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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-PacManY2J Recent reviews written by member PacManY2J en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_492058414724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Nine studio albums in and the Red Hot Chili Peppers had yet to run out of ideas.  In fact, their creative juices were flowing so much leading up to 2006's Stadium Arcadium that after trimming down the final track list, they still had enough... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492058414724 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:41:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492058414724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491494149764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Her third album, 2007's Introducing Joss Stone, gave those in the states unfamiliar with the British singer a chance to get to know her and her soulful vocal styling.  Stone is now following that success with Colour Me Free!, another... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491494149764 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:13:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491494149764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_490372107908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - "Dance 'til you're dead."  I guess that's not such a bad way to go.  And the Yeah Yeah Yeahs of all bands might even help you look forward to your demise.  We knew the New York indie rockers had some danceable swagger in their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~490372107908 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:18:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_490372107908?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_489591705220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - It's been four years since Wolfmother crash-landed onto the mainstream rock scene on the strength of the hit single "Woman" from their self-titled debut.  A lot has changed since then, most notably Wolfmother itself.  The Australian trio parted... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~489591705220 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:03:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_489591705220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488397180548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - The Cummings brothers are a quite a pair.  While older brother Rob, a.k.a. Rob Zombie, makes horror films along with hard rock that draws heavy influence from campy horror movies, his younger sibling Michael, who goes by the moniker Spider One,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488397180548 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:44:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488397180548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_487191318148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Sometimes, just when you think popular music is in a state of stale predictablity, along comes a band that's way too weird for the mainstream yet somehow makes it big.  A perfect example is System of a Down's 2001 sophomore album... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~487191318148 Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:36:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_487191318148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_486195695236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - I always have high hopes for a new Pearl Jam album, but Backspacer just might have raised my expectations higher than usual.  First off, it's the followup to what I feel is their best work of the decade, 2006's Pearl Jam (a.k.a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~486195695236 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:39:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_486195695236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485764140676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Though influential rockers the Pixies were done, their frontman Black Francis certainly was not.  In the mid-'90s, he did some solo work then got himself a new backing band and created Frank Black and the Catholics.  Though many were... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485764140676 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:52:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485764140676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484921544324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - It's official: Michael Jordan, a man who's name is synonymous with basketball greatness, is a Hall of Famer.  Fittingly, during the same month that "His Airness" was inducted into Springfield, the "Mike Jordan of Recordin'," a.k.a. Jay-Z, released... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484921544324 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:53:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484921544324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484487368324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Well, sound the alarm!  After breaking through in a big way with his 2005 smash hit "Collide," Howie Day has finally released a new album, his first since 2003's Stop All the World Now.  His latest, Sound the Alarm, follows in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484487368324 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:12:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484487368324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_483801665156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - You know a band is talented when their b-sides compilation is something a fan can listen to repeatedly as opposed to a mere missing puzzle piece for die-hard completists.  Indeed, Nirvana's 1992 demo-outtake-and-b-side collection known as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~483801665156 Fri, 4 Sep 2009 20:00:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_483801665156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_480273141380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - While digging through the discount bin of my local record store, Lexington's CD Central, I came across a disc from a band I remembered seeing open for the Vermont rockers The Static Age.  The band was Read... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~480273141380 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:09:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_480273141380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479929208452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - They say the best things come to those who wait, and Rancid has certainly put that adage to the test.  A year after releasing Indestructible in 2003, the band went on hiatus.  The break didn't last long, but there were no signs of a new... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479929208452 Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:22:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479929208452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478763257476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - The followup to Beck's 1996 classic Odelay had a mission: close out the millennium with a party record.  Mission accomplished.  Rather than unleash another musical mishmash, Beck took a more consistent route on 1999's Midnite... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478763257476 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:42:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478763257476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478470311556?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Over the past 15 years, Beck has carved out quite a career for himself.  He scored a huge hit in 1994, followed it with a classic album in Odelay, then continued making freewheeling, constantly self-reinventing music that has earned him high... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478470311556 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:05:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478470311556?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478352346756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - For their seventh studio album Burn, Burn, Toronto rockers Our Lady Peace decided to ditch the outside producer and take complete control of the album themselves.  Having faced criticism for the stylistic change brought on during their time... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478352346756 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:58:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478352346756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478257843844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Eighties music wasn't all about cheesy, synthesized pop and big-haired glam metal.  Though it wasn't out in the forefront, there was plenty of punk and thrash metal picking up steam, just as there were bands that would lay the groundwork for the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478257843844 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:09:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478257843844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477794569860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Like many punk bands, Pennywise spent so much time and energy rocking against Bush prior to the 2004 election, you'd think they'd be deflated after Dubya got four more years.  Well, if they were, they certainly didn't show it on their eighth studio... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477794569860 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:21:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477794569860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477489172100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - 2007 got off to a sweet start for hip hop fans.  Beginning on New Year's Eve and lasting the first week of '07, Talib Kweli and Madlib's new collaboration Liberation was available for free download.  This talented emcee/producer duo gave... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477489172100 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:12:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477489172100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477341257348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Clutch's ninth studio album doesn't stray too far from the style the band has been employing for much of this decade.  Of course, when a band is as unique as Clutch, you can't really accuse them of being ordinary.  Indeed, Strange Cousins... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477341257348 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:16:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477341257348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476617412228?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - I don't listen to much instrumental music except when I'm doing something that requires concentration such as reading.  Sure, I appreciate jazz, electronic, classical, and many other types of wordless music, but I usually go for songs with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476617412228 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:32:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476617412228?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476747632260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - In 1992, the world of rock was well-immersed in grunge, and punk's resurgence of popularity was still a couple years off.  But punk was still alive and well that year as evidenced by another strong album from Southern California stalwarts Bad... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476747632260 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 19:25:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476747632260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476584709764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - You might think that listening to Green Day's latest album 21st Century Breakdown followed by their 1992 Lookout! Records album Kerplunk! would be like listening to two different bands.  Actually, since Green Day never completely... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476584709764 Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:28:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476584709764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476507639428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Don't be fooled by the catchy choruses or nasally vocals.  Pittsburgh's Anti-Flag are no pop-punkers.  Their take-no-sh_t political fury makes them way more Bad Religion than Blink-182.  Produced by Rage Against the Machine's TomMorello... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476507639428 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:47:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476507639428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476318240388?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PacManY2J - Springfield, Massachusetts rock quartet Staind gained some well-deserved attention with their 1999 album Dysfunction, but that was nothing compared to their runaway success earned by its followup, 2001's Break the Cycle.  This album... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476318240388 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:53:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476318240388?linkin_id=8003929