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Folie à Deux – Fall Out Boy
Friday, 7 Aug, 2009 – 9:16 | No Comment
Folie à Deux – Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy have become the kings of emo — without actually showing much emotion. Sure, they make all the signature emo moves: Singer Patrick Stump bellows cries of hurt, catalogs of grievances and confessions …

Sugar Ray, ‘Music For Cougars’
Sunday, 2 Aug, 2009 – 14:51 | No Comment
Sugar Ray, ‘Music For Cougars’

Give Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath credit. Despite selling millions of records over the past decade, the man has no delusions of grandeur.
“We have realistic views of how the music industry is today,” McGrath told …

Back & Fourth (Peter Yorn) – June 2009
Saturday, 11 Jul, 2009 – 17:40 | No Comment
Back & Fourth (Peter Yorn) – June 2009

Pete Yorn’s Back & Fourth presents a unique balance: while it has a very approachable earthy sound it also maintains a glossy mainstream digestibility. This becomes notable as it is a much different sound for …

Cradlesong (Rob Thomas) – June 2009
Thursday, 9 Jul, 2009 – 11:38 | No Comment
Cradlesong (Rob Thomas) – June 2009

Listening to cradlesong, the second album from Matchbox Twenty singer/songwriter Rob Thomas, it’s hard not to think of him as a man out of time, making big music for a world of miniature niches. Thomas …

21st Century Breakdown (Green Day)
Friday, 15 May, 2009 – 4:18 | No Comment
21st Century Breakdown (Green Day)

21st Century Breakdown is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. This will be Green Day’s first album to be produced by renowned producer and Garbage member Butch Vig, though …

It’s Not Me, It’s You (Lily Allen)
Wednesday, 4 Feb, 2009 – 11:55 | No Comment
It’s Not Me, It’s You (Lily Allen)

It’s Not Me, It’s You is the follow-up album to British pop singer-songwriter Lily Allen’s critically acclaimed 2007 debut, Alright, Still.
The album is expected to be released in the United Kingdom on February 9, …

The Fray (The Fray)
Tuesday, 3 Feb, 2009 – 12:01 | No Comment
The Fray (The Fray)

The Fray is the second full-length studio album by Denver-based quartet, The Fray.
Their self-titled album is the the follow-up to their enormously successful 2005 debut album ‘How To Save A Life’.
The band finished recording their …

Perfect Symmetry (Keane)
Monday, 13 Oct, 2008 – 3:51 | No Comment
Perfect Symmetry (Keane)

Perfect Symmetry is the third studio album by English piano rock band Keane, following 2006’s ‘Under The Iron Sea’. On this album the band is taking some chances with their sound, experimenting with synthesizers and …