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El Bicho’s 2007 Music Awards
To do his part during the strike-ravaged awards season, El Bicho honors the year in music.
Read More »New Album Releases 12/18/07: Closing Out The Year With Mary J. Blige, Rivers Cuomo, Johnny Depp Sings
With a very short list this week, we will see you all again on January 8, 2008. And to all a good night.
Read More »New Album Releases 12/11/07: Wu-Tang Clan; Box Sets From Pink Floyd And Radiohead; More Hits from The Stones, Sevendust, Spice Girls; And Lots And Lotsa Jazz
This week sure looks like "Merry Christmas," and as they say in show business, "That's All Folks!"
Read More »The Rockologist Picks His Top Ten Albums of 2007
Okay, so maybe this is a little bit premature (well by like a week anyway).
Read More »New Album Releases 12/04/07: Christmas Rapping With Ghostface Killah, Eazy E & NWA, 2-Pac, Scarface, Too $hort, Wyclef Jean; Plus David Bowie, Blake Lewis
Just when you thought they were done, the labels ask "why wrap your presents this year when you can...rap them?"
Read More »New Album Releases 11/27/07: Welcome To The Weeks Of New Music Purgatory (With All Due Respect To Chuck D, Alcoholics Unaminous, Common, CunninLynguists, Ian Gillan, And The Ultimate Grammy Collection)
This is what you've got for this year my friends, so learn to live with it.
Read More »New Album Releases 11/20/07: Ranking The Reissues With U2, Genesis, Nine Inch Nails, And More Led Zeppelin, Plus New Music From Jordin Sparks, Sebastian Bach, And More
The bulk of this week's new album releases aren't really new at all. Can you say "ka-ching?"
Read More »New Album Releases 11/13/07: The Return Of Duran Duran Plus: The Killers, The Hives, Alicia Keys, Led Zeppelin, Robyn Hitchcock, Queensryche, James Taylor, Celine Dion, And More
If there is any one thing which can be said of this week's crop of new releases, there is something here for everybody.
Read More »New Album Releases 11/06/07: And The (Greatest) Hits (And Other Reissues) Keep On Comin’: Gram Parsons, Van Morrison, Nas, Plus New Music From Jay Z & David Byrne
Nothing says Christmas quite like the ka-ching! of a fresh new batch of greatest hits and reissue packages.
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