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The Crazies Movie Review: The movie’s violence begins with a mostly bloodless gunshot. After that, things escalate quickly. Though The Crazies isn’t a zombie movie, per se, it certainly has the feel of one as Ogden Marsh’s populace gradually succumbs to the contaminant, resulting in uncontrollable, flesh-rending frenzies. Related PostsMovie Review Lakeview TerraceSam L. Jackson...
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Artist: Daniel Merriweather Review: The debut from Aussie neosoul singer Daniel Merriweather overflows with good taste — and better intentions. Produced by Mark Ronson, Love & War is sharp and bright, full of limpid melodies, punchy brass arrangements and, in songs like "Change" (with rapping by Wale), beats that gesture to 1974 but feel thoroughly 2010. The problem is the transparent influence...
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Artist: Len Price 3 Review: Britain's Len Price 3 are the least nostalgic modern-garage band I know. The whiplash reverberations of the 1964 Kinks and '65 Who on the LP3's third album, Pictures — the metallic thwack and buzzing sustain of singer-guitarist Glenn Page's Rickenbacker; the fast martial step and chrome-glaze harmonies in "I Don't Believe You" and "Nothing Like You" —...
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Artist: Shout Out Louds Review: Shout Out Louds are proud indie-rock neocons: 2007's Our Ill Wills ripped a melody from the Cure, a song title from the Smiths and vocal moves from Bright Eyes. The third album from the Stockholm quintet brilliantly works a classic indie look: airy, sleek, gingerly heroic guitar zone-outs about a love-starved dude's battle against emotional torpor. Singer-guitarist...
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