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"The Blue Album" by Orbital

After the extremely poor showing of 2001's The Altogether, by far Orbital's worst album in their (at that time) 10 year career, it isn't a total surprise that it's taken the Hartnoll brothers three years to make a follow-up, which they've also announced will be their last. It's been one hell of a ca... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Travels In The South" by Chris Stamey

Chris Stamey has always had a hand in some of the most interesting musical ventures for over two decades. I first got onto his music when I bought a copy of the db's The Sound of Music in '87 and was a huge fan of his duo release with Peter Holsapple, Maverick. I would later learn that Stamey once p... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Anything" by Martina Topley-Bird

After waiting almost an entire year for an American label to realize the beauty and stylized grace of British siren Martina Topley-Bird's fantastic 2003 debut Quixotic, Palm Pictures has released Anything, a reworked and rehauled version of Quixotic that truly rapes music fans and then robs them of... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Soft Commands" by Ken Stringfellow

Ken Stringfellow to me is like a really good friend that I only talk to once every 4 or 5 years. I first became a fan in the early 90's when Ken was co-fronting the brilliant (but never commercially successful) The Posies. I still consider their Dear 21 album to be among the best examples of lush, j... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"Happenstance" by Rachael Yamagata

Rachael Yamagata caught my attention earlier this year with a promo EP that certainly showed a world of promise. A bit of a vocal Chameleon, RYam can morph her voice into whatever the particular song requires. A huge voice that could bring the vitriolic yowl of Fiona Apple, and even the velvet-sandp... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"After The War" by Sleep Station

Sleep Station's After The War is the New Jersey quintet's fifth release and their 4th concept album in a row. (There has been some disagreement about the bands discography but if you click on the comments below, a reader has sorted it out for us.) Lyrically After The War follows the plight of a WWII... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

"The Curse" by Atreyu

Listening to Atreyu's new album, The Curse, feels like you are brain flossing with barb wire, but at the same time in total relaxation and sync within the music, if it's possible for those two concepts to coexist. Maybe masochism is the word I'm looking for. This SoCal band leaves all the over-emo... [More]

Written By: Tyson Cantrell

"Blueberry Boat" by Fiery Furnaces

When I saw these guys open for the Shins almost three months ago, I was expecting to hear the odd but sensible sounds of their less than a year old debut, Gallowsbird Bark. Boy was I in for a bumpy ride. What they played was a non-stop (and I mean non-stop, it all felt like one long song) 45 minute... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Riot On An Empty Street" by Kings of Convenience

Kings of Convenience, if you didn't already know, is Norway's indie rock answer to Simon & Garfunkel. Eirik Glambek Boe and his compadre Erlend create a vocal blend that sounds so organically perfect that it's a little bit scary - a phenomenon on full display on their 2001 sophomoric Quiet is the Ne... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Kiss & Tell" by Sahara Hotnights

After listening to Jennie Bomb, Sahara Hotnights 2002 American debut, it seemed almost too obvious to call these ladies simply just a Swedish rehashing of The Donnas. The Ramones meets The Runaways. But with Sahara Hotnights major label debut Kiss & Tell, those comparisons will definitely need a pri... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"Impossible Dream" by Patti Griffin

To say that listening to Patty Griffin's Impossible Dream is a pleasure is like describing The Passion of the Christ as a high old time at the movies. Griffin's songs are potent enough to make your bones ache. WIth one wave of her hand she brands you with an album's worth of pain, whispered out... [More]

Written By: Sam Payne

"Palm Trees and Power Lines" by Sugarcult

I remember in Junior High when punk first became mainstream with great bands like Green Day, Offspring, Rancid, and even Bad Religion. However, over the years it seemed like commercialized punk bands felt the need to be poppier-sounding, and the lyrics started to involve love, girlfriends, and brea... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich

"Scissor Sisters" by Scissor Sisters

With group members having names like Babydaddy, Paddy Boom and Ana Matronic, and a fashion sense like the Queer Eye guys have gone out of style like, soooo six months ago, (group member Jake Shears seriously pulls off a feather boa better than most women) it's easy to tell even before listening to t... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"No Roots" by Faithless

Fans of Faithless 1996 debut release Reverence (which I am one of) have been waiting for a return to form from this house techno group ever since. Music producers Sister Bliss and Rollo (who is the brother of the now uber famous Dido) and especially vocalist/smooth talker Maxi Jazz created a frenzy... [More]

Written By: Kyle England

"One Plus One Equals One" by Badly Drawn Boy

The bottom line about Badly Drawn Boy, the one that even a fan-boy champion of his masterpiece Hour of the Bewilderbeast doesn't want to face, is that maybe Damon Gough was a flash in the pan. Yes his first album with it's anything-for-a-hook kitchen sink approach, is high on the list of the best re... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones

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