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Top Moments of Monolith Music Festival

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Dandy Warhols, Of Montreal, The Grates, The Pirate Signal, Monotonix, Monolith Music Festival, Music Reviews, Donnybrook, Concert Reviews, Denver News
Angora Holly Polo

At the fest: rockstars are so cute sometimes in their pleas for anonymity!

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"Human Drama" by Truth Panel: Is It An Ear Worm?

Mike McCready | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Human Drama, Truth Panel, Music Reviews, Song Review, Entertainment News
Mike McCready

The story behind this song is interesting. It was penned in a Toronto bar on New Years Eve 1989 by Bill Nygren and over time he's played it with a number of bands.

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Review: Eminem's Relapse

Brandon Perkins | Posted 06.22.2009 | Entertainment

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Brandon Perkins

Relapse recaptures the angry verbal acrobatics from those first two records that sold a cajillion copies. Yet, despite re-bottling that immature angst, it is different and, in a way, it's mature.

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Being Frugal Is In Vogue - The Cheap Song By Al Lorden

Mike McCready | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Cheap Song, Music Critics, Music Industry, Music, Music Reviews, Al Lorden, Entertainment News
Mike McCready

The song I'm reviewing this week is called The Cheap Song. It resonates with the current economic crisis although it was written during the boom when stingy people stood out. Now being frugal is in vogue.

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Song Of The Week - Never Really Cried by Simon Fagan

Mike McCready | Posted 05.28.2009 | Entertainment

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Mike McCready

I liked this song immediately. Cool piano and a bit of acoustic guitar and you get the feeling the compelling melody will slowly build throughout the song.

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A Modern Classic: Cynic's Traced in Air, A Reunion Album As Good As the Classic Debut

Alex Remington | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Heavy Metal, Sean Reinert, Paul Masvidal, Reviews, Sean Malone, Aeon Spoke, Progressive Metal, Music Reviews, Cynic, Music Review, Music, Gordian Knot, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

One of the best metal albums of the decade quietly came out last November, Traced in Air by Cynic, their first album in a decade and a half.

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I've Just Heard the Future of Singer-Songwriters and Her Name Is...

David Wild | Posted 05.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Bible Belt, Diane Birch, Music Reviews, Entertainment News
David Wild

Even now as what's left of our music industry evolves into whatever it may soon become, you still hear a rare album that reminds you why albums still exist.

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Amadou & Mariam: Not 'World' Music, But Music For The World

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Amadou & Mariam, Mali, World Music, Music, Music Reviews, Entertainment News
Jesse Kornbluth

This is harmonious, joyous music, totally accessible pop that just happens to be symphonic in its power. Its real genius is its accessibility.

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AIDS Wolf Review

Alex Mallory | Posted 02.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: AIDS Wolf, Noise Music, Arab on Radar, Music, Music Reviews, Entertainment News
Alex Mallory

AIDS Wolf's second full length album, Cities of Glass, is well worth checking out. Each track is a brutal, highly effective assault, but they do not function as separate parts that form a whole.

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The Accomplished Tightrope Walk of Skeletons' Money

Alex Mallory | Posted 01.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities, Skeletons Money, Music Reviews, Skeletons Music, Nat Baldwin, Music, Less Artists More Condos, Zs, Skeletons Band, Entertainment News
Alex Mallory

Money is, unequivocally, the most important release from the tail end of 2008. Skeletons uniquely stretch the theme of financial survival in America's most expensive city over ten knock out tracks.

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