Review: Eric Wikman – I’m A Believer

Review: Eric Wikman – I’m A Believer
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ERIC WIKMAN (DEEPSWING) “I’M A BELIEVER” Generate Music Oh my God! From the man of gospel and disco, jazz and soul, Eric Wikman, comes another powerful roof-raisin’ lover of a track. Seriously people—this is it! If you missed church last week, just drop the needle and throw the phones on your ears. “I’m a believer”

Review: Physics – Viva L’Amore

Review: Physics – Viva L’Amore
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PHYSICS “VIVA L’AMORE” Swing City From the Swedish production duo Physics (Torborn Olsson & Mikael Surdi), this Latin soulful gem has the tenacity to remain as one of the classics of our time. Featuring the vocals of Teresa Pozgaj and flute-playing of Sven Anderson, this joyful tune includes a spectrum of acoustic guitar, Rhodes piano,

Review: Blaze Feat. Sybil – When I Fall In Love

Review: Blaze Feat. Sybil – When I Fall In Love
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BLAZE FEAT. SYBIL “WHEN I FALL IN LOVE” (REMIXES) Jellybean Soul From the soulful lovers of New York-based label JellyBean Soul comes the 2004 remixes of another classic melody. Originally released on Funky People Records in 1998, it features the sentimental lyrics and vocals of Kevin Hedge and Josh Milan (Blaze/Elements of Life) and the

Review: Charmparticles – Sit Down For Staying

Review: Charmparticles – Sit Down For Staying
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CHARMPARTICLES SIT DOWN FOR STAYING Childstar Sit Down for Staying is supposed to be an updated variation on the shoegazer theme. It is full of guitars taken from Ride records, blue prints from Slowdive and given a touch of warmth that reminds me of current popsters The Stars. It does however lack the delicate balance

Review: The Prodogy – Always Out Numbered, Never Out Gunned

Review: The Prodogy – Always Out Numbered, Never Out Gunned
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THE PRODIGY ALWAYS OUT NUMBERED, NEVER OUT GUNNED Maverick You couldn’t help but feel like this album was never going to come. A year or two’s worth of rumors, a single that subsequently led to silence, line-up changes in the supporting cast and then suddenly here it is. Always Out Numbered, Never Out Gunned is supposed

Review: Blow Up Hollywood – Fake

Review: Blow Up Hollywood – Fake
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BLOW UP HOLLYWOOD FAKE www.blowuphollywood.com I never cared for the band Live. It wasn’t so much the music as the band itself. They always came off as pretentious and never achieved the sense of artistic creativity they seemed to think they had achieved. Blow Up Hollywood sound a lot like Live, only they’ve got the

Review: The Black Swans – Who will Walk In The Darkness With You?

Review: The Black Swans – Who will Walk In The...
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THE BLACK SWANS WHO WILL WALK IN THE DARKNESS WITH YOU? Delmore Recording Society Having recently listened to The Tiger Lillies masterpiece Shockheaded Peter: A Junk Opera I was primed for a slice of this overtly theatrical debut release from Jerry DeCicca and Co. What makes Shockheaded Peter brilliant is that even though it is

Review: Devendra Banhart – Niño Rojo

Review: Devendra Banhart – Niño Rojo
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DEVENDRA BANHART NIÑO ROJO Young God A companion piece to Banhart’s well received album Rejoicing in the Handsthat was released earlier this year. For the uninitiated Devandra Banhart is a fine songsmith who captures the starkness of label mate/co-producer Michael Gira’s dark folk experiments but adds a quirky twist that puts forward a recklessness and

Review: Hope Of The States – The Lost Riots

Review: Hope Of The States – The Lost Riots
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HOPE OF THE STATES THE LOST RIOTS (Epic)AM Musically you aren’t going to find a band out there that capture the epic dimensions that The Verve were perfecting more accurately than Hope of the States. The Lost Riots is a deeply moving political record that serves as a British view of the great American implosion

Review: Appendix – Money Is Not My Currency

Review: Appendix – Money Is Not My Currency
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APPENDIX MONEY IS NOT MY CURRENCY CD Propaganda Records Collector scum will pay close to $1000.00 for Appendix LPs, making them completely out of reach for every punk I know. Propaganda’s CD includes the Money Is Not My Currency LP plus their songs from the Russia Bombs Finland comp for $13.00 including shipping, so the