by Inga Orlova The classic characters from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” come to life in a modern day, gripping storyline shot beautifully on the dark streets of an old world London. Get comfortable in the crowded theatre and sit tight for the next two hours as you watch Robert Downey Jr. become...
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By Mark Ge Toumani Diabate’s The Mande Variations is gorgeous and was the first Kora album I’ve ever listened to. The Kora is a, “Harp unique to Africa with 21 strings.” It indeed sounds like a harp or a dulcimer that is plucked quickly. That was the first impression that I got while listening...
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By Mark Ge The first track off of the Umalali disk really caught me by surprise. It was the singing that comes in in the beginning that shook me and gave me a chill. I was not expecting the voice to sound so raspy like Billie Holiday, or for it to be so rich...
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By Lauren Saul Eat Sugar could easily be mistaken for a European New Wave, Punk band, but these spasmodic Electro-IndiePunk rockers hail to us from Cincinnati, Ohio, and are ready to make a major mark in the musical realm. Having once played with bands like Louisville’s VHS or Beta, Austin’s Voxtrot, and Omaha’s The...
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By Lauren Saul New York City singer/songwriter Bayard Russell’s debut album, Selftitled,is a lo-fi tale of heartache and love lost. Russell delivers simple, catchy songs with honest lyrics straight from hisbroken heart. He effortlessly takes what most of us would consider as bad situations and makes light of them, and in doing so he...
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By Lauren Saul Known as the creators of “emo rap,” Atmosphere’s fifth studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, is definitely true to form. The album exudes drama and emotion. But Ant and Slug have taken a bit of a different approach in perfecting this one. The combination of...
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By Jen Klee As always, Toots and the Maytals puts out decent second wave ska, there’s no ‘punk’ aspects in here for you third wavers and its nowhere near as minimalist for you first wave purists. First track, “Johnny Coolman” is a primarily ska song but with a weird, almost country vibe under it...
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By Jen Klee I came into this album originally expecting laid back, Johnny Cash covers and was kind of shocked outta my skin with the first of many psychobilly influences on first track “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Dale Watson. From there, more influences started to pop up, but psychobilly was the definite...
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By Jen Klee I kept wanting to tell you different things about The Old Scratch Revival Singers, dear readers, but every time I thought I found a good comparison for them, they quickly switched gears into something completely different. In a super short review, The Old Scratch Revival Singers are awesome, their sound is...
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By Jen Klee Pretendo is mall metal at their ‘eh, alright’est along with Bracket like more mellow rock, its almost as if this were two different albums, going off in two different directions cobbled together. What stands out on this album is the guitar riffs and their catchy hooks.”06-06-06″ is one of the better...
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