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From Boston with heartache
Brett Milano  |  Mar 10, 2009  | 
Spill
Music ••• Sound •••
There's a certain kind of female singer/songwriter that seems to flourish in New England: thoughtful, emotionally intense, a
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Morrissey: Years of Refusal
Rob O'Connor  |  Mar 10, 2009  | 
Attack/Lost Highway
Music •••• Sound ••••
Okay, one of the labels involved with releasing this new Morrissey album is the alt-country leader Lost Highway,
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Buddy & Julie Miller: Written in Chalk
Billy Altman  |  Mar 11, 2009  | 
New West
Music •••• Sound ••••
They've sung and played on each other's albums since the early 1990s, but Written in Chalk is only the seco
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The Tragically Hip: We Are the Same
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 19, 2009  | 
Zoë/Rounder
Music •••• Sound ••••
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
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Mastodon: Crack the Skye; Lamb of God: Wrath
Jeff Perlah  |  Apr 22, 2009  | 
Reprise
Music ••••½ Sound ••••
Review
Epic
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The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
Brett Milano  |  Apr 26, 2009  | 
Capitol
Music •••• Sound ••••
It's no surprise that, after going semi-conceptual for The Crane Wife in 2006, the Decemberists have now gone al
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Allen Toussaint, from “St. James Infirmary” . . .
Brett Milano  |  Apr 28, 2009  | 
Nonesuch
Music •••½ Sound •••½
It took Elvis Costello (via the 2006 collaboration The River in Reverse) to remind the world
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Bob Dylan: Together Through Life
Billy Altman  |  May 04, 2009  | 
Columbia
Music •••• Sound •••½
Before delving into anything pro or con about Bob Dylan's latest album - a collection that, right out of the
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
Rob O'Connor  |  May 18, 2009  | 
Dress Up/DGC/Interscope
Music ••• Sound •••
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third studio album is another major advancement in the Manhattan-hatched trio's so
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All Dolled up and someplace to go
Jaan Uhelszki  |  May 19, 2009  | 
Atco/Rhino
Music •••½ Sound •••½
Rarely has a reunion been as successful as the 2004 reconstitution of the New York Dolls.
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Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown
Jaan Uhelszki  |  May 28, 2009  | 
Review
Reprise
Music ••• Sound ••••½
It's been 5 years since Green Day sounded the alarm wit
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Use care when operating CD player
Jeff Perlah  |  Jun 22, 2009  | 
Shady/Aftermath/Interscope
Music •••• Sound ••••
"Push down & turn." That's what you'll see etched onto the CD when you crack open
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Music Review: Pearl Jam's "Backspacer"
Billy Altman  |  Oct 05, 2009  | 
Review
Pearl Jam
Music •••• Sound ••••

One usually thinks of the spring rather than the fall as the pr

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Review: The Beatles Remastered CDs
Ken Richardson  |  Nov 03, 2009  | 
Key Features
THE BEATLES IN MONO 13 discs, $300 • Includes every remastered CD from Please Please Me to The White A
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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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