Rob O'Connor

Music Disc Reviews
CD Review: Battles
Rob O'Connor  |  Jun 09, 2011  |  0 comments

Battles turned quite a few heads with 2007’s Mirrored. Like Tortoise, the band took experimental prog rock and made it cool for the lo-fi/postpunk set.

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CD Review: Emmylou Harris
Rob O'Connor  |  Apr 28, 2011  |  0 comments

Hard Bargain features the trio of Emmylou Harris, producer Jay Joyce, and multi-instrumentalist Giles Reaves alone in the studio. However, this isn’t a rustic, back-to-basics album. Rather, it has a pleasantly lush sound, made with the complete understanding that people come to hear Harris sing.

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CD Review: Steve Earle
Rob O'Connor  |  Apr 27, 2011  |  0 comments

Named after the last single that Hank Williams released before his death, I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive is swamped in Steve Earle’s contemplations of mortality. His father died weeks after Earle began writing the album.

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CD Review: The Flaming Lips' Embryonic
Rob O'Connor  |  Jan 07, 2010  |  0 comments
Embryonic (Warner Bros.)
Music •••• Sound •••••

Wayne Coyne envisioned Embryonic as an old-fashioned double album whose 70 minutes would meande

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
Rob O'Connor  |  May 18, 2009  |  0 comments
Dress Up/DGC/Interscope
Music ••• Sound •••
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third studio album is another major advancement in the Manhattan-hatched trio's so
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Morrissey: Years of Refusal
Rob O'Connor  |  Mar 10, 2009  |  0 comments
Attack/Lost Highway
Music •••• Sound ••••
Okay, one of the labels involved with releasing this new Morrissey album is the alt-country leader Lost Highway,
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Changing to a country horse . . .
Rob O'Connor  |  Mar 05, 2009  |  0 comments
ATO
Music ••• Sound ••••
Let's hear it for Kitt Kitterman!

Who?

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The Black Crowes: Warpaint
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 31, 2008  |  0 comments
Silver Arrow
Music ••½ Sound •••½

In pop music terms, a span of 7 years ain't what it used to be.

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Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 30, 2008  |  1 comments
Zoe/Rounder
Music •••½ Sound ••••

For Album No.

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The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely
Rob O'Connor  |  Jul 22, 2008  |  0 comments
Third Man/Warner Bros.
Music ••• Sound ••••

To Jack White, everything is a concept.

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