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Album Review: Pitbull ‘Global Warming’
January 13, 2013
Calling an album like this Global Warming is like a statement of intent, either to destroy the world of pop music or– more likely– to heat things up a few kelvins on the dancefloor. It’s certainly not going to be an environmentally conscious album, because with an artist like Pitbull you kind of know what
Album Review: Ke$ha ‘Warrior’
January 12, 2013
Ke$ha is an interesting animal. She exists somewhere on the periphery of both terrible and great music, having already proven she is very capable of serving up either when she feels like it. For the most part, she seems to approach music in much the same way as she does life: by getting drunk and
Bob Seger Readies Rock and Roll Never Forgets Tour
January 10, 2013
Bob Seger has been active on the tour front in recent years and 2013 looks to be no different. The classic rock icon has scheduled an eleven date concert tour dubbed “Rock and Roll Never Forgets” Tour. If you want to catch Seger this go around, you’ll need to grab your overcoat. Mittens are optional.
David Bowie to Release New Album, Tour Coming?
January 9, 2013
David Bowie fans celebrating the legendary artist’s 66th birthday yesterday got quite the surprise when he released his first new song in a decade, and also announced that a new album will follow. The news comes after it was fairly widely assumed that Bowie had retired from music, as he hasn’t released an album since
Album Review: Alicia Keys ‘Girl on Fire’
January 6, 2013
It seems like Alicia Keys can almost do no wrong at this stage in her career. She has established herself, earning respect to such a degree that listeners are willing to give her a chance no matter what she does. This affords her the opportunity for great musical freedom. Whether she is up to the
Album Review: Kid Rock ‘Rebel Soul’
January 5, 2013
Kid Rock had a strangely structured rise in rock music, starting off somewhere between genres and making the most of it with enormous sales to match his ego and image. In recent years though it feels like he has come to a plateau, and while the sales are still there his music hasn’t seemed as
Album Review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse ‘Psychedelic Pill’
January 1, 2013
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have been busy. After an almost ten year stretch of silence left fans in a state of withdrawal, the band has pushed out a pair of new concoctions in just one year, with the latest fix coming in the form of a Psychedelic Pill. Where Americana was a good, but
Album Review: Soundgarden ‘King Animal’
December 31, 2012
Of all the bands to come out of the pacific northwest in the grunge era, Soundgarden never truly fit in. They still don’t, and their music is still different from what is popular today, but it’s not dated. They haven’t put together a studio record featuring new music since the 90s golden age of alternative
Album Review: One Direction ‘Take Me Home’
December 23, 2012
It really doesn’t matter if this album is any good. Millions of people are going to buy it without reading a review or hearing more than one song, and an equal number of people are going to passionately denounce it with about the same level of ignorance. That’s the blessing and the curse of being
Album Review: Green Day ‘¡Dos!’
December 22, 2012
When I wrote my review for the first of Green Day’s three-part album release, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tre!, I said that parts two and three would have to differentiate themselves in some way or the whole collection might be just about irrelevant. Putting out records in this way lends a band a great deal of
