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Listening Booth: Bruce Springsteen, “Working On a Dream”
Ken Shane January 26, 2009 37Bona fides: I’m a Jersey boy, and a fan. I’ve got more than 50 Springsteen concerts under my belt. I’ve even met him once or twice, and no, I never call him The Boss.
Read More »Listening Booth: Beth Rowley, “Little Dreamer”
Jeff Giles December 13, 2008 3Beth Rowley – Little Dreamer (2008, Verve Forecast) purchase this CD (Amazon) Yes, Beth Rowley is another white, female British soul singer, but before you write her off as another of Amy Winehouse’s coattail
Read More »Listening Booth: Olivia Broadfield, “Eyes Wide Open”
Jeff Giles December 12, 2008 1Olivia Broadfield, Eyes Wide Open (2007, Pig Factory) purchase this album (Amazon) Just when I think I’ve heard enough wispy female bedroom pop, along comes another cute-as-a-button waif with an adorable British accent and
Read More »Listening Booth: Guns n’ Roses, “Chinese Democracy” — A Second Opinion
Dw. Dunphy December 1, 2008 12It’s the curse of the debut album: the artist, unsure of who he/she is or what he/she ought to sound like strikes out in all directions — a power ballad here, a blues grinder
Read More »Listening Booth: Ranlom, “Going on Holiday”
Jeff Giles November 22, 2008 5Ranlom – Going on Holiday (Quirky Bird, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) With the amount of shit I’ve given Christmas music over the last few years, and the obvious relish with which it’s been
Read More »Listening Booth: The Guggenheim Grotto, “Happy the Man”
Jeff Giles November 20, 2008 6Guggenheim Grotto – Happy the Man (UFO Music, 2009) purchase this album (Amazon) Its artwork has the sort of washed-out color tones that usually suggest an album from Jack Johnson or one of his
Read More »Listening Booth: Guns n’ Roses, “Chinese Democracy”
Jeff Vrabel November 19, 2008 22Guns n’ Roses – Chinese Democracy (Geffen, 2008) purchase this album (Best Buy) Unless you’ve spent a lot of time in the company of William Shatner, Chinese Democracy will likely be one of the
Read More »Listening Booth: Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, “Cardinology”
Ken Shane November 19, 2008 4Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Cardinology (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) It’s been fashionable for the last few years to slag Ryan Adams at every turn. There’s no doubt that he’s brought some of
Read More »Listening Booth: Tipsy, “Buzzz”
Jeff Giles November 19, 2008 0Tipsy – Buzzz (Ipecac, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) They call their music “drunktronica,” explain the seven-year layoff between this and their previous release by saying they were “distracted by commercial corporate money music
Read More »Listening Booth: Rosie Thomas, “A Very Rosie Christmas”
Jeff Giles November 18, 2008 3Rosie Thomas – A Very Rosie Christmas (Nettwerk, 2008) purchase this album (Amazon) Okay, yes, I know — everyone hates Christmas music, and anyway, we’re about to bombard you poor bastards with 25 days
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