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Down Beat (9/93, p.47) - 3 Stars - Good - "...NEXT FUTURE offers seductive melodies, gently swaying rhythms, and Rick Margitza's glossy sax, but strictly avoids any grit or dissolution..."30.83191
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Q (11/01, p.120) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Less ground-breaking music than brow-soothing muzak."Alternative Press (12/01, p.83) - 9 out of 10 - "...Hancock was ahead of his time 30 years ago, and with F2F, he continues to light the way..."CMJ (9/17/01, p.12) - "...Revisits Hancock's electronic dance/hip-hop leanings 20 years after his hit 'Rockit'. Here again, he works with Bill Laswell, and they create a modern amalgam that's in the same spirit as their original collaboration..."Down Beat (10/01, pp.59-60) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A triumph...this is a Rolodex album that really works...a youth brigade of major domos d'electronica....Hancock brings nuance and subtlety to what's essentially a mechanical music..."Vibe (11/01, p.152) - 3 discs out of 5 - "...A techno fantasy that balances jazz subtleties with drum'n'bass, ambient, and hip hop textures..."30.82726
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Spin (p.110) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[S]ongs such as 'The Glory of Love' and the title track are colorful, catchy, and informed by a cautious optimism born of hard-earned perspective and a surprising maturity."Q (Magazine) (p.138) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "BEAUTIFUL FUTURE has the welcome feel of creative adventure....The title track is a propulsive, melodic creation...it's probably as close as they've ever come to straight-laced pop music."Mojo (Publisher) (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The title track is a mid-paced Mott stomp, all ringing chimes and glass-half-full braggadocio, while 'Uptown' is SOME GIRLS-inflected disco-dub."Clash (magazine) (p.112) - "Fully embracing hearty song writing they daub their new album with bright flashes of dexterity....BEAUTIFUL FUTURE is an assured and strident release..."Clash (magazine) (p.63) - Ranked #32 in Clash's "The 40 Best Albums of 2008" -- "Gillespie and co snarled up yet more bawdy ideas...via more krautrock and pop-inflected sonic salvos."30.66826
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Uncut (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The self-produced four-piece have harmonic strengths, write a crisp lyric and inject a lot of soulful energy into [their songs]...."CMJ (p.4) - "FUTURE WOMEN echoes '60s garage rock but it's played in a jungle with elephant-trumpeting horns, graceful strings and tinkling xylophone pings."Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[D]efiantly modern, post-modern even. Melodies twist and turn, strings phase in and out, bells chime."30.64202
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3.5 stars out of 5 -- "July has mounted a surrealist fable about the delicate balance between relationship and the inner monologue inside each lover..."Box Office "[A] provocative example of a filmmaker in complete control of her interests and her talents."Movieline "[An] ingeniously constructed wonder cabinet of a movie..."New York Times "THE FUTURE is full of amusing, lovely little moments..." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club "[T]here's a lot to like and to admire."Los Angeles Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "On the surface, this film is an enchanting mediation. At its core is the hard steel of individuality."Chicago Sun-Times "July creates a fluid cinematic universe, flexible enough to embrace the artist's favorite interests....And she creates perfect images of supernatural everydayness." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "[W]ith THE FUTURE she makes good on the promise of ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, proving that she's a bona fide filmmaker, of real ambition and scope."Washington Post30.62318
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Q (p.118) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here remains plenty of enjoyment in these spacey oddities."Uncut (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE FUTURE CRAYON reveals a side to Broadcast rarely heard: that of a band who are relaxed....They've fashioned their own endlessly fascinating world."30.61956
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Dirty Linen (p.63) - "Blessed with an expressive, clear voice, she is aided and abetted by John Doyle's excellent guitar, arrangements, and production."30.52464
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JazzTimes (p.100) - "Finck's engaging jazz waltz 'New Valley' is a breezy number right out of the Vince Guaraldi book while the quartet's inventive 5/4 take on 'Nature Boy' puts a new spin on that haunting classic ballad."30.52464
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Rolling Stone (1/10/91) - 4 Stars - ExcellentQ (1/91) - 3 Stars - GoodNew York Times (Publisher) (12/23/90) - "...an example of unadulterated pop brilliance."30.48858
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"First-time writer-director Jenny Deller has assembled a superb cast, with Madigan in particular making the most of her characters no-nonsense flintiness."A.V. Club 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The film's portrait of its small town is finely done."Chicago Sun-Times30.48858
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Alternative Press (p.158) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Hawthorne's sound has pushed beyond screamo-pop into strong guitar rock, with 'Disaster' possessing a Jimmy Eat World-esque vibe."30.41646
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Rolling Stone (p.68) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Fight for You' tricks out a power ballad with a refrain from Toto's 'Africa'..."Entertainment Weekly (p.74) - "It's when he scales back on the synths, as on 'That's My Shhh,' that he thrills."30.41646
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Alternative Press (12/99, p.105) - 3 out of 5 - "...contains a few genuine sonic adventurous, most notably a trio scream from Charles Gayle and a snippet of Rashied Ali's Coltrane memorial project Prima Materia....ankle-deep in Blue Note catalog artists..."30.41646
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JazzTimes (p.71) - "Relentlessly inventive and unapologetically grooving, FUTURE BOOGIE once again proves that Down to the Bone is in a class of its own."22.087
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Spin - "Hot Hot Heat crank the guitars and boost the synth squelch on their liveliest album since 2002's MAKE UP THE BREAKDOWN."Alternative Press (p.122) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Expertly crafted and passionately played, there are enough hooks on FUTURE BREEDS to keep you singing along and new layers of aural intensity to keep discovering with each repeated listen."Billboard (p.48) - "Full of complex and diverse arrangements, Hot Hot Heat's riskier approach on 'Future Breeds' seems appropriate for its return to an indie label."Mojo (Publisher) (p.95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "FUTURE BREEDS refuses to play things straight, breaking up the radio-ready choruses with unexpected detours into skronky jazzcore, vaudeville menace, even Zep-style rock-outs."Pitchfork (Website) - "The arm-swinging 'Implosionatic' lives up to its title, and it's what Hot Hot Heat do best, compact, unpredictable and delivered with the scalding energy of a band about to jump out of its own skin."22.0613
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Rolling Stone (p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Juan comes to life on this...giving us stretched-out, club wrecking grooves, many of which are played on THE FUTURE WILL COME by actual humans."Spin (p.92) - "Add the pipes of Nancy Whang on most tracks -- giving FUTURE a boy-girl dynamic -- and there's a suggestion that the Juan MacLean might just become the Human League after all."CMJ - "THE FUTURE relies not just on driving beats but intricate layered melodies that will swallow you up."Pitchfork (Website) - "The rubbery bongo-driven percussion and mutating, unraveling synths in the title track sound like they reach peak powers just before the song ends a few seconds shy of the five-minute mark..."Clash (magazine) (p.112) - "'TFWC' is one classy disco-lectro, synthpop concoction from start to finish."22.05747
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