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Archive for June, 2009
Album Review: Dave Matthews Band – Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Now, as the band releases its seventh studio disk, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, I’d venture to say anyone who will buy it has already decided to do so. Anyone averse to the band has no intention of buying it. And whichever category you fall into, if you’re basing your opinion on past albums, you’re probably making the right decision. Big Whiskey is yet another DMB album that has a few potential Top 40 hits, some tunes to please the jam fans, and a sprinkling of strong songs that deserve to be heard.
Big surprise, Elephant 6 keep things weird and mysterious
At this point strange factoids should be expected with any mention of the Athens, Georgia collective known as Elephant 6. Let’s look at some of the ingredients: Jeff Mangum has been a recluse for a decade, Kevin Barnes is, well, Kevin Barnes, and Julian Kaster released a Christmas Singing Saw album last year. Weird would [...]
The Builders And The Butchers find Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well, take it on the road
In his review of The Builders and the Butchers’ Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well, our own EN May had the following to say about the Portland outfit’s upcoming sophomore effort: “This record, like their last, adds grandiosity to the indie folk/country explosion in the way the Arcade Fire did for indie rock. Salvation’s energy [...]
Album Review: Rock Plaza Central – …at the Moment of Our Most Needing
Ontario’s Rock Plaza Central follows in the tradition of Canadians with a near stronger grasp on Americana than artists from the country that birthed the style. Ok, so maybe I’m giving our neighbors to the north a little too much credit. But, there’s no denying the reign that Canadian artists such as Neil Young and [...]
De La Soul hollers at the Gorillaz for more
The old school hip-hop group De La Soul just keeps dropping more and more music these days and whether it’s new, or old it’s always pleasing to hear some quality hip-hop music for a change. Keeping that in mind, you’ll never guess what (or with whom) they’ve been causing mischief with lately. First hint, it’s [...]
Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic kick off summer at the 9:30 Club (6/1)
While Grizzly Bear is already at full steam, Here We Go Magic is just getting started…
Check Out: Little Boots covers Blur’s “To The End”
To say the life of Victoria Hesketh, aka Little Boots, is hectic right now would probably be a severe understatement. This week she is celebrating the U.K. release of her full-length debut, Hands, while next week she’ll be celebrating the U.S. release of an exclusive EP entitled Illuminations. And she’s doing all this while touring [...]
Asher Roth seeks to cure hangovers everywhere
If you don’t know who Asher Roth is by now, you’re not really up with the times. If you don’t know who Asher Roth is by the end of this summer, well, to quote Mr. Roth’s recently released debut studio album literally, you may be Asleep in the Bread Aisle. In addition to his upcoming [...]
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