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JazzTimes (p.104) - "As a composer and arranger, Malinverni is as methodically and rhythmically direct and architectural as Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk..."29.88979
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Alternative Press (3/95, p.58) - "...Drag City is home to many of low-fidelity rock's maestros and on this fifteen-track sampler they bestow some of their best (and most obscure) material....one of the best label comps you'll ever hear..."NME (Magazine) (10/29/94, p.46) - 8 - Excellent - "...The cheeriest thing about this compilation is that it's thoroughly listenable and witty, when one might have anticipated the...obscurity knocks approach..."27.14046
$13.17
Option (Nov.-Dec./92, p.102) - "...forceful and driving...A tasty hard bop session from start to finish, worthy of attention from anybody who has more than 5 Blue Note releases..."24.19246
$10.42
Down Beat (p.58) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "These 13 songs by Binney are all different....The occasional front line of saxes only seems to emphasize the strengths of the writing and the playing."JazzTimes (p.62) - "[M]elodically, Binney pulls emotion out of a simple chord change with the deftness of a brainy singer-songwriter like Rufus Wainwright."24.17992
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JazzTimes (5/96, p.127) - "...[BEBOP CITY] shows him, as before, in excellent form....Goykovich basses some tunes on Slovenian folk melodies..."22.66471
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CMJ - "The collection opens with the hauntingly mellow track 'Honey,' and as you continue to listen, you notice Dear's very distinct balance of pulsing tones and well-crafted beats."Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "BLACK CITY is 50 minutes of sweaty, grinding, seductive techtronica. Denser, darker and deeper than ASA BREED..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.50) - Ranked #50 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "[B]one rattling electro funk, devastating cosmic disco and gnarled, Stygian pop."Paste (magazine) - "BLACK CITY overall is lean and upbeat, and Dear's gift for making an arrangement jump within snug confines continues to evolve..."Pitchfork (Website) - "The production is as inventive and immersive as ever, but what separates this album from the last is that Dear mostly sticks with one theme all the way through."Clash (magazine) - "It's predictably brilliant; another display of Dear's dazzling musical imagination."Uncut (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Dear plays with his Detroit locale's musical heritage, fashioning an alluring chopped'n'screwed take on industrial pop..."22.5358
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Uncut (1/04, p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Icewater's prototype 'Feel' sounds uncannily ahead of its time."22.52888
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Alternative Press (p.111) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "From the gently building guitar that signals album opener 'Gray' to the early-R.E.M.-style closer 'Hit the Ground,' GOLDEN CITY is a testament to the power of lost era of American independent music..."22.50832
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Rolling Stone (8/16/01, p.108) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Hinges on thick, stomp-worthy funk, luxurious soul grooves and plaintive harmonies about modern love..."Q (3/02, p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Few have managed to capture the original Fugee spirit like City High..."CMJ (7/23/01, p.21) - "...A definite attempt to catch some R&B charting by adding shades of hip-hop to the mix..."Vibe (6/01, p.131) - 3 discs out of 5 - "...A mixed-gender trio of singers and rappers, suggesting a 2001 incarnation of [The Fugees]..."22.50239
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CMJ (1/5/04, p.14) - Ranked #2 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1984"22.39023
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Spin (p.93) - "[I]t's the songwriting, hooks, and escalating thrum of a capable rock band that pull listeners from each twinkling vista to the next."Alternative Press (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hile Kevin's talents are ample, Anita's singing and guitar slinging continue to blossom -- some George Harrison here, a little Television there -- in a fashion that feels natural and organic..."Paste (magazine) (p.55) - "[O]ver glimmering harmonies and shuddering guitars, the Robinsons & co. more often wax poetic on the passing of time and romantic disaffection..."Pitchfork (Website) - "[A] fresh-sounding collection that feels easy and unpretentious yet urgent....[The album] manages the tricky balance of audible intimacy without crappy bedroom acoustics."22.39023
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Q (9/96, p.129) - 3 Stars - Good - "...blends a deep soul with lyrics of abstract love and exile....a voice like bone china, Askew can do big ballads, but, unlike Celine Dion or dog-whistly Mariah Carey, she sends them off-kilter, turning songs into soundscapes and surreal excursions..."22.37769
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22.36515
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Rolling Stone (p.85) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Draping her throaty voice over velvety surf-guitar ballads, orchestral studio pop and misty piano-bar melodies...she calls out the bridges, bars and ex-boyfriends she left behind..."Spin (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The] songwriter cooly distills the romanticism of '60s girl groups into dark, baleful country pop."Entertainment Weekly (p.63) - "[W]ith percolating percussion, funky bass lines, and romantic filmscore strings. It's heartbreak nearly at its finest -- and most cosmopolitan." -- Grade: B+Q (Magazine) (p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Atkins has a big voice and a taste for melodrama informed by Roy Orbison [and] Phil Spector....It all comes together on 'Maybe Tonight' and the title track, an elegy for her ailing hometown."22.36515
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CMJ (10/15/01, p.35) - "...A buried treasure..."Down Beat (1/02, p.75) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Excellent..."22.36515
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Option (11-12/96, pp.90-91) - "...captures Alvin and his four-piece band the Guilty Men...in top form, moving through a career-spanning set....Alvin has found his own voice in the vast expanse of American folk tradition..."22.36515
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"...Huston's gem concentrates on the sport's has-beens, never-weres and never-gonna-bes..."USA Today "This poetic adaptation of Leonard Gardner's novel is the most human of all Huston's films, remains one of the greatest boxing movies, and has one of the most memorable closing sequences in all cinema."Uncut22.35566
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