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        <title>Helpless Dancer’s Neighbors</title>
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            <title>Angie Whitney</title>
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Nothing&amp;#39;s quite as good as a solid, soulful R&amp;amp;B record to chill you
down or warm you up, depending on your mood or...ahem, your company.
But &lt;em id=&quot;gbvr&quot;&gt;real&lt;/em&gt;
R&amp;amp;B has been hard to come by lately. Sure, artists like Rihanna are
often identified as R&amp;amp;B, but that kind of hip-hop-influenced
R&amp;amp;B is but a pale shade of the real thing that crooners such as
Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Barry White, Grover Washington
Junior, and Deniece Williams have put out. Fortunately, thanks to the
good folks at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.littledizzyrecords.com/&quot; id=&quot;mkn:&quot; title=&quot;Little Dizzy Records&quot;&gt;Little Dizzy Records&lt;/a&gt;, a Sherman Oaks, CA-based independent urban digital record label, aficionados of &lt;em id=&quot;bdzq&quot;&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; R&amp;amp;B--the smooth and soulful kind--will find their palates sensuously courted by newcomer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.littledizzyrecords.com/artists.php?artists_id=72&quot; id=&quot;yyrt&quot; title=&quot;Angie Whitney&quot;&gt;Angie Whitney&lt;/a&gt;, whose first solo album, &lt;em id=&quot;k-ki&quot;&gt;That&amp;#39;s What Love Is All About&lt;/em&gt;, is out now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Angie Whitney&amp;#39;s been singing since the age of four. A native
Californian, as a child she began singing duets with her twin sister
Rachel, and soon became members of their father&amp;#39;s church choir in
Vallejo, California. The twins were soon in demand by many local groups
and organizations, but Angie&amp;#39;s career as a professional singer really
gained credibility and notice when she and her sister and cousin formed
their own group, The New Horizon, and were also selected as background
singers for one of my alltime favorite soul groups, the legendary
Spinners. Whitney now performs with the Angie Whitney Jazz &amp;amp; Blues
Clique and Easy Street Big Band Orchestra, but her debut solo album is
all her--and she&amp;#39;s all you really need.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Despite its almost clichéd title, &lt;em id=&quot;wf-e&quot;&gt;That&amp;#39;s What Love Is All About&lt;/em&gt; is a lovely collection of soulful tunes that will heat up dancefloors &lt;em id=&quot;wf-e0&quot;&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;
bedrooms. The lead track, &amp;quot;Don&amp;#39;t Tease Me Now,&amp;quot; is an upbeat, funky,
almost disco-like dance track propelled by Whitney&amp;#39;s smooth, silky
voice and a sultry sax accompaniment. The song has a distinctly &amp;#39;80s
kind of sound and calls to mind Sade, which is a very good thing--but
Angie Whitney has a vocal identity all her own. The music, composed of
soul staples bass, piano, and strings, is accented uniquely with smoky
saxophone accents that play off of Ms. Whitney&amp;#39;s voice as if she&amp;#39;s
actually singing a duet with the instrument in the intro to &amp;quot;Now Baby
or Never,&amp;quot; a finger-snappin&amp;#39; little number with a jazzy, 1920s Cotton
Club sound. The title track, &amp;quot;That&amp;#39;s What Love is All About&amp;quot; is a
lovely romantic ballad, but is somewhat overshadowed by the
minimalistic beauty of the eminently-soulful &amp;quot;Love Me By Name,&amp;quot; which
is smooth as eighty-year-old scotch and just as heart-warming. And
definitely check out the straight-up elegant funk of &amp;quot;Excuse Me (I&amp;#39;ve
Got A Life To Catch)&amp;quot; which features the slickest interplay between
synths and sax that I think I&amp;#39;ve ever heard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;All in all, Angie Whitney&amp;#39;s first solo effort is a sexy, sophisticated, accomplished album that gives its listeners a &lt;em id=&quot;f2.k1&quot;&gt;true&lt;/em&gt;,
unadulterated soul/R&amp;amp;B experience. Her voice is not as powerful as
Aretha Franklin&amp;#39;s, but is much more energetic than Sade&amp;#39;s, so I would
say she covers a middle-ground between each...a territory little
explored by soul singers these days, who all aspire for Aretha&amp;#39;s mighty
pipes or Sade&amp;#39;s slinky purr. So put this album on the next time you
come home from a long day at work. Mix up a martini, relax with
yourself and a significant other, and let the music give you a nice
mental massage that might...well, who knows what it might lead to, if
you get my drift. ;)
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            <title>News: Labrador Records Turns to Pirate Bay (Again)</title>
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Labrador Records&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.labrador.se/&quot;&gt;labrador.se&lt;/a&gt;) once again turned to &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4257645/LabradorSummerSampler&quot;&gt;Pirate Bay&lt;/a&gt; to help distribute their &lt;em&gt;Labrador Summer Sampler 2008&lt;/em&gt;.  If you remember, they did the &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/post/news-labrador-records-turning-to-piratebay-for-music-distribution.html&quot;&gt;same thing last year&lt;/a&gt; after their servers crashed due to a high volume of demand.
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If you already use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bittorrent.com/&quot;&gt;BitTorrent&lt;/a&gt;,
then downloading it from Pirate Bay is easy enough, but unlike most
people, I don&amp;#39;t use the torrents. Instead, I had to get the files from
a friend. If you&amp;#39;re in the same boat, regarding not using bittorrent, I
have made the free sampler available for download: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sendspace.com/file/2yaj76&quot;&gt;sendspace.com/file/2yaj76&lt;/a&gt; (154 mb).  
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt; Please note:
I am acting under the assumption that Labrador wants as many people to
download their sampler as possible. So please share this with your
friends.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt; Although
compared to last year&amp;#39;s massive 68-track-sampler, this year&amp;#39;s new 30
tracks is smaller... but it is still a lot of music to listen to. Since we&amp;#39;ve covered many
of these bands (see corresponding links to previous W♥M articles), I
was more interested in the bands I hadn&amp;#39;t heard of: Leslies, Caroline
Soul, and Johan Hedberg. Although Leslies previously appeared on their
2007 Sampler, this is the first time I paid attention to them due to
their poppy &amp;quot;Dear Friend&amp;quot; song.
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01 [Ingenting] - Här Kommer Solen&lt;br /&gt;
02 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/the+sound+of+arrows/&quot;&gt;The Sound of Arrows&lt;/a&gt;  - Danger!&lt;br /&gt;
03 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/sambassadeur%20/&quot;&gt;Sambassadeur&lt;/a&gt; - Final Say&lt;br /&gt;
04 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/suburban+kids+with+biblical+names/&quot;&gt;Suburban Kids With Biblical Names&lt;/a&gt; - Funeral Face&lt;br /&gt;
05 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/pelle+carlberg/&quot;&gt;Pelle Carlberg&lt;/a&gt; - I Love You, You Imbecile&lt;br /&gt;
06 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/club+8/&quot;&gt;Club 8&lt;/a&gt; - You And Me
07 Johan Hedberg - Grammisgalan&lt;br /&gt;
08 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/radio+dept./&quot;&gt;The Radio Dept.&lt;/a&gt; - Freddie and the Trojan Horse&lt;br /&gt;
09 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/sambassadeur%20/&quot;&gt;Sambassadeur&lt;/a&gt; - Subtle Changes&lt;br /&gt;
10 Tribeca - Her Breast Were Still Small
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11 Chasing Dorotea - Dark Angel&lt;br /&gt;
12 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/the+mary+onettes/&quot;&gt;The Mary Onettes&lt;/a&gt; - Explosions&lt;br /&gt;
13 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/the+legends/&quot;&gt;The Legends&lt;/a&gt; - Darling
14 Leslies - Take A Look&lt;br /&gt;
15 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/irene/&quot;&gt;Irene&lt;/a&gt;  - By your side&lt;br /&gt;
16 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/pelle+carlberg/&quot;&gt;Pelle Carlberg&lt;/a&gt; - Go to Hell, Miss Rydell&lt;br /&gt;
17 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/club+8/&quot;&gt;Club 8&lt;/a&gt; - Jesus, Walk with Me (The Sound of Arrows remix)&lt;br /&gt;
18 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/suburban+kids+with+biblical+names/&quot;&gt;Suburban Kids With Biblical Names&lt;/a&gt; - Trumpets and Violins&lt;br /&gt;
19 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/acid+house+kings/&quot;&gt;Acid House Kings&lt;/a&gt; - Start Anew&lt;br /&gt;
20 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/irene/&quot;&gt;Irene&lt;/a&gt; - Little Lovin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;width: 325px; padding: 4px;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px;&quot;&gt; 
21 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/radio+dept./&quot;&gt;The Radio Dept.&lt;/a&gt; - Pet Grief&lt;br /&gt;
22 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/club+8/&quot;&gt;Club 8&lt;/a&gt; - Whatever you Want&lt;br /&gt;
23 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/acid+house+kings/&quot;&gt;Acid House Kings&lt;/a&gt; - This Heart Is A Stone&lt;br /&gt;
24 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/loveninjas/&quot;&gt;Loveninjas&lt;/a&gt; - Little Black Friends&lt;br /&gt;
25 [Ingenting] - Släpp In Solen&lt;br /&gt;
26 Caroline Soul - Been Turning (Into Something Bad)&lt;br /&gt;
27 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/acid+house+kings/&quot;&gt;Acid House Kings&lt;/a&gt; - Sunday Morning&lt;br /&gt;
28 Johan Hedberg - Var Dig Själv&lt;br /&gt;
29 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/the+legends/&quot;&gt;The Legends&lt;/a&gt; - Make It All Right&lt;br /&gt;
30 &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/the+sound+of+arrows/&quot;&gt;The Sound of Arrows&lt;/a&gt; - Danger! (Ice cream shout)	
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;In other news for
this past week, we find &lt;strong&gt;Devo&lt;/strong&gt; asking &amp;quot;Are We Not Toys?&amp;quot; after suing
McDonald&amp;#39;s for using their likeness in one of their McToys. CNN reports
that &amp;quot;Kid Rock Was Only Kidding&amp;quot; when he told people to &amp;quot;steal
everything&amp;quot;. This tells me a lot about Kid Rock fans if he had to &lt;em&gt;EXPLAIN&lt;/em&gt; that it was only a joke.  Duh?

