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First Listen: Elliott Yamin’s “Fight for Love”
The first season of “American Idol” that I watched was the season in which Elliott Yamin competed, and it was largely due to him that I made it through that entire season and watched at least parts of subsequent seasons. The guy’s got skills, point blank, and enough people believed that to catapult Elliott to a 3rd place finish on the show. He then confounded critics by going the indie route and scoring a Gold […]
CriticClash: The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique
This morning I’ll be sending you guys over to one of my favorite sites, Popdose, to check out my review of The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique, one of the best albums in any genre of the past 20 years.
This review turned out to be quite timely because it arrived on the same week that the 20th Anniversary edition of Paul’s Boutique hit shelves. Despite the fact that it doesn’t have the extra bells and whistles […]
CriticClash: The Crying Light by Antony & the Johnsons
A big box discount retailer is the last place I might have gone looking for the latest album by Antony and the Johnsons. But sure enough, on a recent trip to Target for a new pair of shoes, I stopped by the music section to make sure I wasn’t missing out on any “Target exclusives”, expecting to be completely disappointed in their selection, and had to do a double take.  It turns out that Target has […]