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Music: From The Sublime to the...Perfume?
Ken Richardson  |  May 09, 2006  | 

I've said it once in these pages, and I'll say it again: SANTANA's self-titled third album, a.k.a. Santana III (gatefold below), is the best thing they've ever done. Columbia/Legacy has reissued the 1971 album once, and now they've done it again, making it a two-disc Legacy Edition.

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MUSIC REVIEW: Secret Machines
Mike Mettler  |  May 09, 2006  | 
Ten Silver Drops Reprise
Music •••• Sound •••½
After spending 18 months touring behind their fiery '04 debut,
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MUSIC REVIEW: Willie Nile
Parke Puterbaugh  |  May 09, 2006  | 
Streets of New York 00:02:59
Music •••• Sound •••½
Willie Nile is the last of a dying breed: an urban songwriter who
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MUSIC REVIEW: KT Tunstall
Rob O'Connor  |  May 09, 2006  | 
Eye To The Telescope Relentless/Virgin
Music •••½ Sound ••••
The opening cuts on this impressive debut present KT Tu
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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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MUSIC REVIEW: Gomez
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 09, 2006  | 
How We Operate ATO
Music •••• Sound ••••
This freewheeling British fivesome loves to follow its own ramshackle muse.
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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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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
Music ••• Sound •••
Given the backlash, boycotts, and even death threats they've had
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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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