Buena Vista Social Club/Coldplay-Clocks(the single)
May 20, 2008
Rarely do two year old albums get much attention, but then again, not everyone makes music like the Buena Vista Social Club. The year 2006 saw the monumental release of their collaborative...
May 20, 2008
Ray J’s album All I Feel teaches us all important lessons about the fragile foundations of good music. Family legacies often hold strong, especially in music. After all, the Marleys and the Winans have shown us that great musical cadence...
Amel Larrieux-Lovely Standards
May 20, 2008
Amel Larrieux’ 1996 album Groove Theory was an unfortunate romp through the annals of R&B/Jazz experimentation. “Tell me” was a thunderclap of a hit but that’s where the beauty stopped. The inconsistency on that album was raw...
May 20, 2008
At what point does whining become singing? It’s hard to tell on M.I.A’s riff raff of a song, Paper Planes. The sound on this track evokes a sonic landscape uncommon to American ears; the disjointed melodies and rhymes clash together ...
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