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Aterciopelados
By Jason Ferguson
Dec 4, 2008
If the rock-inflected energy of Aterciopelados' 2006 album, Oye, was a response to the more electro-pop avenues the band had found itself wandering down beforehand, then this year's Rio stands as further proof that the Colombian group's grasp of organic, muscular pop remains one of its strongest attributes. Though somewhat...
Bombay Dub Orchestra
By Jason Ferguson
Nov 20, 2008
The same problems that plagued Bombay Dub Orchestra's self-titled debut — released as a double-disc set to accommodate a bunch of unnecessary remixes — are notably present on 3 Cities. The duo of Garry Hughes and Andrew Mackay are still trafficking in trip-hop and downtempo beats that are thoroughly anonymous...
Grails
By Jason Ferguson
Nov 6, 2008
If there was ever auditory shorthand for "we're not fucking around," it would be starting your album with a half-minute of wrenching, agonizing screams that give way to a distorted, circular guitar riff that eventually collapses in on itself in a swirl of low-end feedback. This is the first three...
Kasai Allstars
By Jason Ferguson
Oct 9, 2008
The third installment in Crammed Discs' awesome series of "Congotronics" releases continues in the praiseworthy path of its predecessors, delivering yet another defiantly nonacademic album of African music. Just like the first "Congotronics" album, the unfuckwithably mind-blowing Konono N°1 disc that gave the series its title, this set from the...
The Sword
By Jason Ferguson
Sep 25, 2008
The buzz surrounding the release of Metallica's new album has centered on one — and only one — argument: Does Death Magnetic succeed in its attempt to recapture Metallica's glory days? The answer, as most discerning music fans know, is irrelevant. Metallica's glory days were more than 20 years ago,...
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