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DMX&lt;/strong&gt; is arrested (again), &amp;quot;Fly - The Musical&amp;quot;, &lt;strong&gt;Adele&lt;/strong&gt; won some awards and
people seem to be happy she doesn&amp;#39;t want to kill herself like Amy
Winehouse, and you also found out that &lt;strong&gt;Kanye West&lt;/strong&gt; LIKES TO TYPE IN ALL
CAPS, DUDE! His defense blog on the whole Bonnaroo fiasco comes down to
the venue&amp;#39;s ability to setup the stage and that Pearl Jam was an hour
late. That&amp;#39;s right, Vedder is a slowpoke.
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coco B&amp;#39;s&lt;/strong&gt; originates out of California, which is very evident in
their music. Many similarities could be made to Californian grunge and
alternative rockers. Coco B&amp;#39;s has captured the alternative rock sound
perfectly. Though at first their music may sound very generic, they
could be easily described as the very definition of alternative rock.
The vocals borderline the emo sound, but those who can&amp;#39;t stomach emo
rock will likely still be able to appreciate Coco B&amp;#39;s for its
alternative side. Their general composition is held together by strong
baselines and hypnotizing choruses.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;On their 2007 album, songs like
&amp;quot;Hot Pantz&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Sunset City of Dub&amp;quot; demonstrate Coco B&amp;#39;s relaxing
side, which is very earnest yet relaxing. Tracks like &amp;quot;I Live In L.A.&amp;quot;
and &amp;quot;Access To No.&amp;#39;s&amp;quot; are good examples of their more upbeat songs,
which usually have much stronger and rhythmic drum patterns.
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In general Coco B&amp;#39;s doesn&amp;#39;t execute much variety, but they&amp;#39;ve definitely captured a noteworthy sound. Coco B&amp;#39;s debut album (&lt;em&gt;Fast Trak Holy Nova Symphony&lt;/em&gt;) was released under the label &lt;a href=&quot;http://grandtheftautumn.com/&quot;&gt;Grand Theft Autumn&lt;/a&gt;, since then they&amp;#39;ve released two EPs and their 2007 self-titled album under the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kdouble.com/&quot;&gt;K-Double Recording Co. label&lt;/a&gt;. 

