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Cake | Pressure Chief | Columbia

November 4, 2004 by

Cake's new album, Pressure Chief, proves to be no blaring deviation from the unique style that we know and love. Indeed, Cake devotees can rest assured: The trademark catchy hooks and annoyingly easy-...
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Le Tigre | This Island | Universal Records

November 4, 2004 by

This Island deserves three awards: one for the best/weirdest song title on an album ("Nanny Nanny Boo Boo"), another for best cover of the year (The Pointer Sisters' hit "I'm So Excited") and the last...
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Rilo Kiley | More Adventurous | Brute/Beaute

November 4, 2004 by

After playing countless sold-out shows in support of its 2002 break-through album The Execution of All Things, Rilo Kiley has returned with further enthusiasm and abundant confidence.
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Green Day | American Idiot | Reprise

November 4, 2004 by

It's been a long while since our ears have been kissed by the sound of Green Day. Well, music fans, it is 2004, and the trio swims back into the stream of main with the freshly released American Idiot...
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Tears for Fears | Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | New Door

November 4, 2004 by

"If only I were half my age and she was younger," laments Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal on "Call Me Mellow," one of the many standout tracks on Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, the band's first new a...
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The Black Keys | Rubber Factory | Fat Possum

November 4, 2004 by

It's certainly tempting to write off Akron, Ohio-based group the Black Keys as another one of the seemingly hundreds of the garage rock bands that have sprung up over the last few years.
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Hey, Ho, Let’s VOTE!!

October 27, 2004 by

Artsweek correspondent Harrison Coltun got the chance to ask the "Activote!" moderators some of the tough questions about next week's elections and politics today. Artsweek: Is the student vote as big...
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A Lesson in Philosophy

October 27, 2004 by

During my chosen screening of "I Heart Huckabees," I couldn't help but be distracted by a slow yet steady trickle of audience members who, peace made with the loss of seven dollars, stood up and shuff...
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Bernie Goes East

October 27, 2004 by

The death of a family member is probably the single most emotionally painful thing that we as human beings have to bear. The prospect of disappearing form this earth, never to return to our family and...
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In the Presence of Greatness

October 27, 2004 by

Bob Dylan doesn't have to work a crowd with humor or charisma; he doesn't have to show off his chops; hell, he doesn't even have to really sing his vocals. He just has to be there.
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Death by Sexy LIVE!!!

October 27, 2004 by

Before last Friday night Velvet Jones was a foreign place, known to me only as another typical club with a dodgy word-of-mouth reputation. Frankly, I did not believe I could be lured to its location o...
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Pixies Live Up to Legend

October 27, 2004 by

The Pixies are legends. Not legends in the sense of being instantly recognizable on the radio or MTV, but legends in their own right. Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering were lu...
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Christmas Comes Early, Fails to Deliver

October 27, 2004 by

The worst thing about writing this review is remembering the movie. I can honestly say that it would be a complete waste of your valuable time to even continue associating with this movie. That being ...
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It Takes Two to Tango

October 27, 2004 by

Happiness doesn't come in a box. At least it doesn't for John Clark (Richard Gere), who struggles to find happiness in a seemingly perfect life. John has a great family, steady job, big house and a fa...
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Jimmy Eat World | Futures | Universal

October 27, 2004 by

While Futures may not blatantly scream "commercial success" as its self-titled predecessor (formerly Bleed American) did in 2001, the album secures the boys of Jimmy Eat World with a number of potenti...
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