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Q (10/93, p.120) - 3 Stars - Good - "...atmospheric stuff that nails the prevailing mood [on CAN YOU FLY], sombre yet never dispiriting..."Option (July-Aug./92, p.109) - "...Freedy Johnston certainly can! For once the hype is right...Johnston is achingly honest...a true rarity: a unique and talented singer-songwriter..."Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5) - Ranked #28 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992.15.52578
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CMJ (7/24/00, p.22) - "...Lingers near suggestive, dark places both musically...and lyrically...without allowing the shadows to fully take hold. Rich, provocative stuff."12.26505
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Alternative Press (11/00, p.120) - 3 out of 5 - "...The lo-fi acoustic jangle and catchy melodies are consistent throughout....a quirky, oddly hummable, set of songs..."8.114661
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CMJ (3/1/99, p.26) - "...Mastermind Kevin Barnes presents a series of colorful characters throughout these 16 tracks....consistently upbeat thanks to whimsical instrumentation, sing-along melodies and bouncy tempos,....its exuberant songs offer a much-needed escape from an angst-filled world."8.114661
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Alternative Press (12/00, p.104) - 3 out of 5 - "...Multifaceted and melodious songs are sung by innocent-sounding boys and girls...and with each passing track, the disc continues to get stronger and more interesting."CMJ (8/00, p.65) - "...Songs whose dreamy, mush-mouthed presentation masks emotional viciousness that appears to be directed at one another....All this conflict...seems to have fermented the band just enough to give it the bite it needs..."8.114661
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Alternative Press (7/02, p.90) - 7 out of 10 - "...A remarkable example of what happens when pop music is allowed some breathing room to be creative."8.114661
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Spin (11/94, p.96) - Highly Recommended - "...This is gorgeous, throat lump-inducing music....McCarty fleshes out Johnston's home-recorded sketches into an eclectic assortment of torch ballads, guitar rockers, and beer-hall sing-alongs, and beguiling art pop..."Entertainment Weekly (11/25/94, p.77) - "...Singer Kathy McCarty, formerly of Glass Eye, pays tribute to fellow Austin, Texas musician Daniel Johnston....unearthing veins of compassion and sadness not heard on the originals..." - Rating: A-Alternative Press (2/95, p.64) - "...This isn't a tribute album, more an homage to one highly individual talent from another....[Kathy McCarty's] biggest achievement is to make these songs accessible while retaining the charm of their quirkiness..."Option (5-6/95, p.116) - "...McCarty's a capable singer, and her voice is the glue that holds the disparate styles together....McCarty manages to separate Johnston's songs from his eccentric persona..."Melody Maker (8/12/95, p.35) - "...Other people have tried covering Daniel's songs before...mostly without much joy. Maybe they've all been in too much awe. Kathy treats Daniel's songs with due reverence, love and humour--and one helluva kick in her voice..."Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #36 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.NME (Magazine) (8/19/95, p.51) - 8 (out of 10) - "...brilliant...Songs that were once skeletal, lo-fidelity, bedroom-with-tape-recorder affairs become full blooded and experimental....if these songs were Kathy's she'd be on the same magazine covers as Liz Phair..."8.114661
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Q (11/03, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This music is warm and humane rather than aridly cerebral..."8.114661
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Spin (p.117) - "[L]et its chiming, folk-rock beauty wash over you like a can of cool Pabst at last call....Most of FORTUNE's tunes revolve around love and politics, which McArdle nails with a combination of wit, cynicism and sorrow."Magnet (p.118) - "[T]hink of it as a relaxed, cross-country drive with the attendant diversity of sights, sounds and cultures."8.114661
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Magnet (p.102) - "[T]he album wastes very little time achieving a chilling, soul-gouging plateau....DESERT FARMERS is a rewarding world that can be turned up to keep the real one out."8.114661
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Entertainment Weekly (3/19/04, p.65) - "[S]he sings of shady predicaments, her low, cool vocals mingling with twangy strings and echoing vibraphones." - Grade: B8.114661
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Rolling Stone (p.79) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[E]ccentric chamber-pop songs..."Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]t its best its an ambitious symphonic spree."Magnet (p.86) - "On the Melbourne band's quirky, exuberant second album, melodies pause, twist, turn and shift among two or three instruments..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[S]inger Cameron Bird's breathless squawk and the relentless...grinning intensity of it all bear the hallmark of an original visionary. It's the new sunshine pop, and it burns."Paste (magazine) - "[T]he band's impressive sophomore effort, IN CASE WE DIE, is just as beguiling for its silence as it is for its noise."8.114661
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Rolling Stone (No. 967, p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[D]elicious melancholy..."8.114661
