Music reviews archive
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Air
Cut to the Chase: 'Love 2' is the sixth studio album of Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, and it's a return to form after the likeable-if-patchy 'Pocket Symphony'. Air excel at wrapping their songs in layers of unexpected beauty, and their expertise...
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Sufjan Stevens
Cut to the Chase: King of Indie Eccentricity Sufjan Stevens takes a break from his '50 States' project to write a neo-classical composition based on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. It sounds either disgustingly pretentious or a work of complete mad genius...
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Editors
Cut to the Chase: Birmingham foursome Editors attempt to build on the success of 2007's An End Has A Start by making an album completely unlike its predecessor. Full of explorative and experimental electro-synth and heart-thumping beats, In This Light and...
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Mariah Carey
Cut to the Chase: Scary Carey is in desperate need of a big hit this year, particularly when her old rival Whitney is on the verge of a comeback - but she won't have one with this album. Fans of generic r'n'b may be sated by her 12th studio effort, but for...
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Shakira
Cut to the Chase: Colombian pop dazzler Shakira has proven a tad irksome in the past with good singles but patchy albums - but this is her best effort yet. Shakira is a bit of a pop anomaly. Where exactly did she come from? What the hell is she...
(source: entertainment.ie)
