billboard.com–
John Mayer's mouth has gotten him in all sorts of trouble over the years. His music? Not so much. "Born and Raised," Mayer's fifth studio album, follows four successful full-lengths, all of which have reached …
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Reviews, Pop, Rock
altpress.com–
Riverboat Gamblers have been one of the most consistent (and consistently underappreciated) punk bands in the scene for more than a decade, expertly balancing force and swagger on their fifth album, The Wolf You …
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Reviews, Punk
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"Why Patty Schemel?" you might wonder towards the beginning of Hit So Hard, P. David Ebersole's recent documentary chronicling the heyday of grunge via Hole's relatively un-famous drummer (which is now …
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Reviews, Movies
rollingstone.com–
With Vol. 1, Young Man mastermind Colin Caulfield leaves his dorm room for his first studio album with a full band. The second in a planned three-album cycle, Vol. 1 sports a meatier sound, with Caulfield augmented …
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Reviews, Alternative
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8 days ago
hypebot.com–
Yesterday, we covered the launch of Spotify's iPad app. At first I was underwhelmed. Apps like Songkick were missing, for example. But as I played with the app last night, I became more and more impressed, ordered …
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Reviews, Industry, Digital Media
billboard.com–
On his debut album, "B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray" (2010), the Atlanta transplant pinned his rap skills to the sounds of mainstream pop, garnering him his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1, …
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Hip-hop, Reviews
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For those who think they know what to expect from Carrie Underwood on her fourth album, prepare to be "Blown Away." Co-writing eight of the 14 tracks, Underwood delivers her most adventurous album yet, …
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Reviews, Country
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22 days ago
pitchfork.com–
Abel Tesfaye's rarefied obsession with privacy has always seemed a smart counterpoint to the culture of talk first, do later. After his New York debut last night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn-- a …
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Reviews, R+B
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27 days ago
billboard.com–
Fresh from a buzzy two-weeknd run at Coachella, The Weeknd (a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye) hit Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg for his first headlining New York show on Wednesday night (Apr. 25).
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Hip-hop, Reviews, R+B