Music Reviews

John Mayer "Born And Raised" Review

Judah Joseph | Posted 05.22.2012

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What sets Born and Raised apart from Mayer's other works is that he's finally humble to his talent. In this record, Mayer has receded to making music simply because it makes him happy.

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NYC Goes Country With Lady Antebellum!

Lauren Hoffman | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum Tour, Thompson Square, Lady Antebellum in Concert, Lady Antebellum, Music Reviews, Teen News

When you spend your drive to school listening to the same album every day, you hope to one day see it performed live. Last week, I had the chance to finally see my favorite country trio, Lady Antebellum.

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The Week's Most BRUTAL Reviews

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Emily Blunt the Five Year Engagement, Five Year Engagement Reviews, Judd Apatow, The Wanted Ep, Bad Reviews Week in Ouch, Slideexpand, Tv Reviews, Smash Reviews, Movie Reviews, Video, Music Reviews, Glee Reviews, Jason Segel, The Five-Year Engagement, Entertainment News

Sorry Jason Segel, but all of your charm -- and you do have a lot of it -- couldn't save you from the critics this week. Segel's latest rom-com "The F...

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From 'Glee' To 'Battleship,' The Week's Most Brutal Reviews

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: The Cabin in the Woods, Cabin in the Woods Review, Glee, The Cabin in the Woods Reviews, Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23, Monica, The Client List, The Week in Ouch, Tv Reviews, Movie Reviews, Battleship, Video, Music Reviews, Brandy, Glee Reviews, Lockout Movie, The Three Stooges, Slidepollajax, Entertainment News

The reviews for Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's new horror flick "The Cabin in the Woods" have been mostly positive. However there was one critic who w...

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What You Should Be Listening To Right Now: Good Bands With Bad Names Edition

The Huffington Post | Caitlin Brown | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Dr Dog, College, College News, Music Reviews, Video, College News

With kickass live performances and albums that sound so perfectly raw, Dr. Dog is as though your local favorites all of a sudden got famous in the bes...

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Hip to Be Square: The Explorers Club Will Blow Your Soft Rock Mind

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Grand Hotel, The Explorers Club Review, Yacht Rock, David Wild, Album Reviews, Music Reviews, The Explorers Club, Video, Culture News

In a world filled with auto-tune and sampled beats, beachy, breezy tunes such as "Run, Run, Run" and "It's You" ring almost revolutionary with their innocent, layered harmonies, organ, and guitar.

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PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music

Shawn Amos | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Primus, Nick Lowe, Blind Pilot, New Albums, Das Racist, Lady Antebellum, Music Reviews, Entertainment News

Lady Antebellum, Primus, Nick Lowe, Blind Pilot, and Das Racist have all come forth to share some post-9/11 music. Some of it you'll want to forget.

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Dennis Diken: The Roots of Jersey Rock

Ruth Gerson | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Rock Music, New Jersey, Dave Amels, The Smithereens, Music History, Music Reviews, Singer-Songwriter, Dennis Diken, Morris Museum, Jersey Music, Drums, Drummer, Arts News

Dennis Diken is the drummer and a founding member of New Jersey's rock 'n' roll band The Smithereens. He is a mensch, a fountain of knowledge, a supreme musician, and a great story teller.

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Girls Aloud's Nadine Coyle Tackles Stateside Fame

Sam Lansky | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Pop Music, Girls Aloud, Music Industry, British-Pop, Nadine Coyle, Girls-Aloud-Solo, Music Reviews, Album Reviews, Fire Island, Entertainment News

"Sweetest High" is a very canny new direction; the single is palatable to American listeners in a way that Girls Aloud, with its distinctly English everything-but-the-kitchen-sink madness, never was.

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PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Dec. 8

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Wilson, Daft Punk, T.I., Duffy, Plain White T's, PLAY > SKIP, Album Reviews 2010, Music Reviews, Album Reviews, Album Releases 2010, Music Reviews 2010, Entertainment News

Daft Punk picks up where the '80s left off, Plain White T's treat us to some pop ear candy, T.I. delivers an f-bomb from jail, Charlie Wilson refuses to get naughty, while Duffy plays too nice. Bah, humbug.

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Love and Death, the New Album from Ghanaian Legend Ebo Taylor

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jazz, Ebo-Taylor, Africa, Music Reviews, Funk, Ghana, Afrobeat, African Music, Music, London, Fela Kuti, World News

Recorded with Berlin-based collective Afrobeat Academy, Love and Death is a conscious effort on the part of Taylor to advance the afrobeat movement.

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North Carolina, Come On and Raise Up Against "Raise Up"

James Kotecki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raise Up, Petey Pablo, Music Video, Music Reviews, Song Review, North Carolina, Comedy News

Petey Pablo's "Raise Up," a 2001 song about his native North Carolina, is the worst state rap anthem ever produced. I know the song has been out for a...

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Music Review: Scissor Sister's Night Work, A Queer & Sexy Mindtrip

Waymon Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Dance Music, Pop Music, Music Reviews, Sexual Liberation, Night Work, Scissor Sisters, Entertainment News

I have a confession. I am now, and have always been, hopelessly obsessed with the quirky, queer band Scissor Sisters. But their latest album entitled Night Workis something entirely different.

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Top Moments of Monolith Music Festival

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Critics, Simon Fagan, Music Industry, Music, Music Reviews, Entertainment News

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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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