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My foray into critiquing the “local” music scene has become quite an adventure in my first go-round. Greg’s

29 Jun

This will be no version of Old Yeller. I’m just going to lie this on the table. They’ve broken up. I know. Way to tell

29 Jun

I’ll be candid with you; High Violet was one of my favorite albums of 2010. If I could sit in a chair backwards to

28 Jun

The National released their 5th studio album in May 2010. High Violet was the first album released on 4AD records.

28 Jun

When Greg proposed reviewing the self-titled debut by Telekinesis I thought: “Great! Who?” I had not heard of Michael

28 Jun

Michael Lerner, World. World, Michael Lerner. I’m not going to beat around the bush on this one. This is the first studio

28 Jun

Very few things worth mentioning come out of New Jersey. There is…well…uh…yeah, seems to be escaping my mind. When the

28 Jun

Two years ago, I unapologetically bought Gaslight Anthem’s The ’59 Sound. I say it without apology because I almost had the

28 Jun

One of the hardest things to do is to write a review of an album which you do not have strong feelings about

28 Jun

Commercialization of a song or artist is no grounds for disliking their music. Now that I have gotten that out of the way,

28 Jun