woebegone, crooked punk devoid of this cliché.
Wednesday, November 25,2009
Music Reviews

Drop Dead Julio, Skud Missile Smugglaz, Michael Lucarelli

By Brian Staker
Drop Dead Julio carve out their own niche in local music with riff-driven melodies and singer Gene Kennedy's somewhere this-side-of-emo delivery.
Wednesday, November 18,2009
Music Reviews

Gaza: He Is Never Coming Back

By Curtis Jensen
Gaza possess an inane ability to flex out beyond the fringes of transition: when matters seem most clear on He Is Never Coming Back...
 
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