Showing posts with label Album Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Album Reviews. Show all posts
Friday, December 13, 2013

Master Class: Beyoncé’s “Visual Album”

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It was the mic drop heard ‘round the world. Beyoncé’s sudden, stunning announcement that she had not only recorded an entire new album ...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Someone Like Adele

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[Originally posted on May 26, 2011. Updated to include new tour dates and venue information.] The Blogger nearly walked out on a date a fe...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Back to Black: Amy Winehouse, 1983-2011

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The Blogger has been haunted lately. The sound of Amy Winehouse’s tortured soul has been hanging around, wailing to be heard. The singer pas...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Sound of the Underground: Massive Attack’s “Mezzanine”

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Perhaps it’s the unexpectedly cold, rainy summer weather that has infected Vancouver, and also London, Seattle, Portland and even LA. Perhap...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Party Girl: Rihanna’s LOUD Tour

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I used to worry about Rihanna. The assault and battery charges against her now infamous ex Chris Brown, and the resulting public scandal ari...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Sound Advice: Imelda Marcos, Here Lies Love

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Not since the Manic Street Preachers announced that their 1998 album This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours would be inspired by the Spanish Civil...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Caged Bird Sings: Alicia Keys’s Songs in A Minor

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As I had said before in my piece on Adele , sometimes all you need is a piano and a voice. Alicia Keys remains one of the greatest musical ...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Sound Advice: Lady Gaga, Born This Way & the Fame Project

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The Blogger was a longtime fan of the seminal TV series Lost . Part of its appeal was its unabashed affinity for the supernatural, in partic...