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Review: Sinéad O’Connor – How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?
On her best album in 12 years, O'Connor is nothing less than brilliant – as strong a woman and as strong a voice as you've ever heard
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QuickTune: School of Seven Bells – Ghostory
A first listen from start to finish is mesmerizing enough that it took me a few test drives to pick out favorites. Dream-pop and trip-hop fans, have we got an album for you!
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Review: The Fray – Scars and Stories
The final product stands glorious, truly representative of how far they have come both as individuals and a band
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Review: Ingrid Michaelson – Human Again
Her divergence from the buoyant is not apparent in the musical stylings but rather hidden slyly within her lyrics, where she takes quite a turn from the pining and reassuring tracks of her earlier
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Review: Ani DiFranco – ¿Which Side Are You On?
DiFranco's 17th studio album is not, for once, dominated by political activism
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Top 30 Albums of 2011
We tell you all about the Top 30 Albums of 2011 - streams are included for many albums!
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QuickTune: Chevelle – Hats Off to the Bull
Much of the music has a cleaner sound, as the guitar and bass riffs sound more refined, but Chevelle still maintain the hallmark scratches and snarls that have defined their sound throughout their career
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QuickTune: Javier Colon – Come Through for You
Unfortunately, with all of the stunning vocal renditions he pulled off for classic tracks on The Voice, his album almost entirely neglects this aspect of his performances, remaining entirely anchored in the sugary, radio-friendly
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QuickTune: Angels & Airwaves – Love: Part Two
The album for Love made the band's sound startlingly progressive rock, considering the edgy punk origins of the members. This is one place where Part Two follows in the footsteps of its predecessor.
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Review: R.E.M. – Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982-2011
While all of R.E.M.'s prior compilations neglected their earliest work, Part Lies includes tracks from their independent releases prior to their contract with Warner Bros. Records, making it the most well-rounded amalgamation of their
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Review: Sigur Rós – Inni
The DVD is entirely in black and white and completely focuses on the quartet – no full stage shots, no sweeping panoramics of the crowd. The two-disc audio for the album is, perhaps,
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Two-nes: Florence + the Machine – Ceremonials
Michelle Thompson and Jordy Kasko each have their say about the new "aural tempest" from Florence + the Machine, and both writers love the album's scope and sonic magnitude
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