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February 05, 2012

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  • Clear Heart Full Eyes by Craig Finn

    02/04/2012

    Craig Finn is the bard of the bar, the second coming of Springsteen, America’s hipster-in-chief. These are the sentiments of much that has been written about him for the last decade in which he has fronted The Hold Steady, a rock and roll band from Brooklyn, by way of Minneapolis, with passion and presence that could fill arenas. Though they played small bars, stretching the seams of High Life-soaked rooms to their bursting points, The Hold Steady represented a big idea—they were a convincing point in the argument about the heart of rock and roll.

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  • 100 Proof by Kellie Pickler

    01/31/2012

    The songs on Kellie Pickler’s new album, 100 Proof, constitute a declaration of independence from her origins—a reality television singing competition on which she appeared in 2006. With three albums of solid country pop out now, it’s time to replace “American Idol alum” with “country music superstar” when introducing the burgeoning bombshell from North Carolina. It doesn’t matter that the songs on 100 Proof are indistinguishable from one another or from most songs on the country charts.

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  • Strange Weekend by Porcelain Raft

    01/30/2012

    The weekend is something that I, like most people, crave, because it temporarily halts the monotony that makes up the rest of my week; however, when this long awaited respite arrives, it seems to fly right through my hands, and the mundane takes over once again. It’s not that I don’t remember my weekend, but it’s the fact that for me, weekend endeavors are so separated from the rest of my weekly activities that I feel they occur in a completely different place. By the time I realize that I am still where I started, Monday morning is right around the corner.

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  • The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy by Nada Surf

    01/24/2012

    Over the last two decades in the world of music, hair metal died giving way to the era of grunge, hip-hop turned gangsta and then was auto-tuned, radio stations appalled listeners with the sugar pop of boy/girl bands. Even rock morphed through different sounds, styles and hairdos. Many of these things simply represent the waves of change that ebb and flow throughout the music industry, but for the better part of the last two decades, Nada Surf ignored trends, refused to change and stuck with what works best: concise, consistent and straightforward rock and roll.

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  • Which Side Are You On by Ani DiFranco

    01/20/2012

    Twenty-two years, four presidents, three wars, one global financial meltdown and one less Soviet Socialist Republic—there are many ways to mark the passage of time since the first Bush administration, but why not go with 17? That is the number of studio albums released by Ani DiFranco since 1990, a staggering rate that has brought us some of the cleverest turns of phrase in music of the last quarter century. DiFranco’s new album, Which Side Are You On?, is an interesting specimen, one that follows suit with other artists with similarly lengthy careers.

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  • Let’s Go Eat The Factory by Guided by Voices

    01/14/2012

    Customarily, when a band wraps up a farewell tour, fans expect not to hear anything from them again; however, this is not the case when it comes to Guided by Voices' creative mastermind, Robert Pollard. During the Ohio-based band’s hiatus beginning in 2004, Pollard released thirteen solo albums under a variety of monikers. Continuing in his tradition of prolificacy, Pollard has another solo album due out in March. However, for now he is back with a new record from the classic lineup of the legendary indie-rock outfit and another on he way in the spring.

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