Their &amp;quot;Basement Songs: Firehawks and Dirtybirds EP1&amp;quot; was also released cooperatively through &lt;a href=&quot;http://rcrdlbl.com/&quot;&gt;RCRD LBL&lt;/a&gt;.  Coco B&amp;#39;s is definitely a band to be checked out by any fan of the alternative genre.

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            <title>We Versus The Shark</title>
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            <author>nobody@vox.com(W♥M)</author>
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(255, 153, 153); margin-top: -4px;&quot;&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt;
written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/derek/&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top; text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: -4px;&quot;&gt;derek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: top; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: -4px;&quot;&gt; (&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/2618685209_d27e437c10_o.gif&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot; /&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pegritz.com/&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top; text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 10px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: -2px;&quot;&gt;www.pegritz.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #337733; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tour Dates&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;07/04/08&lt;/strong&gt;  1982 Bar&amp;#160; Gainesville, Florida  
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/04/08&lt;/strong&gt; The Atlantic&amp;#160; Gainesville, FL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/05/08&lt;/strong&gt;  Big Monster Fest&amp;#160; Jupiter, FL
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/06/08&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 0.8em;&quot;&gt;Eclipse&amp;#160; Riverside/Avondale, FL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/07/08&lt;/strong&gt; Secret Squirrel Athens, AL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;08/29/08&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 0.8em;&quot;&gt;Bottletree Cafe Birmingham, AL&lt;/span&gt;
 
   

