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"Paint Your Blood" by The Treats

The Treats are yet another unknown independent band whose music makes you wonder why they haven't broken through in a big way. On Paint Your Blood, they cover a wide array of styles from punk to country, and they do all of it pretty well while still keeping their unpolished, under-produced indie-roc... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"Various Artists" by Burning London: The Clash Tribute

The one thing about tribute albums is that no matter how hard the covering artists try, they can never top or even match the original versions of the songs they're covering. There are exceptions to this rule, but rare they are. In any case the rule is painfully obvious on "Burning London: The Clash... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"Come Clean" by Puddle of Mudd

Puddle of Mudd will go down as being one my all-time top guilty-pleasure bands. Probably the band that I'd be the most embarrassed to have my friends discover in my player. Sure, they may lack originality and sound like every other post-grunge band to come down the pike since 1994 - but they sure h... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"A Demonstration of Intellectual Property" by Mellowdro...

"A Demonstration of Intellectual Property" by Mellowdrone

Mellowdrone is seriously one the best indie-rock acts I've heard in a long time. The great thing about them is the fact that they have no singular sound. They're able to go all over the place and dabble with all sorts of different styles. The first track, "Tinylittle," sounds like a guitar and mini-... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"The Lonely Position of Neutral" by Trust Company

Trust Company is another one of those bands where you hate to label them as "Nu-Metal" because they're so much better than all the other bands they've been categorically lumped in with. Some may even compare their music to that of Linkin Park, but judging by the hard-hitting first track, "Downfall,... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"Songs About Jane" by Maroon 5

Much like John Mayer, Maroon 5 was another pop-radio act I'd written off because of their popularity with the young teenybopper crowd and their semi-cheesy hit singles, but have since gained a grudging respect for. Seriously these guys are pretty damn good - no matter what you may think. Again like... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"Just Tryin

Judging by his not-so-serious MC name, one might assume that southern rapper Devin the Dude is a pop-rap artist in the style of one of P. Diddy's protégés or a sometimes-unoriginal rap artist in the style of one of the Cash Money Millionaires. However, this guy definitely has much better lyrics, muc... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"La Musica Negra" by Verbena

Verbena could be classified now as another one of those bands joining the ranks of The White Stripes, The Strokes, The Vines and The Hives in bringing the garage-style rock sound to the mainstream, even though they've been around since the mid-90's. The only difference with Verbena is that they als... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"Room For Squares" by John Mayer

For the longest time, I had always written John Mayer off as just another young, heartthrob singer/songwriter suitably groomed for pop radio. It wasn't until I heard the whole album of "Room for Squares" that I changed my mind. With the exception of the too-catchy-to-hate "No Such Thing," pretty m... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"Aerial" by Kate Bush

For fans of Sarah McLachlan and especially Tori Amos that think the sun rises and sets with those two female singer-songwriters, let me throw open the curtains and enlighten you as to the wonders of Kate Bush; the person probably most responsible for making their two careers possible. If it hadn't... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"12 Songs" by Neil Diamond

Ah, Neil Diamond. The Jewish Elvis. The master of sequined suits, Hot August Nights, and hairy chested machismo. Anybody out there remember a time when Neil Diamond wasn't a corny, self-righteous, schmaltz master? Did you know he actually used to play a guitar AND write all his own somewhat rockin'... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Try" by John Mayer Trio

John Mayer may have been educated at the Berkeley College of Music, but for the last two years, Mayer has been receiving a real education from playing on the road with jazz and blues greats such as Herbie Hancock, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, John Scofield and most regularly with blues legend Buddy Guy.... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Tiny Cities" by Sun Kil Moon

When Mark Kozelek left his Red House Painters moniker behind, his first post-Red House release What's Next To The Moon was a fascinating project consisting entirely of stripped down acoustic AC/DC covers. Personally, I thought that album to be genius. Paring away the rawk and replacing it with spare... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Full Of Light and Full Of Fire" by The Mendoza Line

The Mendoza Line are one of those bands that consistently crank out good works just about every year (this is actually their 7th album since 1995 in fact) but are hardly noticed by listeners and even critics as well. They started in the Athens, Georgia art-rock scene with contemporaries such as Neut... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Confessions on a Dance Floor" by Madonna

In the three plus years that I've been writing album reviews, I don't think I ever hated an album more that Madonna's 2003 release American Life. In one listen of that piece of garbage, it almost wiped out all memory of how great her previous two albums Ray Of Light and Music were. Thank the good Lo... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

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