Editorial Product Review: :The idea was a simple one: songs for the piano and voice, recorded in one week in a bedroom, just to get them down on tape. But like all things surrounding the Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer-a one-woman machine who is a rock musician, artist, writer, yoga enthusiast, political activist and more-simplicity is not an easy thing to come by. Her small idea snowballed into something grand, exciting and nothing short of brilliant in the form of her debut solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer. ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:In 2004, U.K. favorite Muse broke through in the U.S. with Absolution and major performances across America that won legions of new fans. In 2006, Muse takes a bold new step with Black Holes And Revelations, a powerful, upbeat epic album that takes the band’s music to a whole dimension. Once again co-produced by Rich Costey (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), Muse incorporates influences from electronica and Prince to pure pop. The album is sure to be a revelation to those still unfamiliar with ...
Editorial Product Review: :Garnering comparisons to everyone from Modest Mouse and The Arcade Fire to the Clash and U2, The Airborne Toxic Event's debut album is one of the most anticipated releases of the the year. With songs that feature unforgettable hooks, their now legendary live shows have been converting fans from coast to coast. The Airborne Toxic Event is the band s debut album and was co-produced by Pete Min (Longwave, Ivy). Features 'Sometime Around Midnight' and 'Gasoline'. On tour this fall.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Hailed by the NY Times as 'the troubadour for our times, an inventive cross of Dylan and Kristofferson, with the right dash of Tom Petty thrown in,' Snider writes songs that get people talking. Peace Queer no doubt follows suit, as the 8-song effort comments on the world around Snider's East Nashville home. Political, social, economic, moral-take whatever themes you want from the lyrical storytelling, Snider prefers his intentions remain less clearly defined
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Limited edition book packaging of her 2008 album, Aimee's seventh solo release to date. The album is a return to form after the artistic detours of 2005's concept album The Forgotten Arm and 2006's Christmas CD One More Drifter in the Snow. Featuring thirteen new original songs, producer Paul Bryan describes the record as 'deceptively powerful...very rich and grand-sounding.' The songs range from the stripped-down-to-basics of 'Columbus Avenue,' to the almost Cars-esque synth-pop of 'Freeway,' alongside the classic Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell-era 'Phoenix,' and the ...
Editorial Product Review: :Following a trying summer during which the band dealt with the death of drummer and founding member John Pike, Ra Ra Riot regrouped and recorded this debut full-length, which features nine originals and the best Kate Bush cover ('Suspended In Gaffa') you've ever heard. Their earlier self-titled EP and dark-edged joyfulness onstage garnered acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone, Nylon, NPR, and NME. They've toured with Tokyo Police Club and Editors and will headline their own tour in support of this release.
Editorial Product Review: :Mogwai's sixth album continues to showcase the fiercely layered guitars and dynamics of their classic work, and features a new array of rhythms and melodies. These hint more than ever before at their electronic and metal influences. Not only do they remain masters of the eloquently stretched guitar phrase, but they've also expanded the syntax to include a new, almost beat-driven sound. Limited deluxe CD+DVD in gatefold digipak includes video for 'Batcat', directed by Dominic Hailstone (Aphex Twin), plus the Vincent Moon (The National) ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS : The Modern Rock #1s are 'Give It Away,' 'Soul To Squeeze,' 'My Friends,' 'Californication,' 'Otherside' and 'By The Way' (also Top 40 Pop). The Top 20s are 'Higher Ground' and 'Suck My Kiss.'
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:Continuing to specialize in the art of curve-throwing, R.E.M. followed up its 1991 smash, Out of Time, with this fragile album of soft melodies and string arrangements. The sympathetic ballad 'Everybody Hurts' must have prevented countless suicide attempts, while the Andy Kaufman tribute 'Man on the Moon' (with Michael Stipe affecting an Elvis Presley imitation) and the rock-into-oblivion 'Drive' are among the quartet's strongest hits. (The opening line, 'Hey, kids, rock and roll,' isn't so much a rallying cry as an expression of ...
Editorial Product Review: :\N :To have resisted Def Leppard's radio power in their heyday, you'd have to have been a critic--and even some of us could hardly argue with the likes of 'Photograph,' 'Animal,' and 'Bringin' on the Heartbreak.' Vault covers a decade and a half of hits by the one-time wonder boys of the new wave of British metal, but perhaps inevitably concentrates on singles from the multiplatinum Pyromania and Hysteria. It offers little meaning beyond fun fun fun, but there are hooks here that Noel ...
Steering clear of many of the pitfalls that sapped past video-on-demand broadband solutions, Vudu delivers the closest thing to "Netflix in a box" that we've seen to date.
It's June 29th and Apple is finally ready to let the public play with the iPhone. The past six months have shaped up to be the highest profile mobile phone launch ever, Apple has conjured up an...
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