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Spin Control (Chicago Sun-Times)
POP | The Killers, "Day & Age" (Island) When the Killers first broached the pop charts with their 2004 debut, "Hot Fuss," the Las Vegas quartet outsold the many other dance-rock bands emulating the Smiths and the Cure (most of them from Brooklyn) by adding a heaping dose of glam style and bubblegum pop smarts, yielding relatively slight but nonetheless memorable pleasures such as "Mr. Brightside."
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Community Links (Bloomington Alternative)
Live in Chicago was recorded and filmed at two of Chicago’s leading blues clubs in August 2007, Buddy Guy’s Legends on Aug. 2 and Rosa’s Blues Lounge on Aug. 20. This DVD features live performances from one of Chicago’s most acclaimed younger blues guitarists, Dave Specter, with his band and special vocal guests Tad Robinson, Jimmy Johnson and Sharon Lewis performing in sets of solid, soulful ...
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The Best Music of 2008 (East Bay Express)
Even a bruiser like Keisha Cole couldn't match the violence of Jean Grae, whose raps always bear the hint of some past wound. Both a gifted writer and an incisive provocateur, Grae has a soft, velvety voice that contrasts the brittleness of her lyrics.
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White and Prymus Are Royals in 'Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea' in CA (Playbill via Yahoo! News)
The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea, a soulful musical based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, gets its world premiere by San Diego REPertory Theatre Nov. 23 toward a Dec. 2 opening. Tony Award winner Lillias White is among its stars.
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Beats, Streets and a Touch of Twang (New York Times)
The pop and jazz critics of The New York Times review boxed sets and other notable collections released in 2008.
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You can feel It (San Diego Union-Tribune)
His fables have been remade into so many hot pop-culture properties, from Hollywood to Broadway (hello, Ariel!), that Hans Christian Andersen must be getting his heavenly rest on a tidy pile of royalty checks. But you can bet on a stack of mattresses that “The Princess and the Pea,” the great Dane's fairy tale of a sleepless, hypersensitive royal type, hasn't seen an adaptation quite like the ...
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The Best Music of 2008 (East Bay Express)
Credit Barry Manilow for suggesting that Shelby Lynne dive into the Dusty Springfield oeuvre, but then again, given her ability to weave soul, country, blues, and pop into quite the powerful package, ol' Barry was definitely on to something.
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Reviews of this year's key holiday music releases (AP via Yahoo! News)
Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:
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Column: The Year In Reggae / Dancehall (Pitchfork)
We look back on another diverse, fast-changing year in Jamaican music, featuring Mavado, Demarco, Elephant Man, Vybz Cartel, Busy Signal, and others. read more
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Bay Area concerts: Tickets go on sale Sunday for Lil' Wayne (Contra Costa Times)
Other new shows: John Legend, Sandra Bernhard.
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