reviews
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THE REEL DEAL: Sucker Punch Review
By Jess Bonniwell Layout Editor WHAT A POINTLESS WASTE OF TIME. Sucker Punch is a trippy fantasy-adventure film about a group of girls wanting to escape a mental asylum and working to do…
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The Strokes – Angles (album review)
“Press the “play” button on the stereo, adjust the speaker volume properly, and prepare to take a journey back to the age of new wave…”
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Egyptrixx – Bible Eyes (album review)
“Dubstep. Distorted disorienting dubstep. What is it? Allmusic describes the genre as “tense, almost oppressively dark sound built on tightly coiled production with overwhelming bass lines…”
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Rango Review
“Rango follows the life of a pet lizard, Rango, who is thrown from a vehicle and his tank and life he is accustomed to, into the whole new world of a desert…”
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Adebisi Shank – This Is The Second Album By A Band Called Adebisi Shank (album review)
“Some things take time, in fact, in the world of music, most things take time…”
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Lupe Fiasco – Lasers (album review)
“Two important aspects define contemporary hip-hop: the flow and rhythm of the rap itself, and the emotional effect of the beats and melodies…”
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R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now (album review)
“R.E.M. is a group synonymous with the development of alternative rock. The band enjoys a cultural legacy comparable to classic rock artists of the early 1970s and R &B groups of the 1960s…”
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DeVotchKa – 100 Lovers (album review)
“What is the most common setting to experience a new album? The car stereo? On the couch with a pair of headphones? The answer is inconsequential to DeVotchKa…”
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Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (album review)
“Sweeping crescendos, elegant harmonic timbres, vast sonic landscapes, relentless and powerful rhythms; when one mentions “Mogwai”, many will know what to expect…”