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;I hate punk. I &lt;em id=&quot;s5qk&quot;&gt;loathe&lt;/em&gt; &amp;quot;garage rock.&amp;quot; And flatout &lt;em id=&quot;d921&quot;&gt;despise&lt;/em&gt;
any sort of music that is described as *-core. I like my music
professional, well-crafted, and slick: none of that &amp;quot;lo-fi&amp;quot;
recorded-in-some-jackasses-basement-on-a-Tascam-4track shite for me. So
why, then, do I actually &lt;em id=&quot;j5p4&quot;&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://wevstheshark.com/&quot; id=&quot;di8e&quot; title=&quot;We Vs. The Shark&quot;&gt;We Vs. The Shark&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;We Vs. The Shark is a loud, wild, thrashin&amp;#39; kind of pseudo-punk band
from the music capitol of the southern states, Athens, Georgia--so it&amp;#39;s
only right that their music has a very strong B-52s influence.
Information about the band is scarce, though we do know the group is
composed of Luke Fields, Samantha Paulsen (why does the keyboard player
always have to be a girl, and vice-versa?), Scott Smith, and Jeffrey
Tobias, and they are mostly known for their energetic, ca-razy live
shows. Jeff Tobias also works with Pegasuses-XL and Dark Meat, neither
of whom I&amp;#39;ve &lt;em id=&quot;z7:m&quot;&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; heard of, but that&amp;#39;s neither here nor there. What &lt;em id=&quot;z7:m0&quot;&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; here is a band whose latest album, &lt;em id=&quot;z7:m1&quot;&gt;Dirty Versions&lt;/em&gt; (on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hellosirrecords.com/&quot; id=&quot;x6yo&quot; title=&quot;Hello Sir Records&quot;&gt;Hello Sir Records&lt;/a&gt;),
was recorded &amp;quot;nearly live&amp;quot; in only two days to capture to spirit and
power of their live shows...and if this album accurately captures the
essence of their live performance, then I &lt;em id=&quot;yk:3&quot;&gt;definitely&lt;/em&gt; want to see this band live.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;em id=&quot;yk:32&quot;&gt;Dirty Versions&lt;/em&gt; sounds like the twisted, mutated
result of a high-speed collision involving the aforementioned B-52,
Mister Bungle, and The Melvins. Despite being recorded &amp;quot;almost live,&amp;quot;
the mixing and production on this record is slick and clean: every
instrument is clearly heard, which is vital when you&amp;#39;re dealing with
complicated arrangements like these. The music of We Vs. The Shark
courts certain definitions while always ducking and weaving through
them. Some songs have a grinding, heavy-metal feel to them; others are
jumpy, almost poppy tunes. None of them sit still long enough to pin a
definite classification to them, though, which makes songs like &amp;quot;Gothic
Y&amp;#39;all&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Mr. Ego Death&amp;quot; almost impossible to describe. There are
grinding guitars, crashing drums, screams, howls, weird electronic
sweeps. There are blast beats that would make Dragonforce proud
followed by slow, quiet sections. There&amp;#39;s a &lt;em id=&quot;d1ck&quot;&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of energy packed into these songs, and it literally &lt;em id=&quot;d1ck0&quot;&gt;explodes&lt;/em&gt; from your speakers in tracks like &amp;quot;I Am The Contempt Machine&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Keep It Wolf.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;I &lt;em id=&quot;gicx&quot;&gt;hate&lt;/em&gt; The Dillinger Escape Plan, and in some ways, We Vs. The Shark reminds me of them--but in a &lt;em id=&quot;gicx0&quot;&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;
way. If you take Dillinger and strip out the abominable hardcore
elements, but keep all the power of their music while adding a dose of
melody and humor, you&amp;#39;ve got We Vs. The Shark, a band that exceeds all
reflexive comparison and has an identity all its own. Fortunately, that
identity is close enough to a number of different genres to draw a
diverse crowd, all of whom will find &lt;em id=&quot;kqgk&quot;&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; they
like in We Vs. The Shark&amp;#39;s music...and that&amp;#39;s about the best thing you
can offer as a band these days, especially one from a regional music
Valhalla like Athens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;If this album has you itchin&amp;#39; to see the band live--as I (and they) no
doubt hope it would--then you&amp;#39;ve got ample chances to see them in the
next few days.&lt;/p&gt;
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written by &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/vu/&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top; text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: -4px;&quot;&gt;vu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: top; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-top: -4px;&quot;&gt; (&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2465013261_bfbfeb400b_o.gif&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: middle;&quot; /&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #337733; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Selective Discography&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;

