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Music: All That Jazz
Ken Richardson  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 

Looking around for jazz divas?

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MUSIC REVIEW: Ray Lamontagne
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
Till the Sun Turns Black RCA
Music ••••½ Sound •••½
More than fulfilling the promise of his 2004 debut, <
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MUSIC REVIEW: Tapes 'n Tapes
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 05, 2006  | 
The Loon Xl
Music •••• Sound •••½
This Minneapolis foursome stirs the indie-rock cauldron with gusto, mixing vocal a
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MUSIC REVIEW: Tom Petty
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Sep 06, 2006  | 
Highway Companion American
Music •••• Sound •••½
Highway Companion picks up where albums like Into the
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MUSIC REVIEW: Sam Roberts
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Sep 06, 2006  | 
Chemical City Secret Brain/Universal Canada
Music •••• Sound ••••
The cover art recalls prime Styx, but this neopsychedelic won
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MUSIC REVIEW: The Futureheads
Rob O'Connor  |  Sep 06, 2006  | 
News and Tributes StarTime/Vagrant
Music ••• Sound •••½
The Futureheads have further developed their 1980s-informed
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MUSIC REVIEW: New York Dolls
Billy Altman  |  Sep 04, 2006  | 

"There are no second acts in American lives"? Well, if F.

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MUSIC REVIEW: Nelly Furtado
Brett Milano  |  Sep 04, 2006  | 
Loose Geffen/Mosley
Music •••½ Sound ••••
When the first two singles are called "Promiscuous" and "Ma
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MUSIC REVIEW: Keane
Brett Milano  |  Sep 04, 2006  | 
Under the Iron Sea Interscope
Music •½ Sound •••½
It would be nice to report that the spin on Keane's
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MUSIC REVIEW: Allison Moorer
Brett Milano  |  Sep 04, 2006  | 
Getting Somewhere Sugar Hill
Music ••½ Sound •••
Allison Moorer's first collaboration with producer/husband Stev
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MUSIC REVIEW: Thom Yorke
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 04, 2006  | 

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MUSIC REVIEW: The Wreckers
Brett Milano  |  Sep 03, 2006  | 
Stand Still, Look Pretty Maverick
Music •• Sound ••
It's a great setup anyway: Teen-pop star Michelle Branch gets rebelliou
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Monster Music
Steve Guttenberg  |  Aug 16, 2006  | 
It's not just cables anymore.

It was in the late 1970s when Noel Lee, a laser-fusion design engineer, started a little company, Monster Cable, which soon spawned, well, the entire high-end audio-cable industry. Over the decades, Monster maintained their dominance in the cable market as it branched into power conditioners and M•Design home theater furniture. Now, with Monster Music, they're jumping into the record business with a line of High Definition Surround SuperDiscs. Noel Lee's passion for multichannel music—and frustration with the stillborn SACD/DVD-Audio formats—pushed him to extract the best sound from Dolby- and DTS-encoded music. Monster Music claims that the SuperDiscs are the first music releases certified by THX for sound quality.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium
Billy Altman  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
Stadium Arcadium Warner Bros.
Music •••• Sound ••••
Topping two hours, this double CD is almost too much of a good thing - espe
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MUSIC REVIEW: Dixie Chicks
Billy Altman  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
Taking the Long Way Open Wide/Columbia
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Given the backlash, boycotts, and even death threats they've had
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