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MUSIC REVIEW

 Jack White's 
 New Band 
 Opens Strong 

Jack White's latest effort confirms his reign as king of the blues-rockers

Jul 13, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack White’s rise to stardom in the postmillennial world of the struggling blues rocker is “remarkable,” and he continues to “honor the blues’ authenticity” while also exploiting its “capacity for mythology” with his third project, writes Stuart Berman for Pitchfork. On Horehound, the Dead Weather—... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • blues • music review • White Stripes • Jack White • Jay-ZTV • The Dead Weather • Alison Mossheart • The Kills • Raconteurs • Queens of the Stone Age

MUSIC REVIEW

 Album No 
 Twin Peaks, 
 But Very Lynchian 

Music has fine moments, but often 'is no more than the sum of its parts'

Jul 9, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Music has always been an integral part of David Lynch’s films: “Blue Velvet wouldn’t be Blue Velvet without Dennis Hopper’s lipstick-smeared face bearing down on Kyle MacLachlan to Roy Orbison’s ‘In Dreams,’” writes Mike Powell for Pitchfork. So it makes sense that... More »

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entertainment • album release • music review • Twin Peaks • Jay-ZTV • David Lynch

music review

 Moby's Wait for Me 
 Is Pleasant, Bland 

Pitchfork describes album as 'background music in the purest sense'

Jul 6, 09 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Moby’s latest album, Wait For Me, is a pleasant if forgettable trip to the artist’s softer, more ambient side, writes Jess Harvell for Pitchfork. Coming a decade after 1999’s Play, a record that perfectly captured the “post-rave” zeitgeist of pop at the time to become... More »

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music • listeners • reviews • Moby • dance music • music review • indie rock • Wait for Me

MUSIC REVIEW

 Mars Volta 
 Shows Softer Side 





Album still rocks, even pared-down

Jun 22, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the latest release, Mars Volta has lived up to its “best prog-rockers of 2008” title, writes Mike Ragogna for the Huffington Post. Octahedron “may bang a little less, but musically competes with most classic albums of that genre.” And—good news for anyone put-off by the... More »

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music • rock • music review • Mars Volta • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - The Black Eyed Peas' new album, The E.N.D., isn’t of much consequence, but that’s just as well. Reviewers generally appreciate the party-hardy attitude.
  • “Ever true to their defining characteristic, the Peas have no shame,” Ann Powers writes in the Los
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entertainment • hip-hop • album release • Fergie • taboo • Black Eyed Peas • music review • Will.i.am • Jay-ZTV

album review

 Costello Goes a Little Country  


May 29, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elvis Costello's new Secret, Profane & Sugarcane CD has a spare, country feel to it—T. Bone Burnett returns as producer—and critics generally think it hits the mark.
  • Glen Boyd, Blog Critics: A little too much "filler" among the bright spots, but those bright spots are
... More »

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music review • album • Elvis Costello • Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

MUSIC REVIEW

 Free Cool Kids 
 Album Worth It, Barely 

There's still hope for full-length debut

May 28, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Cool Kids aren’t as cool as they once were—but “even when they’re on autopilot, their icy flatness has style,” writes Tom Breihan for Pitchfork. Gone Fishing, the internet phenoms’ recently released bundle of free downloadable music, “should be a major event in the... More »

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music • hip-hop • album release • Ludacris • Bun B • The Cool Kids • music review • Jay-ZTV • Don Cannon

Concert Review

 Lil Wayne 
 Pupil Drake 
 Thrills in NYC 

Kanye, record execs come to hear buzzed-about rapper

May 28, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Child-actor-turned-rapper Drake had fans and luminaries like Kanye West enthralled at a small New York show Tuesday, where the as-yet-unsigned artist tried to live up to the buzz.
  • “Drake's greatest gift is his ability to translate his love of rap's many styles into his own music,” Chris
... More »

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music • New York City • Kanye West • rapper • rap music • Lil Wayne • music review • Jay-ZTV • Drake

MUSIC REVIEW

 Ciara Lost on Fantasy Ride 


May 21, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ciara's tiny voice can't survive in the spaces her producers leave on her new album, Fantasy Ride, but the disc does provide a few fascinating diversions. Some critical opinions:
  • "That's what you get with Fantasy Ride," Tom Breihan writes on Pitchfork. "A few brilliant left turns
... More »

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entertainment • hip-hop • singer • Beyonce • music review • album • R&B • Jay-ZTV • Ciara

ALBUM REVIEW

 Omar's iDon 
 Takes Reggaeton 
 Back to the Future 

Dancehall king blends familiar with futuristic with foray into cyberpunk

May 20, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reggaeton superstar Don Omar blends dancehall with Blade Runner on new album iDon, Jody Rosen writes for Slate. The Puerto Rican’s journey into “dystopian cyberfantasy” features plenty of “cybernetic mumbo-jumbo, foreboding synth chords, and techno twitches,” Rosen writes, backtracked by some more familiar big booming beats. More »