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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.co.uk/12-80s-Various-Artists/dp/B0006OR0TO/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=music&amp;amp;qid=1214946813&amp;amp;sr=1-12&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ZvEmG5q1L._SL160_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2005]   12&amp;quot; / 80&amp;#39;s 	 
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.co.uk/12-80s-Vol-2-Various-Artists/dp/B0009I7NZI/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=music&amp;amp;qid=1214946889&amp;amp;sr=1-14&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DmWRxKHzL._SL160_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2005]   12&amp;quot;/80s Vol.2  
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.co.uk/12-80s-Pop-Various-Artists/dp/B000KRNF14/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=music&amp;amp;qid=1214946562&amp;amp;sr=1-1&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/318nWRw6gCL._SL160_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2007]  12&amp;quot; 80s Pop  
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.co.uk/12-80s-Grooves-Various-Artists/dp/B000VLE3EM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=music&amp;amp;qid=1214946562&amp;amp;sr=1-2&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PumOoXomL._SL160_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2007]   12&amp;quot; 80s Grooves 	 
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.umtv.co.uk/release.php?id=578&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iBmXQS2tL._SL160_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2008]  12&amp;quot; 80s Love  
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I was pretty thrilled when I received &lt;em&gt;Connected: 90&amp;#39;s 12&amp;quot; Mix&lt;/em&gt;
to review, as I was already well familiar with all the songs and
artists on the two promo discs. In fact, I had the review written weeks
ago, but waited until it got closer to the release date of July 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;
to post the review. I&amp;#39;m glad I waited because by the last hour, they
decided to upped the anti and added a third disc and changing the cover
artwork (and not to mention that they reshuffled the track listing).&amp;#160; As you can see with the links to artists we&amp;#39;ve
previously covered on W♥M, that we really like the first disc.
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;One of the
major differences I&amp;#39;ve noticed right away was that they had replaced
Electronic&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Getting Away With It&amp;quot; with New Order&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;World in Motion&amp;quot;,
which is fine as they are more or less Bernard Sumner. If there were
other artists and songs that were dropped, it&amp;#39;s probably due to
licensing issues.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;I have to
say that I did agree that &amp;quot;World in Motion&amp;quot; is better fitted for this
compilation, because this song is so closely associated with the 1990
World Cup. It just feels good to hear the competitive &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;it&amp;#39;s one on one&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;,
a song that&amp;#39;s sure to be played at every World Cup.... although
whenever I hear that rap from Jamaican-born football player John
Barnes, it just drowns the songs in late 80s/early 90s.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;In 80s and
going to the 90s, the three major releases for singles were: 7&amp;quot;, 12&amp;quot;
and cassingle. The 90s introduced us to the CD single (and eventually
the double CD singles, parts one and two), but this compilation
collects all the 12&amp;quot; mixes. Usually the 12&amp;quot; mix were special because
they&amp;#39;re often exclusive to the 12&amp;quot; and were catered to underground DJs
who needed them in this format to scratch and live mix.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Even if you
know all these songs from hearing them on the radio, these dance
remixes always adds something new to something already familiar.
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demonstrate England&amp;#39;s evolution of dance music. You see, in the early
90s, there was a breaking point in the music timeline. One group became
what you might know as Britpop, while the other group focused more on
dance (raves and techno). You hear the second group&amp;#39;s diverse music on
these tracks.
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;From early
Madchester (Stone Roses, Happy Mondays) to funk (Deee Lite) to house (M
People, Nuyorican Soul) to big stadium dance rock (U2, Primal Scream) to
even trip hop (Tricky, Massive Attack, Portishead), it&amp;#39;s all here: all
the big hits!
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few outstanding tracks from the two discs: the remix of Deee Lite&amp;#39;s
funky &amp;quot;Groove Is In The Heart&amp;quot;, the Bottom Won Mix of Stone Roses&amp;#39;s
amazing baseline of a dance classic &amp;quot;Fool&amp;#39;s Gold&amp;quot;, Stereo MCs&amp;#39;
&amp;quot;Connected&amp;quot; (of course!), Snap&amp;#39;s extended mix of &amp;quot;Rhythm is a Dance&amp;quot;,
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The new tracks that were added to the album, included two that I
already know and love: Moloko&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Fun for Me&amp;quot; and Beats International&amp;#39;s
&amp;quot;Dub Be Good to Me&amp;quot;. Since I&amp;#39;ve already mentioned Moloko&amp;#39;s song in a
previous article, I should tell you about Beats International.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;The guy
behind Beats International is really Norman Cook - aka Fatboy Slim. As
you can hear from his remix of &amp;quot;Be Good to Me&amp;quot;, he really knows how to
manipulate the song. Check out that bass and the mixing of a DJ
introducing the song &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty, you&amp;#39;re listening to the boy from the big bad city.  This is jam hot&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; and also the outro.
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There is one song that kind of bothered me, not that it isn&amp;#39;t good
(because I love &amp;quot;Jump Around&amp;quot;), but because it seems to me that House of Pain
shouldn&amp;#39;t belong here. You see, looking at all these artists, they all
seem to be based in the UK and they&amp;#39;re mostly dance, and House of Pain
is from the US and leans towards rap. If you listen to this album, this
song should definitely &amp;quot;jump&amp;quot; out at you.
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Overall, this was a very enjoyable collection that made me a feel a little nostalgic  of yesteryear.
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&lt;strong&gt;Disc 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
01. Stereo MCs - Connected&lt;br /&gt;
02. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/chemical+brothers/&quot;&gt;Chemical Brothers&lt;/a&gt; - Leave Home&lt;br /&gt;
03. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/massive+attack/&quot;&gt;Massive Attack&lt;/a&gt; - Hymn Of The Big Wheel&lt;br /&gt;
04.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/stone+roses/&quot;&gt;Stone Roses&lt;/a&gt; - Fools Gold&lt;br /&gt;
05. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/paul+weller/&quot;&gt;Paul Weller&lt;/a&gt;  - Wild Wood (Portishead Mix)&lt;br /&gt;
06. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/new+order/&quot;&gt;New Order&lt;/a&gt; - World In Motion&lt;br /&gt;
07. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/primal+scream/&quot;&gt;Primal Scream&lt;/a&gt;  - Funky Jam&lt;br /&gt;
08. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/audio/tags/house+of+pain/&quot;&gt;House Of Pain&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd970e4cda4cd500f48d092cc50001.html&quot;&gt;Jump Around&lt;/a&gt;  (Pete Rock Remix)&lt;br /&gt;
09. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/kula+shaker/&quot;&gt;Kula Shaker&lt;/a&gt;  - Tattva&lt;br /&gt;
10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/soup+dragons/&quot;&gt;Soup Dragons&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd970e4cda4cd500d41441a07b3c7f.html&quot;&gt;I&amp;#39;m Free&lt;/a&gt;  (12&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
11. Oui 3 - For What It&amp;#39;s Worth (12&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
12. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/moloko/&quot;&gt;Moloko&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd970e4cda4cd500e398b1d9d40001.html&quot;&gt;Fun For Me&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
13. The Beloved - Sun Rising (Tom&amp;#39;s Drum N Bass Remix)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Disc 2&lt;/strong&gt;

