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Gossip – Music For Men

Music For Men showcases a bit of musical maturity for Gossip since their last album Standing In The Way Of Control, not at all unlike Yeah Yeah Yeahs demonstrated on It’s Blitz – the formula is pretty much the same but the sound is more focused; indie-ish, catchy pop rock but filtered through Rick Rubin – Music For Men is a classic example of Rick Rubin making a band sound better with no one really able to pinpoint exactly how he did it.
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Weezer – Weezer (Red Album)

As hard as it is not to get excited about a Weezer album for anyone who has heard “The Blue Album” and Pinkerton, “The Red Album” does little to live up to that hype; while some of the songs (“The Greatest Man That Ever Lived”) are more interesting than anything they’ve done since, the humor and irony – if it can be called that – in the lyrics fall flat (especially notable in “Troublemaker”, “Pork And Beans”, and “Heart Songs”) and don’t have the same corny-cool quality Weezer is known for…the album as a whole is nearly as disappointing as their recent albums and makes one wonder if Weezer can ever create anything anywhere near the level of their early efforts again. More »

Metallica – Death Magnetic

A real return to roots that does away with the sell-out rock sound of Load / ReLoad and the horrendous and poorly produced drunk jam rock of St. Anger in one swift swoop, combining the craftsmanship of ‘The Black Album’ with the structure of …And Justice For All.

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