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King Crimson: Islands
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Mar 03, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Discipline
Music •••½ DVD-Audio Mix •••••Extras •••••

Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson's multichannel mix of Islands detangles some of their album In the Wake of Poseidon's

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The Rolling Stones Catalog Comes to HDTracks.
Stan Horaczek  |  Mar 03, 2011  |  0 comments

It was kind of a big deal with The Beatles finally made their way onto the ever-growing digital music behemoth that is iTunes, but we find this news just as, um, satisfying. Starting this week, 27 Stones records will be finding their way onto the audiophile music service, HDTracks.com. The tracks have been pulled from remasters that were originally created for and released on SACD in the early 2000s.

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King Crimson: In the Wake of Poseidon
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Mar 02, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Discipline
Music •••½ DVD-Audio Mix ••••½ Extras ••••

The latest reissues in King Crimson’s 40th Anniversary Series capture the band at difficult junctures in Phase 1 of its quixotic history.

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Duffy: Endlessly
Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Mercury
Music ••1/2 Sound ••

 

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Kid Rock: Born Free
Jeff Perlah  |  Mar 02, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Top Dog/Atlantic
Music •••1/2 Sound ••••

 

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Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3: Northern Aggression
Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Yep Roc
Music •••• Sound •••1/2

 

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Marshall Chapman: Big Lonesome
Steve Simels  |  Mar 02, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Tall Girl
Music •••• Sound •••

 

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My Chemical Romance: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Billy Altman  |  Feb 28, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Reprise
Music •••• Sound ••••

 

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Cee Lo Green: The Lady Killer
Jeff Perlah  |  Feb 28, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Elektra
Music •••• Sound ••••

 

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Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Billy Altman  |  Feb 28, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Roc-A-Fella
Music •••• Sound ••••

 

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The Black Eyed Peas: The Beginning
Jaan Uhelszki  |  Feb 28, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Interscope
Music ••½ Sound ••••

Call me naive, but I think album titles should mean something. When the Black Eyed Peas unleashed their poptastic The E.N.D.

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Nellie McKay: 21st Century Renaissance Woman
Ken Richardson  |  Feb 08, 2011  |  0 comments

Photo by Rick Gonzalez

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The S+V Interview: John McCrea of Cake
Mike Mettler  |  Jan 20, 2011  |  0 comments

So I've been basking in the sounds of Cake's new chart-topping album Showroom of Compassion (Upbeat Records; cakemusic.com), and have to say that I'm really loving it.
Oh good. That would be horrible if it was a nightmare for you. [chuckles]

And it's a great album to listen to on vinyl. The bass lines on "Got to Move" and "What's Now Is Now" have real impact.

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The S+V Interview: Ozzy Osbourne
Mike Mettler  |  Dec 07, 2010  |  0 comments

And in an instant, lo, a hole in the sky appeared, and then it hit me like (bang bang) Maxwell's Silver Hammer when "Get Back," the Beatles? 1969 classic song to roller-coast by, cued up on my iPod during one morning's commute. As Paul McCartney's lead vocal embraced the song's galloping melody line, a great revelation emerged: I can sing Black Sabbath?s "Paranoid" to the same tune! Black Sabbath, the dark lords of melody . . . revealed!

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'Gimme Shelter' Isolated Studio Tracks Posted on Youtube
Stan Horaczek  |  Nov 30, 2010  |  0 comments

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