| Leona Lewis | | Guardian.co.uk - 18 Hours ago | | on stage at the Hackney Empire. Photograph: Toby Melville/ Reuters Last month, Leona Lewis was attacked by a fan at a book signing. Tonight, as fans arrive for her first major live performance, security | | | | Add Comment |
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| Music: This week's releases | | Guardian.co.uk - 11/7/2009 | | Lately, dubstep has opened its heart, and for the scene's most progressive producers, juddering sub bass is now just one dark shade to be applied from a vivid colour palette. Birmingham's Emalkay is less | | | | Add Comment |
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| Saint Etienne: Fox Base Beta | | Guardian.co.uk - 11/6/2009 | | Saint Etienne's 1991 debut Fox Base Alpha should, in theory, be a tough work to Âupdate, partly because it's an album utterly of its time â?? 'to the sound of the World of Twist, you leant over and gave | | | | Add Comment |
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| JLS: JLS | | Guardian.co.uk - 11/6/2009 | | Whether singing doo-wop or signed to Motown, black boybands have been integral to pop, infusing it with soul, rhythm and blues. By placing themselves in the British boyband, JLS ignore this illustrious | | | | Add Comment |
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| Amerie: In Love & War | | Guardian.co.uk - 11/6/2009 | | Had the right breaks come her way back in 2005, when she was flying high with the single 1 Thing, Amerie Rogers could have been a Rihanna-sized pop/R&B star. She's an inventive Âproducer, Âcapable songwriter | | | | Add Comment |
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| Jimmy Webb/The Webb Brothers | | Guardian.co.uk - 11/6/2009 | | Billed as 'three generations of the Webb family' (legendary songwriter Jimmy; his father, Bob; and his so-so singing sons, the Webb Brothers, Christiaan, Justin and Jamie), this has the makings of a classic | | | | Add Comment |
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| Bon Jovi | | Guardian.co.uk - 11/5/2009 | | As Jon modestly reminds us, his band normally play stadiums when they visit Britain. 'Apart from opening the O2, I don't know when we were last indoors in the UK,' he muses to the 300 fans (of 33,000 | | | | Add Comment |
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| Frank Turner | | Guardian.co.uk - 11/2/2009 | | 's success goes to show that Eton produces more than just pillars of the establishment. This particular Old Etonian, a former classmate of Prince William, has acquired a fervent following by dint of an | | | | Add Comment |
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| Susanna And The Magical Orchestra | | Metacritic - 11/6/2009 | | Susanna Wallumrod. Also On The Web: What The Critics Said All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression | | | | Add Comment |
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| Molina and Johnson: Molina and Johnson | | Pop Matters - 11/5/2009 | | Few get more lonesome on record than Will Johnson and Jason Molina. I mean, sure Centro-matic can shake the rafters, and South San Gabriel can expand and overwhelm, and Magnolia Electric Co. often sound | | | | Add Comment |
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| Vince Guaraldi: The Definitive Vince Guaraldi | | Pop Matters - 11/5/2009 | | Put yourself in Lee Mendelsons position for a moment. Imagine its 1963 and youre a television documentary producer driving across the Golden Gate Bridge, thinking the film youre developing in collaboration | | | | Add Comment |
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| Sliimy: Paint Your Face | | Pop Matters - 11/5/2009 | | First off, it rhymes with Jimmy. Make no mistake, Sliimy makes extreme music. You wont find it in the hardcore section of your local record store, thoughits the other extreme. Its unapologetically feythe | | | | Add Comment |
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| Amerie | | Metacritic - 11/5/2009 | | 81 David Bazan 72 Brendan Benson 72 The Big Pink 96 Big Star 46 Billy Talent 75 The Black Crowes 51 Black Mold 59 Amanda Blank 68 Blitzen Trapper 75 BLK JKS 81 A.A. Bondy 73 The Bottle Rockets 63 Box | | | | Add Comment |
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| Various Artists: Light on the South Side | | Pop Matters - 11/4/2009 | | Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon: the trifecta of Chicago blues. Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells: also men of stature in the Windy City tradition. Elmore James, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed: the | | | | Add Comment |
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| Brilliant Colors: Introducing | | Pop Matters - 11/4/2009 | | I once had a co-worker who swore by short albums. His rationale was that, on a truncated album, bands usually brought their very best songs to the table. Citing Pearl Jams recent Backspacer as an example | | | | Add Comment |
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| Morrissey: Swords | | Pop Matters - 11/4/2009 | | Morrisseys quizzical look on the front cover of Swords seems both appropriate and contradictory to the music contained therein. Dressed like a blue-collar laborer on a break, he wears clothes that reflect | | | | Add Comment |
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