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Matchbox 20: 'North'new
I'll make this as quick and painless as possible. First of all, Matchbox 20 still exists (yes, the “push you around” guys).
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
09-16-2012 |
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Deerhoof: 'Breakup Song'new
Deerhoof has always felt like the little band that could: a bit too eccentric to reach wide notice, but charming enough in their weirdness to stay on the radar.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
09-16-2012 |
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Bob Dylan: 'Tempest'new
Time Out of Mind (1997) started the best chapter of Bob Dylan’s late career, thus setting a new, unbelievable standard for himself and his contemporaries — that of the rare legend who keeps getting better with time.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
09-16-2012 |
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Cat Power: 'Sun'new
There are a few things we've come to expect from Cat Power, indie rock's most reliably miserablist singer-songwriter this side of Elliott Smith. Suffice to say, when she caps her new electro-pop album with an 11-minute "I Wanna Live!" mantra ("Nothin' But Time") it's pretty goddamn shocking.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
09-16-2012 |
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Foxygen: Take the Kids Off Broadwaynew
Rarely is bedroom pop played with such hyperactive abandon. Foxygen, the duo of Sam France and Jonathan Rado, present a debut album that never sits still, careening wildly, even within individual songs, across a wide range of pop, rock and avant-garde influences.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
09-13-2012 |
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AmoChip Dabney: Not Out of Words (Microchip)new
For anyone familiar with AmoChip Dabney's various stage personas, this all-instrumental improvisational suite for piano is probably the last thing you'd expect to hear. A multi-instrumentalist excelling on saxophones, keyboards and bass, Dabney is the consummate pro.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Lipson |
09-13-2012 |
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The Evil Tenors' Peach Fuzznew
Peach Fuzz finds Durham's Nathan White breaking in a new sound and a new personality, adapting to unfamiliar surroundings and figuring out how to fit in.
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The Tallest Man on Earth: There's No Leaving Nownew
A couple of years after his breakthrough sophomore album, The Wild Hunt, Swedish singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson has toned things down for There's No Leaving Now, but it's still a beguiling, dark work.
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
08-30-2012 |
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Yeasayer: 'Fragrant World'new
With their third album, Brooklyn's Yeasayer prove once again that they have no interest in artistic stillness.
San Antonio Current |
James Courtney |
08-30-2012 |
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Chiddy Bang Brandingnew
The group's sugar cereal motif is of a piece with its music.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-24-2012 |
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Mixtura feat. Tito Nieves: "I Want You Back" (from Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson, release TBA)new
The first single off the upcoming Michael Jackson salsa tribute is out — and it kills.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
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Frank Zappa: 'You Are What You Is'new
Was that really Frank Zappa's face last week on the front page of the iTunes store? I couldn't believe my eyes.
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
08-23-2012 |
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Tags: You Are What You Is
American Aquarium's Burn. Flicker. Die.new
"Pretty soon I'll hit bottom, but at least I've enjoyed the ride," BJ Barham sings during "Harmless Sparks," which rests in relative peace at the middle of American Aquarium's new album. (Last Chance Records)
Bobby Womack: The Bravest Man in the Universenew
For his latest comeback—and first album of new material in 18 years—this R&B titan of the 1960s and '70s went to England.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
08-16-2012 |
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Sasha Go Hard: Do You Know Who I Am?new
Young rapper/vocalists like Rye Rye and Azealia Banks epitomize a post-millennial sass that's all about eclecticism.
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
08-16-2012 |
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