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“Designs in Music” by BEN VAUGHN
Designs in Music is like the big hip movie score for the film of your life constantly playing before your eyes.
While rock fans know Ben Vaughn from the handful of witty but rockin’ albums he cut in the ’80s and ’90s with his band the Ben Vaughn Combo, since the […]

Posted on July 31st, 2010 by admin
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“Death by Sexy” by EAGLES OF DEATH METAL
No subtlety about it, this is rollin-down-the-avenue-windows-down music made for cranking out loud.
A super-stööpid name, a slumming superstar and a living caricature of mustachioed machismo — hell, everything about Eagles of Death Metal’s 2004 debut screamed “one-off.” But through no-brainer riffs and punchy production (think the tinny, overblown […]

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by admin
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“The Else” by THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
This quirky dynamic duo serves up another awesome helping of alt-rock yummy goodness.
“There’s only two songs in me and I just wrote the third/ Don’t know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words/ Spent my whole life just digging up my music’s shallow grave/ For […]

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by admin
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“Shinola” by WEEN
A masterpiece of rock and roll weirdness that will grow on you like a fungus… the key word being “fun”.
Has there ever been a band weirder — album for album, song for song — than Ween? There might be a handful to consider for the sake of due diligence, but few groups could […]

Posted on July 28th, 2010 by admin
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“Pictures of the Big Vacation” by MIKE ERRICO
Mike’s great songwriting and soulful voice will win you over and make you a fan.
Sounding like Dave Matthews crossed with the Wallflowers, Mike Errico delivers a flawed but promising debut with Pictures of the Big Vacation. Errrico’s roots may be in the contemporary folk underground, but the […]

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by admin
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“The Diamond” by THE SOUND OF URCHIN
Fresh-sounding Hard Rock that will really jump start your earbuds. I love this album.
New York’s the Sound of Urchin manage to borrow from rock’s recent past to create a diverse, energetic album called The Diamond that more often than not feels inspired and sounds unique. Produced by […]

Posted on July 26th, 2010 by admin
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