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Down Beat (p.70) - "Haden utilizes her octaves-spanning vocal range and uncanny mimicking ability to simulate all of the instruments and psychedelic sound effects on The Who's original 1967 recording..."8.114661
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Spin (4/03, p.106) - "...These scruffy, laconic songs capture postcollegiate confusion without romanticizing it..." - Grade: B+r8.114661
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Rolling Stone (10/3/02, p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This is a complete re-creation of Dylan's untouchable 1975 divorce album, executed with a quietly direct magnificence enhanced by the modesty of its origins and eclipsed only by Dylan's definitive recording..."Mojo (Publisher) (4/03, p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...It's a remarkable performance....Mary Lee takes on Dylan track by track focusing on the quality of the lyrics, and somehow enhancing that which we already know..."8.114661
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Q (6/02, p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This first indie album of new songs carries a quiet weight of conviction and passion..."Mojo (Publisher) (8/02, p.104) - "...His writing has found maturity, honing a hitherto slightly hippy-dippy worldview into a Zen-rich poetic humanity, while his musical approach follows fresh paths..."8.114661
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CMJ (8/25/03, p.8) - "Listening to Puffy AmiYumi is a lot like watching cartoons....songs are fun, fast-paced, and absorbing..."8.114661
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CMJ (p.7) - "Keeping the basslines fuzzy and the computerized effects echo-laden makes this sound, at once, intimate and otherworldly."8.114661
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Spin (12/01, p.156) - "...Album of the year candidate....you hear the pure joy of pop experience unfolding like revelation....A non-denominational guitar mass in AM radio heaven..."Q (May 2002, p.130) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...Canadian hippie and music teacher Hans Fenger recorded his pupil...singing various pop hits and standards...a unique, amazing record."Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #5 in Mojo's "Best Reissues of 2002"NME (Magazine) (4/27/02, p.30) - 7 out of 10 - "...Three schools...gathered together 60 9-12-year-olds to records two self-financed albums of pop standards....Ferger's primitive recording techniques and smart, simple arrangements...make this an other-worldly recording..."8.114661
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CMJ (p.42) - "[They are] smart, pop-minded tunesmiths. EISENHOWER embraces their entire body of work."8.114661
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Magnet (p.108) - "Underneath the big league arrangements are a set of muscular tunes that would still sound great played by a standard rock combo."CMJ (p.46) - "[T]he band packages all the best things about '70s AM radio and early British pop and tinges it with their own flair for dramatics."8.114661
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No Depression (p.75) - "PENNY ARCADE finds Busch again working with producer Devin Greenwood, who adds rubbery bass licks and atmospheric keyboards to thirteen songs that display Busch's ear for the gnomic."8.114661
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Spin (p.104) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Individuals were one of the first Amerindie bands, playing nervy post-punk, pop, and dance music for blank-generation kids."Blender (Magazine) (p.87) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his spacey, spunky quartet made strange-angled modern shapes from spongy new-wave grooves, bristling guitar tangles and the dry, airy harmonies of singer-guitarist Glenn Morrow and willow blond bassist Janet Wygal."8.114661
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Rolling Stone (p.98) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "RHYTHMS remains an indie-rock landmark..."Spin (p.86) - "CRAZY RHYTHMS sounded as modern as early Talking Heads."Spin - Included in Spin's list of the Top Ten College Cult Classics - "..This semi-obscure chestnut...influenced everyone from R.E.M. to...the last Feelies album, which was also great."8.114661
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Spin (p.86) - "THE GOOD EARTH traded electrics for acoustics and a more relaxed, pastoral feel."Record Collector (magazine) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Songs such as 'The Last Roundup,' with its bustling drumbeat and strumtastic guitar work, show why the New Jersey act were so popular in their day."8.114661
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Rolling Stone (p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Feelies' music remains a template of formal perfection..."Spin (p.71) - "[T]he guitarists Glenn Mercer and Bill Million spin out one jingle-jangle, pastoral lope after another."The Wire (p.50) - "They sound a lot more relaxed and mature now....HERE BEFORE is a true pleasure..."8.114661
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Spin (5/03, p.113) - "...Jankovich is an infinite jester, burying too-clever-by-half lyrics under scrappy MC breaks, ATM sound effects, and nursery-rhyme samples....The desperation in his skittering tracks is palpable - and winning..." - Grade: A-8.114661
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