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Tony Touch: The Piece Maker
DJ and hip-hop impresario Tony Touch has been releasing popular mix tapes for years, and for his first big album as a rapper, producer, and DJ, he's recruited a who's-who of hip-hop to help him out. W
Primus: Brown Album
When Primus first hit it big, its music was a wildly unpredictable mixture of dizzying thrash, cartoonish quirkiness and the best bass playing since the emergence of Rush's Geddy Lee. But every Primus
The Divine Comedy: Casanova
If a concept album "inspired by the writings of the 18th century Venetian gambler, eroticist, and spy"—as the helpful, BBC-style voiceover of "Theme From Casanova" carefully explains—sounds like an im
Laika: Good Looking Blues
For all the technological tools available to musicians, very few bands could accurately be deemed "futuristic." But after leaving the pioneering Moonshake, Guy Fixsen and Margaret Fiedler formed Laika
Ornette Coleman: Skies Of America
The relatively recent canonization of saxophonist Ornette Coleman has already erased from the record the long stretch of controversial contention surrounding his career. But if Coleman's pioneering wo
Saint Etienne: Places To Visit
Last year's Good Humour was a breakthrough of sorts for Saint Etienne: A smart, winning, pure pop album, it's the British group's finest work to date. Saint Etienne's previous albums usually buried th
The Kinks: Everybody's In Showbiz
Though few noticed it at the time, The Kinks, the perennial also-ran act in the British Invasion of the '60s, reached its apex in 1968 with the release of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation
Trio II (Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton): Trio II
The first Trio recording, a collection of classic songs sung by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton, was a monumental success in 1987, capitalizing on the sudden surge of country music's
The Loud Family: Interbabe Concern
The Loud Family wants to make sure you get one thing straight right off the bat: In the final analysis, this might be a fine pop recording, but the band is not going to make it easy for you to find ou
Our Lady Peace: Clumsy
The Canadian band Our Lady Peace scored a substantial modern-rock hit in 1994 with "Starseed," but the dissolution of the group's old record label has delayed the release of Clumsy. Which doesn't bode
Dusty Springfield: The Dusty Springfield Anthology
The strange odyssey of Dusty Springfield—from folk combo member, to Spector-inspired girl singer, to England's finest soul export, to forgotten diva, to Pet Shop Boys' favorite resurrected icon—receiv
J-Zone Presents: The Old Maid Billionaires: Pimps Don't Pay Taxes
As the CEO and creative force behind Old Maid Entertainment, New Yorker J-Zone has cultivated a small but loyal following with a pair of independently released EPs showcasing his crate-digging prowess
Alex Gopher: You, My Baby And I
Once in a while, an album almost instantly changes the language of popular music. Air's full-length debut, Moon Safari, didn't seem especially revolutionary when it was released way back in 1998, and
June Of 44: Four Great Points
June Of 44 plays discordant, dynamic, polyrhythmic rock that's remained relatively consistent since its 1995 debut. The band, which is made up of former members of Rodan and Codeine—among about a half
Orb: Orblivion
As electronic music becomes ever more aggressively hyped and marketed—it's the Next Big Thing, don'tcha know—the seventh album from Alex Paterson's ambient-house band Orb reminds us that the still-ill
Various Artists: N.W.A: Straight Outta Compton 10th Anniversary Tribute Album
Coming nine years after The Sugarhill Gang politely introduced the white world to hip hop—and eight years into a decade in which mainstream America's perception of black culture was shaped largely by
Various Artists: The Temple Of Hiphop Kulture: Criminal Justice From Darkness To Light
KRS-One has played many parts, including reality-rap pioneer, sworn enemy of P.M. Dawn, and hip-hop historian, just to name a few. He recently added a new role to his ever-expanding repertoire—A&R man
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs: Fabulosos Calavera
The Rock En Español movement has received a good deal of attention lately, thanks largely to the swelling grass-roots support for acts such as Maná and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, as well as the high-pro
Mustache: Mustache
Every style of popular music gets to have a comeback sooner or later, and old-fashioned, guitar-rockin', Skynyrd- and Allmans-inspired, Confederate-flag-sporting Southern rock has been increasingly vi
Groovie Ghoulies: Fun In The Dark
Pop-punk is a risky, hit-or-miss proposition. When it hits, it's harmlessly infectious fun. When it misses, it's grating, tiresome, and formulaic. Named for a cartoon that most of its audience is too
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