Category: Reviews
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Let’s face it, during the past few years Weezer have been more of a mainstream pop band than an alternative rock band on albums like Hurley and Raditude. Personally, I loved those albums. I just felt like they always had a pop element to their sound and they were just learning to embrace that. So,…
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Pictured on the cover of Lia Mice’s just released new album I Love You is a classic car with its roof caved in, as if it did a 360 in an accident or had a 1000 pound anvil dropped on it. What happened to the car isn’t important, but the state that it’s in is…
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Yes, they’ve gone and made a second video for “Left Hand Free.” And we happen to prefer this one! Get ready for one hell of a pool party!
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Lots of music is trippy. But there aren’t so many songs that take you on a trip. Well, there are plenty of psychedelic artists who do precisely that, but I’m talking about pop songs. What we have here is brilliant pop with just enough psychedelic flourishes to make their song, “Choose Yer Own Adventure,” take…
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If there’s been one band to emerge during the past decade which has proved impossible to kill it’s the Austin, Texas outfit …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Granted, their career has had high points and low points, but regardless of what their status may have been at this point or…
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I dare you to watch this video and listen to this song — closely, paying attention to the lyrics — and not feel something. I found it incredibly touching. Hell, it almost made me cry. Suffice to say it’s a very effective and precious pop ballad. And the lyrics, which Selena probably wrote herself, are…
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Ysa Ferrer is one of my favorite French artists. I’ve been following her since I bought her album Kamikaze in France in 1999. After that album didn’t fare very well, I believe she was dropped from her label. Then she would sporadically release a single here and there but during recent years she’s put out…
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“Underbart” was already one of the most invigorating tracks on Little Dragon’s Nabuma Rubberband, but this intense video gives it a sense of urgency, making the song stand out like a passionate battle cry, ready to conquer any and all contemporaries. And, with a little luck, it will.
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Mystery Skulls is the stage name of Luis Dubuc, an insanely-talented, self-taught electronic artist from Dallas — currently based in LA — who writes, produces and sings his own songs. At the moment, he’s the electronic artist du jour with his song “Ghost” having skyrocketed to number eight on the iTunes electronic music chart at…
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If you miss All Saints, chances are you’ll fall head over heels in love with this gorgeous gem, just as we did, being that its beats and melody would seem to be a deliberate homage to Saints’ “Pure Shores.” That aside, “Can’t Stop The Love” is a lovely mid-tempo number with a positive message and…
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https://soundcloud.com/rainbow_tiger/01gill-sans For some odd reason we could not get the Soundcloud player to appear here for this one. Normally, just posting a URL will make the Soundcloud player appear embedded on our site, but today Soundcloud is apparently having hiccups or something. In any case, we certainly suggest that you click on the above link…
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Jolin Tsai is arguably the queen of Chinese pop, though I’d say that Elva Hsaio and Coco Lee are right behind her. In any case, she’s a massive diva releasing one hit album after another for at least ten years now. Here, fresh, modern beats that blend slick electro-pop and sonorous EDM give her just…
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It doesn’t get prettier than this beautiful new charity single by the always wonderful Pixie Lott. It might not be a Christmas song specifically, but we’ll be adding it to our Christmas playlist here at the office nevertheless.
