Pre-Apocalyptic Saviors: A Review of the Arcade Fire's Neon Bible
by Andi Mudd
3.5 Beatles* Arcade Fire’s March 6 release, Neon Bible, is the music of the people—even if the people don’t know it yet.  The Montreal septet’s 2004 Funeral,
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Embrace Your Inner Bitch: A Review of Lily Allen's Alright, Still
by Sally Feller
3 Beatles* Lily Allen, a 21-year-old Londoner, is the daughter of actor/comedian/musician Keith Allen, who seems to have been a drug dealer in Trainspotting. Her mom is a film producer of such films as Eli
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Overcoming the Hype: A Review of the Shin's Wincing the Night Away
by Andi Mudd
3.5 Beatles*On their new Sub Pop release, Wincing the Night Away, the Shins have learned how to wait, to percolate, to marinate.  They give themselves more time to do greater things with fewer songs and bigger
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The Party of the Season: A Review of Tom Waits' Orphans
by Andi Mudd
4 Beatles* This site’s usual Beatles rating system just isn’t fair in the case of Tom Waits’ new album.  Judging by this three-disc monster, released by ANTI- on November 21, there’s prett
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The Break-Up Album: A Review of Damien Rice's 9
by Andi Mudd
2 Beatles* Irish singer/songwriter Damien Rice is, for the most part, completely uninteresting as a singer and as a songwriter.  Curious, then, that his newest release, 9, isn’t a completely uninter
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The Innovators: A Review of …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead's So Divided
by Robin Lyon
3 Beatles*…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have always been refreshingly musical. They’ve remained loyally guitar-centered, artistic and experimental, with the skill to craft long musical interludes t
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Normal Pollard? A Review of Robert Pollard's Normal Hapiness
by Andi Mudd
2.5 Beatles* Listening to Robert Pollard’s newest release, Normal Happiness from Merge Records, is an experience at once sprawling and terse.  The album itself is what’s small.  It
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Energy and Irony: A Review of the Scissor Sisters' Ta-Dah
by Robin Lyon
3 Beatles* The Scissor Sisters recently released second album, Ta-Dah, starts off with the infectiously danceable “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing,” and the energy and irony don’t quit.
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The Myth of the Savior or A Review of The Hold Steady's Boys and Girls in America
by Daniel Patrick Schmergel
4 Beatles*Since the inception of rock music, on to each generation a savior has been born. Bob Dylan rescued the form in its infancy, before it could be swallowed by legions of screaming girls and crass bus
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Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds: It’s Like Vintage Prince on Viagra
by Sally Feller
2.5 Beatles* I put the former boy-bander’s cd into my laptop and hear….exactly what I expect to hear. Having already heard the single, named after the obvious allusions to classical literature and Aristotl
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