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01. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/u2/&quot;&gt;U2&lt;/a&gt; - Lemon (Perfecto Mix)&lt;br /&gt;
02. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/utah+saints/&quot;&gt;Utah Saints&lt;/a&gt; - Something Good&lt;br /&gt;
03. Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer&lt;br /&gt;
04. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/prince/&quot;&gt;Prince&lt;/a&gt; - Gett Off (Housestyle)&lt;br /&gt;
05. Sub Sub - Ain&amp;#39;t No Love&lt;br /&gt;
06. Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives&lt;br /&gt;
07. Dee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart&lt;br /&gt;
08. M People - How Can I Love You More?&lt;br /&gt;
09. Dina Carroll - Ain&amp;#39;t No Man (12&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
10. Incognito - Always There&lt;br /&gt;
11. Nuyorican Soul - It&amp;#39;s Alright, I Feel It&lt;br /&gt;
12. Brand New Heavies - Stay This Way&lt;br /&gt;
13. Adamski - Killer (12&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
14. Wink - Higher State Of Consicousness&lt;br /&gt;
15. Beats Int - Dub Be Good To Me 

 


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01. Freakpower - Turn On Tune In&lt;br /&gt;
02. Jamiroquai - When You Gonna Learn?&lt;br /&gt;
03. Young Disciples - Apparently Nothing&lt;br /&gt;
04. Arrested Development - People Everyday&lt;br /&gt;
05. Drizabone - Real Love (12&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
06. James Taylor Quartet - Starsky &amp;amp; Hutch&lt;br /&gt;
07. Ronny Jordan - So What?&lt;br /&gt;
08. Sharpe &amp;amp; Brown - The Masterplan&lt;br /&gt;
09. Martine Girault - Revival&lt;br /&gt;
10. Dream Warriors - My Definition&lt;br /&gt;
11. Omar - There&amp;#39;s Nothing Like This&lt;br /&gt;
12. Marxman - All About Eve&lt;br /&gt;
13. Sounds Of Blackness - Optimistic (12&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
14. &lt;a href=&quot;http://weheartmusic.vox.com/library/posts/tags/tricky/&quot;&gt;Tricky&lt;/a&gt; - Aftermath

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&lt;em&gt;Connected: 90&amp;#39;s 12&amp;quot; Mix&lt;/em&gt; will be released July 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the UK by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.umtv.co.uk/&quot;&gt;Universal Records&lt;/a&gt;.  Fans of 90s dance music will want to check this out.


