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CD Review: Battles
Rob O'Connor  |  Jun 09, 2011  | 

Battles turned quite a few heads with 2007’s Mirrored. Like Tortoise, the band took experimental prog rock and made it cool for the lo-fi/postpunk set.

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CD Review: Beastie Boys
Billy Altman  |  May 05, 2011  | 

Back in 2004, when the Beastie Boys released their NYC-saluting To the 5 Boroughs, Adam "MCA" Yauch noted in an interview that "what makes New York special is definitely the

water. . . . We got the best pizza, the best bagels, the best hip-hop. It's the fluid that runs through our bodies."

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CD Review: Beethoven’s “Fidelio”
Robert Ripps  |  Aug 31, 2011  | 

In his monumental six-part work The Oxford History of Western Music, Richard Taruskin begins the volume devoted to the 19th century with Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, which debuted in Vienna in 1805 before its final revised version was staged there in 1814. Here we have an opus of searing intensity that signaled the arrival of Romanticism in music.

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CD Review: Björk
Billy Altman  |  May 30, 2007  | 

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CD Review: Blackfield
Jeff Perlah  |  Apr 19, 2011  | 

Sure, it’s great when one musician can collaborate with another in a faraway country and end up with something impressive — even when the two never spend any time together in a studio. The wonders of the digital age have made it easy to carry on long-distance recording relationships.

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CD Review: Brad Paisley, Ronnie Milsap, Ashton Shepherd
Billy Altman  |  Jul 29, 2011  | 

Throughout its long history, country music has often found itself staring at the mirror and trying to make sense of the reflection.

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CD Review: Brand New Eyes
Jaan Uhelszki  |  Dec 17, 2009  | 
paramore
(Fueled by Ramen)
Brand New Eyes Music •••• Sound ••••½

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CD REVIEW: Brandi Carlile
Ken Richardson  |  Apr 16, 2007  | 

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CD Review: Bright Eyes
Rob O'Connor  |  Apr 30, 2007  | 

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CD Review: Brooks & Dunn
Billy Altman  |  Dec 03, 2007  | 
Cowboy Town Arista Nashville
Music ••• Sound •••

Brooks & Dunn hit the commercial wall when 1999's Tight Rope

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CD Review: Bruce Springsteen
Steve Simels  |  Sep 30, 2007  | 

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CD Review: Carrie Underwood
Billy Altman  |  Jan 03, 2008  | 

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CD Review: Chris Cornell
Ken Richardson  |  Jul 04, 2007  | 

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CD Review: Coldplay
Brett Milano  |  Oct 25, 2011  | 

Most of the music-buying public may disagree, but Coldplay is a tough band to get passionate about, pro or con.

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CD Review: Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 26, 2008  | 
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Capitol
Music •••½ Sound ••••

No pressure.

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