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Michael Brook: Bell Curve |
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Schoolyard Heroes: Abominations |
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Posted by Andrew Greenhalgh
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10:30 AM Tuesday, 01 January 2008 |
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It's been a busy year in music, one that's seen our pop stars shave their heads and lose their cool, our rock stars offer up their albums at a price of your choosing, and more. But through that craziness, there have been some great albums that have burst forth and made our ears happy. Now it's time to highlight the best of those albums here with selections from our writing staff. One of the beautiful aspects of being involved with Infuze is encountering a diversity of people with unique opinions and tastes. These lists will hopefully help you to get to know our writers a bit more as well as highlight some music that maybe slipped through the cracks this year. Enjoy!
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New Release Tuesday: Jan. 1st |
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Posted by Andrew Greenhalgh
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08:00 AM Tuesday, 01 January 2008 |
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Happy New Year to you! And, while it is a new year, a few things linger from last year, most notably a rather pithy selection of new release dates during the holidays. Yet, there are two albums that we'd be remiss if we didn't showcase here so without further ado, let's get to mentioning them!
In Rainbows - Radiohead: This may be somewhat anticlimatic for those of you who took advantage of the UK wunderkind's groundbreaking digital "pay what you wish" experiment earlier last year but, for those of us who still like the feel of a CD in our hands, this release is a big one. With the album having already graced more than one Top 10 list for 2007, you owe it to yourself to get a hold of this one. (Editor's Note: If you do have an urge to pick this up, many of the big box retailers, i.e. Target, Circuit City, Best Buy, are offering this for $7.98 this week. What a steal!)
Elvis: Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley: The companion soundtrack to an ABC documentary focusing on the King's Vegas years that aired last September, this release features not only remastered gems from Presley but unique interpretations from artists as diverse as Daughtry, Chris Isaak with Brandi Carlile, and Toby Keith and Joe Perry. Should be a good one.
That's it for now. Keep your heads up though. The next couple months promise to reverse the slow trend with tons of albums dropping soon! What release date can't you wait to come?
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Johnny Cash: The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976-77 DVD |
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Posted by Andrew Greenhalgh
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04:00 PM Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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While some of us aren't quite old enough to remember, there was a time when variety shows were all the rage. And when the holidays rolled in, the variety show was given an additional boost of steam as the producers pulled out all the stops to make things special. There were also special "specials," if you will, featuring performers who stepped into the television limelight to broadcast their own brand of holiday well wishing. The Man in Black, Johnny Cash himself, was one such artist to take such a path with two consecutive Christmas specials in 1976 and 1977. In conjunction with the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Shout Factory has endeavored to bring these classic specials to life once again.
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Paul McCartney: Memory Almost Full Deluxe Edition |
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Posted by Bert Saraco
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02:03 PM Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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When Paul McCartney released his sophomore solo project, Ram, in 1971, the title referred to an animal with big horns, and ‘memory' was a mental process that would become less reliable as a person got a bit older. All these years later, in the computer age, those words have new meanings, but the prospect of new music from a Beatle (alright - a former Beatle) still generates the same old interest and excitement. Paul McCartney's latest release, the wonderfully-titled Memory Almost Full (how is it that nobody else thought of that title yet?) shows the master pop-smith getting more experimental, and somewhat introspective in his sixties. McCartney has always been a commercially viable artist (he was ‘the cute one' of the Beatles, remember) and a skilled singer/songwriter/instrumentalist. In many ways this has worked against his creative credentials, as he seemed always able to reliably whip up ‘silly love songs' that would climb right up the charts practically upon release - and do so with relative ease and little blood, sweat or tears. McCartney suffered the fate of the terrifically talented - he was so good at his craft that it often seemed more like craft than art. Through the post-Beatle years, it became more and more apparent that the parts, which added up to the sum of the Beatles, would further be defined by the body of solo work: John being the flawed but brilliant artist; George, the thoughtful, spiritual musician; Ringo, the affable entertainer, and Paul; the camera-ready, audience-pleasing showman. Paul's role served him in good stead financially, although his solo work has often (and not without reason) been thought of as artistically weak in light of some of his classics like "Yesterday," or even his earliest solo pieces, like "Maybe I'm Amazed."
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Dug Pinnick: Strum Sum Up |
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Posted by Mark Fisher
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12:00 PM Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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Although best known as part of the trio King's X, bassist/vocalist Dug/Doug Pinnick has recorded a few solo albums both as Poundhound and Dug Pinnick. For the most part the King's X member's solo albums have been largely forgettable but Pinnick's last effort, Emotional Animal, seemed to turn things around a bit, striking a chord with the band's longtime fans and finally connecting with a larger audience as well. Strum Sum Up delivers an even more exciting set of songs, sounding more like a classic King's X record than most of the band's recent works. This is the album King's X fans have been waiting for, only it's not a King's X record.
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Top 12 Christmas Albums of Nearly All-Time |
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Posted by Andrew Greenhalgh
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10:03 AM Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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It's that time of year when "top" whatever lists are all the rage. And yes, we at Infuze are not above falling prey to the list-mania. We'll begin, given the seasonal holiday here, by offering up a wonderfully biased, completely subjective list of the "Top 12 Christmas Albums of Nearly All-Time." Okay, so we're pushing it a little to suggest that this is an all-inclusive list because, well, that dictates that we've heard every Christmas release there is out there and so forth but take this for what it is: A fanciful offering of twelve, maybe even a generous baker's dozen if you're nice, albums that have left their imprint upon this author throughout the years and that leave one with an overall wholesome Christmas feeling. So, just in time for after-Christmas half-off sales, we invite you to pull up your chair, pour that last glass of eggnog, and enjoy!
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Merry Christmas from the Infuze Music Team! |
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Posted by Andrew Greenhalgh
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08:27 AM Tuesday, 25 December 2007 |
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We here at the Infuze Music Team want to thank you so much for your kind support and faithful reading this past year. It's meant the world to us! We hope and pray that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas today filled with fun and friends! Thanks and blessings!
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