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&lt;p&gt;Hey you guys! Thanks for all your responses to last weeks LTP, there were some great ones in there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would have to use the money to buy a ray gun or something and zap all the aliens into little piles of dust....failing that I would just get VERY VERY drunk (a bottle of wine and some haribos ought to put me out for long enough.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mmmmm well, I have given some thought to this weeks LTP, and as my crappy day job has been dominating my life this week (don&amp;#39;t ask) I got to thinking...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If I was on my own in the office at night, no video cameras no security etc what would I do? What mischief could I make (cackle whilst rubbing hands together)?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&amp;#39;t want to be accused of discriminating against those of you who don&amp;#39;t work in offices so please apply the above situation to wherever you work, although if you work from home you might have to factor in a significant other being out of the house for this to work!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;clear:both;&quot;&gt; 
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&lt;strong&gt;07/08/08&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 0.8em;&quot;&gt;Ameoba Records Hollywood, CA
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/17/08&lt;/strong&gt; M-Theory&amp;#160; San diego, CA
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/17/08&lt;/strong&gt;   Casbah 	San Diego, California
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/18/08&lt;/strong&gt;  Spaceland 	Los Angeles, CA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/19/08&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 0.8em;&quot;&gt;Cafe Du Nord 	San Francisco, CA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/20/08&lt;/strong&gt; Doug Fir 	Portland, Oregon
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/22/08&lt;/strong&gt;  Sonic Boom&amp;#160; 	Seattle, WA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/22/08&lt;/strong&gt; 	Chop Suey 	Seattle, WA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/25/08&lt;/strong&gt;      Triple Rock 	Minneapolis, MN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/26/08&lt;/strong&gt;   Reckless Records&amp;#160; 	Chicago,IL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/26/08&lt;/strong&gt;   Hideout 	Chicago, Illinois
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/29/08&lt;/strong&gt; Sound Fix &amp;#160; 	Brooklyn, NY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/30/08&lt;/strong&gt;      Middle East 	Cambridge, MA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;07/31/08&lt;/strong&gt;      Brooklyn Masonic 	Brooklyn, NY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;08/01/08&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 0.8em;&quot;&gt;Johnny Brenda’s 	Philadelphia, PA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;08/02/08&lt;/strong&gt; Ottobar 	Baltimore, Maryland

&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;08/05/08&lt;/strong&gt;   Waterloo Records Austin, TX&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;08/05/08&lt;/strong&gt;    The Mowhawk 	Austin, Texas
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;08/09/08&lt;/strong&gt;   Detroit Bar 	Costa Mesa, CA      

   

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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #337733; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discography&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;

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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earlimartmusic.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11HQJF7BVZL._SL160_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [1999]  Filthy Doorways
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earlimartmusic.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21A847FK6VL._SL160_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2000] Kingdom of Champions
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.discogs.com/release/508604&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415JAF8FMRL._SL160_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2003]  Everyone Down Here
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.discogs.com/release/338898&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/36/7d/64e1228348a036c97de17110._AA75_.L.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2004] Treble and Tremble
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_Tormentor&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;75&quot; src=&quot;http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ys3CHI7RL._SL500_AA75_.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt; [2007] Mentor Tormentor 
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&lt;strong&gt;Earlimart&lt;/strong&gt; has a new album called &lt;em&gt;Hymn And Her&lt;/em&gt; that comes out today, July 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;.
This Los Angeles-based band have been around since 1999 (with already
five albums under their belt) and took their name from the small town
of &lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=Earlimart,+California+&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=36.206607,-119.165955&amp;amp;spn=1.511425,2.403259&amp;amp;z=9&quot;&gt;Earlimart, California&lt;/a&gt;.
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If you like boy/girl pop-indie music, this album might be worth looking
into. Their main boy singer, Aaron Espinoza, he handles most of the
songs, with Ariana Murray mostly doing backup singing.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;The three
songs that Murray sings on, &amp;quot;Time For Yourself&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Before It Gets
Better&amp;quot; &amp;amp; &amp;quot;Tell Me&amp;quot;, I thought was very good. &amp;quot;Tell Me&amp;quot; sounds very
ethereal, while both &amp;quot;Time For Yourself&amp;quot; &amp;amp; &amp;quot;Before It Gets Better&amp;quot;
sounds like very sweet pop. I kind of wanted to hear more of her
easy-to-listen voice.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;On the other
hand, Espinoza&amp;#39;s vocals reminds me a lot of Elliott Smith, kind of
soft-spoken. Even on such bouncy songs like &amp;quot;Song For&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;For The
Birds&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;Cigarettes and Kerosene&amp;quot;, it feels like Espinoza is
bringing you down but the music seems like it was bound for happier
times. There&amp;#39;s something slightly sad about the singing and lyrics
(despite the melodic poppy music):
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Let&amp;#39;s get in late, would you stay?
&lt;br /&gt;But you&amp;#39;re on the phones, miles away.
&lt;br /&gt;Though I know it&amp;#39;s not the same
&lt;br /&gt;We can fall asleep, dream of ways 
&lt;br /&gt;But you&amp;#39;re already in my heart.
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;I don&amp;#39;t have any
liner notes, so I couldn&amp;#39;t tell you who mixed the album, but they
deserved to be mentioned. There&amp;#39;s often strange noises and foot tapping
and bird chirping throughout the album. These things need to be
listened on headphones to really pick up all the quirks.
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hymn and Her&lt;/em&gt; is out now on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.majordomorecords.com/&quot;&gt;Majordomo Records&lt;/a&gt;, and If you buy the record at 
&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;amp;friendID=7326931&amp;amp;blogID=409177891&amp;amp;Mytoken=584E7313-9D67-4AF9-B45B160C1A4838D541289618&quot;&gt;certain retail locations&lt;/a&gt;, you&amp;#39;re also given the &amp;quot;Song For&amp;quot; 7&amp;quot;, so that&amp;#39;s worth going out of your way if you want a bonus with your purchase.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;Also, they are doing a Summer tour (mostly in July) and stopping by a lot of in-store record appearances. Be sure to check out their tour dates on the sidebar.&lt;br /&gt;


