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Good Charlotte – Good Morning Revival

January 25, 2010
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Entrenched in synths and midi drums, “Good Morning Revival” finds the Madden brothers continuing down the path of their previous effort “Chronicles of Life and Death”. Unfortunately, fans of “The Young And The Hopeless” will find themselves one step closer to skipping the renewal on the band’s fan club membership.

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Limp Bizkit – Significant Other

January 20, 2010
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“It’s 9 Teen 90 Nine Baby!!!” Well actually it’s 2 Thousand 007 (James Bond Style) playa hater! But relax race fans and allow me to transport you back 8 years. A time when Kid Rock was going platinum, Ricky Martin was “Livin’™ La Vida Loca”, Cher had a reason to “Believe”, and Rob Thomas [...]

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Avril Lavigne – The Best Damn Thing

January 19, 2010
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Hey! Hey! The Sk8ter girl of 2002 has reemerged from her 3 year hiatus a happily married young woman (and by happily married I mean she isn’t divorced yet, and that has to count for something!!). Apparently early fame and fortune hasn’t caused this pop anti-diva to miss out on her true passion cheerleading! Listen [...]

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Smash Mouth – Summer Girl

January 12, 2010
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Got a “Woody”? An ample supply of “€œSex Wax”€? If you find yourself “€œCalifornia Dreamin”€ or with a sweet tooth for some good summer time bbq “Jams” then take a listen to Smash Mouth’s “€œSummer Girl”€.
Originally released in September of 2006 (why an artist would ever release an album with summer in the title in [...]

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Goo Goo Dolls – Let Love In

January 8, 2010
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Breathy vocals layered over strummed acoustic guitars, well placed lead electric lines, anchored by a steady bass/drum foundation and uplifted by hummable melodies about peace, love and understanding (OK–maybe more about hope, love, love lost and generally anything to do with love and heartache).

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Linkin Park – Minutes To Midnight

January 8, 2010
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It’€™s hard to believe that four years have passed since Linkin Park’€™s last release “€œMeteora” burned up the alt rock charts. A lot has happened in this time:
1. Slash went into rehab
2. Britany Spears went off the deep end and into rehab like 4 times in a week’€™s time period
3. Axl promised us that “Chinese [...]

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The Exies – A Modern Way Of Living With The Truth

January 7, 2010
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I have had my ear on The Exies for the past few years; checking out their first two major label releases I found myself thinking they were just asi asi (asi asi = “okay” for the Spanish challenged). They definitely had the post grunge sound I normally enjoy, but someway, somehow they were missing a [...]

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Sum 41 – Underclass Hero

January 7, 2010
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Right from the opening notes of the title track, you get the feeling you have heard this somewhere before. And you have, it’s just that this album has a different name, different packaging and a different national anthem than the bands from which it was cloned. If Sum 41 were in the Justice League, you [...]

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Korn – Untitled

January 7, 2010
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A more fitting title for Korn’s latest effort would be “Uninspired”. Armed with a creepier than usual aural assault, Korn find themselves regressing to the self indulgent sound of “Untouchables” rather than the more commercially accessible “See You On The Other Side”. Sure there are moments when the pieces of the puzzle all fit together [...]

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Fuel – Angels & Devils

January 7, 2010
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Few bands can truly rebound from the loss of a lead singer. There are exceptions to the rule: Van Hagar, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden. What do these bands all have in common?? They are old!!!! That was then, this is now my S.E. Hinton loving friends!!

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