Tag archive for Ben Lowenthal
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Album of the Week: LCD Soundsystem’s “This Is Happening” (2010)
Album of the Week LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening (Virgin; 2010) *** RATED 8 of 10 — LCD Soundsystem’s last album is a great collection of long, radio-unfriendly songs. All but one song clock in at over five
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This Week’s Picks: Zion I & The Grouch at Casanova, June 4
This Week’s Picks: Grouch Surfing Saturday (June 4), 10pm, Casanova, Makawao; $20 advance / $25 door *** Underground hip hop fans, rejoice! Wrapping up a more than 30-show nationwide tour, Corey Scoffern—aka The Grouch—returns home to
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Album of the Week: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists’ “The Tyranny of Distance” (2001)
Album of the Week Ted Leo & The Pharmacists The Tyranny of Distance (Lookout! Records; 2001) *** RATED 8 of 10 — Ted Leo headed many punk rock groups before he made this album. But this isn’t punk
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Album of the Week: Oasis’s “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” (1995)
Album of the Week Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Epic; 1995) *** RATED 8 of 10: England slowly slumped into post-industrial decline for two decades. Then came the ‘90s. The economy improved, the Labor Party and Tony
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Album of the Week: DJ Shadow’s “In Los Angeles, 10/31/09″ (2010)
Alum of the Week DJ Shadow In Los Angeles, 10/31/09 (Blunderbuss, 2010) *** RATED 7 of 10: A “live” DJ these days is almost always going to show up with a laptop. Not DJ Shadow. He points out that even
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Album of the Week: The Go! Team’s “Thunder, Lightning, Strike” (2004)
Album of the Week The Go Team! Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Columbia; 2004) *** RATED 5 of 10: Brighton is England’s playground. The southern beachfront town is home to huge dance festivals and a big, brassy sound represented best
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Album of the Week: Calexico’s “Feast of Wire” (2003)
Album of the Week Calexico Feast of Wire (Quarterstick Records; 2003) *** RATED 7 of 10: What kind of music does Calexico play? That’s a tough question. Part country, part Latin, part jazz and part rock, Feast of
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Album of the Week: Eligh’s “Grey Crow” (2010)
Album of the Week Eligh Grey Crow (Legendary Music; 2010) *** RATED 7 of 10: Eligh has learned a lot after five years of sobriety, and the Californian’s latest solo album proves it. “Find Yourself” graphically follows a
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Album of the Week: Zion I & The Grouch’s “Heroes in the Healing Nation” (2011)
Album of the Week Zion I & The Grouch Heroes in the Healing Nation (One Records; 2011) *** RATED 8 of 10: Oakland hip-hop duo Zion I has again teamed up with fellow Bay Area boy (and current
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Album of the Week: Bruce Springsteen’s “The River” (1980)
Album of the Week Bruce Springsteen The River (CBS; 1980) *** RATED 9 of 10: Listening to this album is like reading a John Steinbeck novel; the people in it have been hardened by life. The Boss sings
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