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entertainment • music • Blade Runner • reggae • dance music • music review • Jay-ZTV • Don Omar • reggaeton

NEW RELEASE

White Rabbits Make 'Punk Nihilism Sound Manageable'

'Cavernous' album will appeal to Spoon fans

May 19, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - White Rabbits’ 2007 effort, Fort Nightly, was an “occasionally very good debut,” but follow-up It’s Frightening, released today, packs a true punch, writes Eric Harvey in Pitchfork. Producer Britt Daniel of Spoon gave the band a leg up, serving as the record’s “songwriting Svengali” to... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • music review • Jay-ZTV • White Rabbits • Spoon • Britt Daniel

Music Review

 Breakdown Trumps Even Idiot  


May 15, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - After Green Day’s multi-platinum American Idiot, anticipation is off the charts for today’s release of 21st Century Breakdown. And it doesn’t disappoint. Here’s what critics are saying:
  • It’s “so masterful and confident it makes Idiot seem like a warm-up,”
... More »

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entertainment • punk music • music review • rock opera • Jay-ZTV • Green Day

(Newser) - Eminem’s new album, Relapse, is as crude as you might expect, but his unflinching examination of his drug addiction has floored some critics. Overall, people love it or hate it.
  • "The power of Relapse comes from Em aiming his beat-downs at his truest target, himself,"
... More »

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entertainment • Eminem • addiction • prescription drugs • hip-hop • rap music • music review • Dr. Dre • Jay-ZTV • Relapse

(Newser) - Prince’s new album, Lotusflow3r, is actually three separate discs: two by the Purple One and one by his protégé, Bria Valente, all for sale exclusively at Target for $11.98. And depending on who you ask, that’s a good deal—or not.
  • Jody Rosen is thrilled
... More »

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Minneapolis • rock and roll • Prince • music review • album • funk • Lotusflow3r • Bria Valente

MUSIC REVIEW

 Phish Dives Back Into Limelight 

Vermont foursome have still got it after all these years

Mar 7, 09 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite the 5-year gap since Phish last jammed in their trademark style, last night’s reunion concert in Virginia was well worth the wait, Kevin O’Donnell writes in Rolling Stone. “It was like hanging out with friends you haven’t seen in years,” writes O’Donnell. “... More »

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music • concert • Phish • music review

album REVIEW

 U2's Latest Good, Not Great 

'No Line on the Horizon' features some experimentation, some classic U2

Feb 27, 09 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - At its best, U2’s latest album has the band both pushing forward with a dense, atmospheric sound courtesy of producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois—but in other moments, Bono and company are content to lazily rehash their stadium-pop formula, critics say.
  • “The album lacks a unified
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Bono • music review • album • the Edge

GLOSSIES

 Obamas Inherit 
 Sweet Record Stash 

White House album collection contains landmarks from Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles

Jan 29, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s new digs not only grant him access to chefs and a bowling alley, but an LP stash that includes Led Zeppelin IV and the Ramones’ Rocket to Russia, Rolling Stone reports. Banished to the basement during the Reagan years, the White House vinyl vault contains Obama favorites... More »

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Barack Obama • Rolling Stones • Jimmy Carter • Bob Dylan • Rolling Stone • Ronald Reagan • Talking Heads • Bruce Springsteen • The Carpenters • Ramones • Led Zeppelin • Sex Pistols • music review • presidential library • President Obama • Obama family • Pat Boone • John Denver

NEW RELEASE

Tonight Marks Reinvention
for Franz Ferdinand

Disco-charged album offers 'brand new start' for Scottish band

Jan 27, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Franz Ferdinand’s third album, Tonight, is a “wholesale reinvention of their sound,” writes Andy Langer in Esquire. Establishing riffs rooted in bass rather than their trademark guitar sound, the quartet’s effort—out now—treads where few have dared, says Langer.  “The Achilles heel of... More »

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music • Scotland • pop music • Britain • music review • Franz Ferdinand

NEW RELEASE


 Brit's Back, 
 Big Time 

'Circus' recalls better times, and better albums, than last year's dud

Nov 30, 08 12:12 PM CST
(Newser) - While Britney Spears' life has resembled something of a sideshow over the past couple of years, her newest release is a welcome return to her musical roots, writes Jim Farber in the New York Daily News. And for Glenn Gamboa, writing in Newsday, Circus can't just be called a... More »

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Britney Spears • album release • music review

NEW RELEASE

 Heartbreak Has Kanye Singing 

Bold, brooding album piques critics' interest, though it's 'occasionally unlistenable'

Nov 25, 08 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Kanye West’s latest, 808s and Heartbreak, finds the rapper changing his tune, singing instead of rapping and mourning instead of boasting—and the result is “bold, fascinating, foolhardy, occasionally unlistenable,” writes Jody Rosen in Rolling Stone. While its '80s drum tracks are a “pleasant shock,”... More »

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music • Kanye West • album release • music review

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