Nirvana - With the Lights Out
Nirvana With the Lights Out Geffen/UME
By Will Hermes 12.24.04 4:00 AM
Nirvana With the Lights Out Geffen/UME
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R.E.M., 'Around the Sun' (Warner Bros.)
Grand old men do thoughtful things.
By Will Hermes 11.15.04 4:00 AM
R.E.M.'s 13th record opens with an echo of the Aerosmith powerballad "Dream On," a song I doubt the Georgians ever covered, though they once did a hectic "Toys in the Attic." Still, it's appropriate, as these ex-indie heroes became arena gurus on the wings of their own power-sharing brand of power ballads ("Everybody Hurts," "Losing My Religion").
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Reissues - The Clash, Talking Heads, Albert Ayler, The Conet Project
The Clash, London Calling: Legacy Edition
(Epic/Legacy) Unlike Elvis Costello—whose reissues overflow
with killer non-album tracks—the Clash mostly gave you
everything they had on their LPs, though some of it was a little
half-baked (see Sandinista!). On this rerun, you get “The
Vanilla Tapes” as a bonus: 21 rough album demos that, aside
from the honky-tonkin’ “Lonesome Me” and a cover
of Bob Dylan’s “The Man in Me,” sound like, well,
rough album demos. Watch the accompanying DVD and see dirtball
producer Guy Stevens smashing chairs to rev up the boys. Hey, it
worked.
By Will Hermes 10.29.04 3:00 AM
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Life of the Party: Is this the Birth of a New Hipster Political Movement?
By Will Hermes 10.19.04 3:00 AM
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Nick Drake - Made to Love Magic (Reissue)
By Will Hermes 09.30.04 3:00 AM
Nick Drake
Made to Love Magic (Reissue)
Island/UMe
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The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Reissue)
By Will Hermes 09.29.04 3:00 AM
The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Special Deluxe Edition) (Reissue) Sanctuary Midline import
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