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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:03:00 GMT

The Courteeners

Hard-working â€¦ Liam Fray of . Photograph: Tom Watkins/Rex Features The Courteeners hit the ground running. The Manchester band's 2008 debut album, St Jude, was a Top 10 hit and won the group a fervently committed fanbase that powered its
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:03:00 GMT

Gabriella Cilmi: Ten

in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Photograph: Danny Martindale/ Aged 18, Cilmi is proof that you're never too young for reinvention: launched as a Winehouse-lite soulstress in 2008, here she transforms into a campy electro-pop diva with shades of
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:11:00 GMT

Laura Marling: I Speak Because I Can

As befits a folk siren, the ballad of Laura Marling would make quite a tune. Two years ago, '5 Years' Time' by Noah and the Whale successfully reintroduced an indie-folk sensibility to the British pop charts. Just 17 (it was originally released in
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT

The Alphabet Of Hurricanes

The Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter releases his first album on the Cooking Vinyl label. Also On The Web: Official Artist Site What The Critics Said All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:32:00 GMT

Kasper Bjorke

EMAILPRINTby N/A User Score: Generally favorable reviews Based on 4 critic reviews Based on 0 votes Album Info Label: HFN Release Date: 16 March 2010 Discs: 1 disc Genre(s): Electronic, Dance Summary The latest release for the award-winning Danish music
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:32:00 GMT

Crime In Stereo

This is the fourth album for the hardcore rock band from Long Island. Also On The Web: Official Artist Site What The Critics Said All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:32:00 GMT

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Under Great White Northern Lights [Live]

EMAILPRINTby The White Stripes 9.0 User Score: Generally favorable reviews Based on 7 critic reviews Based on 4 votes Album Info Label: Warner Bros. Release Date: 16 March 2010 Discs: 1 disc Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Live Summary The live album
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:32:00 GMT

Free Energy: Stuck on Nothin?

Free Energy are derivative. They sound like Cheap Trick. They sound like Weezer. They even sound a little bit like the Strokes. After months of this criticism against their fantastic singles ?Free Energy? and ?Dream City?, their debut Stuck on Nothin?
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53:00 GMT

Acrassicauda: Only the Dead See the End of the War

After watching the enthralling 2007 ry Heavy Metal in Baghdad it was near impossible to keep yourself from wondering just how the four Iraqi musicians in Acrassicauda were doing lately. After all, these were four musicians so dedicated to their art that
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53:00 GMT

Freeway & Jake One: The Stimulus Package

, . Thank God almighty, Freeway is . Of all the rappers to watch their careers go the way of the mixtape rapper in the wake of Cam?ron and Jay-Z?s dissolution of the Roc, Freeway is the one I always held a soft spot for. His debut with Just Blaze, 2003?s
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53:00 GMT

Gigi: Maintentant

The sound of pre-Beatles American pop music?specifically that of the Phil Spector/Brill Building variety?has been creeping in at the edges of indie rock lately, both in the form of unapologetic throwbacks (the Pipettes, God Help the Girl) and lo-fi,
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53:00 GMT

Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition

By Dave Heaton PopMatters Associate Music Editor
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53:00 GMT

Peggy Sue: Fossils and Other Phantoms

Like the mythical sirens, Rosa Slade and Katy Young â€“ the London-born, Brighton-based frontwomen of Peggy Sue â€“ sing with a lilting sweetness that is wholly deceptive, belying the undercurrent of fury in their lyrics, the agitations of their music.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:46:00 GMT

Ulrich Schnauss: Missing Deadlines

The German electronic musician and producer has been in demand since blending 1990s-style shoegaze with a dash of minimal electronica on albums like 2007's Goodbye. His tracks have turned up on computer games and car ads; two of his record labels
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:46:00 GMT

Gabriella Cilmi: Ten

Previously renowned for being a 16-year-old with a precociously blistering voice, Australian expat Gabriella Cilmi is now 18, and has made an album that practically thrusts its newly-mature assets in your face. The career-launching 2008 hit, Sweet About
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:46:00 GMT

Wooden Shjips: Vol. 2

California's Wooden Shjips are like an underground Status Quo: thrilling for a bit, until you realise you've heard their entire range inside three songs. In this case, it's not endless variations on 12-bar boogie, but on drone rock: the work of Spacemen
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:46:00 GMT

The Ruby Suns: Fight Softly

Like a best-of 2009 mixtape, New Zealand's the Ruby Suns combine delicate electronica with African sounds and tender vocals. Suffice to say, their ballpark's fielders might include Vampire Weekend and Animal Collective. Having mixed it with the Very Best
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:46:00 GMT

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Frightened Rabbit: Winter of Mixed Drinks

What a red herring ?The Greys? turned out to be. The first track on Frightened Rabbit?s debut album back in 2006 was all angular guitars and tense energy. It may have set up the tight but disconnected album that followed, but it gave us no indication of
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:57:00 GMT

John Hiatt: The Open Road

The last we heard from John Hiatt, he was singing ?Let?s Give Love a Try?, the final tune from 2008?s Same Old Man. On that song, Hiatt admitted, ?Sometimes I don?t like being where I am?, a notion that Hiatt has explored for much of his going-on-40-year
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:57:00 GMT

Various: Black Man?s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti

As the recent Broadway show celebrating his life and music makes abundantly clear, Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti was and remains one of those rare popular music figures who can safely be referred to by first name alone. And while Fela! continues
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:57:00 GMT

White Hills: White Hills

On their MySpace profile, White Hills describe their music as sounding like ?deep space instrumental passages flow[ing] in and out of hypnotic grooves?, which is pretty much the most accurate way to describe the music that this New York duo unleash. On
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:57:00 GMT

Mnemic: Sons of the System

Mnemic are among industrial metal?s elite few that can rank with genre originators Fear Factory in terms of musicality and staying power. When they burst onto the scene with 2003?s Mechanical Spin Phenomena, fans and critics had high hopes for the band.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:57:00 GMT

The White Stripes

EMAILPRINTby 10.0 User Score: Generally favorable reviews Based on 6 critic reviews Based on 2 votes Album Info Label: Warner Bros. Release Date: 16 March 2010 Discs: 1 disc Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Live Summary The live album features recording from
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:36:00 GMT

The Knife: Tomorrow, In a Year

It was a funny coincidence that during my first? slog, really, through Tomorrow, In a Year, I came across a note from the Knife?s Olof Dreijer, apologizing to the attendees of a Halloween party in Bogotá for ?false advertising.? He and Tomorrow
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:20:00 GMT

Ludicra: The Tenant

For the last decade, Bay Area quintet Ludicra has been one of the best-kept secrets in metal music, quietly breaking new ground in extreme metal with a series of albums that, while rooted in black metal, have dared to think outside the parameters of that
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:37:00 GMT

Tom McRae: The Alphabet of Hurricanes

Tom McRae?s story is an unusual one. After all, the guy didn?t release his first LP until he was 31. After a standout performance at UK?s Meltdown Festival in 2000, McRae quickly became the apple of UK music critics? eye with his soft, confessional
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:37:00 GMT

Picastro: Become Secret

Some artists get a little slack as time passes, losing whatever fierceness made them compelling in the first place. That intensity isn?t the only way to make good art, but it is one of the main ones, and it can be hard to keep up. Not because people love
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:37:00 GMT

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