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MUSIC REVIEW: Snow Patrol
Billy Altman  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
Eyes Open Fiction/Polydor/A&M
Music ••½ Sound •••
There's no denying that Gary Lightbody has the kind of arr
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MUSIC REVIEW: The Raconteurs
Brett Milano  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
Broken Boy Soldiers Third Man/V2
Music •• Sound •••½
The Raconteurs could've been a power-pop fan's dream, s
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MUSIC REVIEW: Mission of Burma
Brett Milano  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
The Obliterati Matador
Music ••••½ Sound ••••½
Mission of Burma's 2004 disc ONoffON was a th
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MUSIC REVIEW: Tool
Jeff Perlah  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
10,000 Days Tool Dissectional/Volcano/Zomba
Music •••• Sound •••½
Aim the "stereoscopic lenses" built into
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Music: Every Pic Tells a Story
Ken Richardson  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

The Velvet Underground: "one of the most unique bands of the 1960s." Syd Barrett: "one of the most unique talents to surface from the 1960s underground music scene." Kate Bush: "one of the most unique artists in British musical history." Queen: "perhaps the most unique band in the history of rock music." Such is the slant of your opening line of narration

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Music: Iraq and a Hard Rock
Mike Mettler  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 

"Four Dead in O-HI-O." "Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s." "We got a kinder, gentler machine-gun hand." "Time is runnin' out, let's roll." "I'm living with war every day." Neil Young has never been one to pull punches either socially or politically.

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MUSIC REVIEW: Paul Simon
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
Surprise Warner Bros.
Music •• Sound •••
Paul Simon's first album in six years is called Surprise, without an excl
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MUSIC REVIEW: Hoobastank
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
Every Man for Himself Island
Music ••½ Sound •••
Every Man for Himself is Hoobastank's stab at relevanc
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MUSIC REVIEW: Grandaddy
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
Just Like the Fambly Cat Will/V2
Music •••½ Sound •••½
Modesto, California's Grandaddy grew up in pub
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MUSIC REVIEW: Jewel
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 05, 2006  | 
Goodbye Alice in Wonderland Atlantic
Music •• Sound ••••
Jewel's attempt to recast herself as a dance-pop diva with 2003
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MUSIC REVIEW: Bruce Springsteen
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Jun 30, 2006  | 
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We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Columbia
Music •••• Sound •••½
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MUSIC REVIEW: The Fiery Furnaces
Brett Milano  |  Jun 09, 2006  | 
Bitter Tea Fat Possum
Music ••• Sound ••••
Built around siblings Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, the Fiery Furnaces are a bril
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MUSIC REVIEW: Alejandro Escovedo
Brett Milano  |  Jun 09, 2006  | 
The Boxing Mirror Back Porch/EMI
Music •••• Sound ••••
This is exactly the album you'd expect from an already thoughtful so
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MUSIC REVIEW: The Vines
Jeff Perlah  |  Jun 09, 2006  | 
Vision Valley Capitol
Music ••• Sound •••½
The Vines proved they were more than just your average postgrunge garage
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Norah Jones Gone Wild!
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 09, 2006  | 

Don't know why anyone should be surprised that Norah Jones is loosening her shirt more and more these days. After all, growing up, the ingénue liked Mötley Crüe! "My neighbor and I would go listen to Mötley Crüe all the time," she says of the boys at right. And in her concerts, she's been known to do a gritty cover of "Ride On" by the boys Down Under, AC/DC.

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