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There is no one named Irene in the band &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.irene.nu/&quot; id=&quot;mu1o&quot; title=&quot;Irene&quot;&gt;Irene&lt;/a&gt;.

    
    
In fact, until recently, the band was just one guy: &lt;span class=&quot;normal&quot; id=&quot;zcza&quot;&gt;Tobias
Isaksson, a.k.a. Bobby. But in 2005, when Isaksson wanted to play some
of the songs he&amp;#39;d written live, he recruited some of his pub-friends
from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;normal&quot; id=&quot;cv9z&quot;&gt;Göteborg, Sweden and what do you know? Shortly thereafter they were signed to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.labrador.se/&quot; id=&quot;ofx8&quot; title=&quot;Labrador Records&quot;&gt;Labrador Records&lt;/a&gt; and put out their first album, &lt;em id=&quot;dte0&quot;&gt;Apple Bay&lt;/em&gt;, in 2006. Now they have a new album out, &lt;em id=&quot;za6u&quot;&gt;Long Gone Since Last Summer&lt;/em&gt;, and listening to it has once again affirmed an opinion that I&amp;#39;ve long held: nothing bad &lt;em id=&quot;za6u0&quot;&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; comes out of Sweden. Seriously. I&amp;#39;ve &lt;em id=&quot;za6u1&quot;&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; heard a Swedish band I didn&amp;#39;t love...and Irene is very easy to love.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
    
    
    









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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify; font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;normal&quot; id=&quot;cv9z&quot;&gt;Irene
write &amp;#39;60s beach-bum music a lá The Beach Boys, the Dave Clark Five,
the Buckinghams, and so on. Their songs are short (rarely long than 3
minutes), delicious little Sweet-tarts of sound that do not mess around
with long introductions or instrumental wizardry or fancy studio
production (most of the instruments are recorded live, much as bands
were recorded in the early days of rock). &lt;em id=&quot;et5-&quot;&gt;Apple Bay&lt;/em&gt;
is only 24 minutes long but packs more weight and musical mastery than
most overblown pop-rock records recorded since 1990. The songs are all
catchy sing-a-long numbers featuring jangly guitars and--get this--a &lt;em id=&quot;k3mh&quot;&gt;horn section&lt;/em&gt; backing up Isaksson&amp;#39;s mellow, Elvis-esque voice. How often do you hear a horn section in &lt;em id=&quot;k3mh0&quot;&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; music these days?! &lt;em id=&quot;mz82&quot;&gt;Long Gone&lt;/em&gt;
is simply more of the same. Irene aren&amp;#39;t trying to break new ground
here, folks: they&amp;#39;ve found a type of music that they love playing, and
they do it &lt;em id=&quot;awv3&quot;&gt;well&lt;/em&gt;. You can practically hear the sunshine in the music and feel sand gritting between your toes as you listen to it.&lt;/p&gt;There really isn&amp;#39;t much to say about Irene&amp;#39;s music other than that it&amp;#39;s &lt;em id=&quot;yuo41&quot;&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; pop music that will make you feel younger no matter &lt;em id=&quot;yuo42&quot;&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; old you are, and will take you back to your youth if you&amp;#39;re old enough to remember &amp;quot;Surfin&amp;#39; Safari.&amp;quot; &lt;em id=&quot;a8:5&quot;&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; for one will have these two albums bumpin&amp;#39; in my stereo when I go the Atlantic City later this summer!&lt;br id=&quot;xn:5&quot; /&gt;&lt;br id=&quot;xn:50&quot; /&gt;(The
band has numerous tour dates posted on their website, but,
unfortunately, the last one was on June 26--my birthday, oddly enough!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1293/544140472_4c06a4957c_o.gif&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px none ;&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1421/545629190_9c3e554a38_o.gif&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top; float: right;&quot; /&gt;
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