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Review: Musiq Soulchild's Onmyradio

Lukewarm-Lanta
Atlantic (2008)

By: MIKAEL WOOD | December 15, 2008

Review: Scott Weiland's "Happy" in Galoshes

Softdrive/New West (2008)
It might be one of the year’s worst albums, an underwritten, overarranged mess of factory-floor guitar fuzz, go-nowhere vocal melodies, limp electronic beats, and lyrical clunkers

By: MIKAEL WOOD | November 24, 2008

Review:: T-Pain's Thre33 Ringsz

Jive (2008)
T-Pain’s third studio album won’t surprise fans of the Tallahassee-based hip-hop maestro.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | November 18, 2008

Kaiser Chiefs produce a let down

Universal/Motown (2008)
If you were hoping that Kaiser Chiefs’ hiring Mark Ronson to produce their third studio disc would result in a vintage-soul overhaul of their jittery new-wave sound, prepare to be let down.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | November 11, 2008

Of Montreal soaks album in sex

Polyvinyl (2008)
This feast isn’t without a good deal of filler.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | October 31, 2008

Jolie Holland | The Living And The Dead

Anti- (2008)
Holland doesn’t really need the added rock-band muscle; she’d be worth hearing accompanied only by the tap of her own toe.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | October 08, 2008

Lenka | Lenka

Epic (2008)
A few months ago this pint-sized diva from Down Under posted a cutesy rendition of Modest Mouse’s “Gravity Rides Everything” to her MySpace page.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | October 01, 2008

Jem: Down To Earth

ATO (2008)
The songs broadcast their emotional content — anxiety, melancholy, resilience — with a straightforwardness you rarely hear outside children’s music.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | September 23, 2008

Lindsey Buckingham | Gift of Screws

Reprise
The great thing about Buckingham is that even his experiments are catchy, and this ensures that Screws doesn’t buckle under the weight of his pop-savant ambition.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | September 16, 2008

Motörhead

Motörizer | Steamhammer/SPV
In these unsettling times of geopolitical instability around the globe and economic chaos here at home, it’s nice to know that we can depend on Motörhead.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | September 02, 2008

Sugarland

Love on the Inside | Mercury Nashville
Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush aren’t afraid to get a little goofy for the sake of a laugh.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | August 04, 2008

Mike Gordon

The Green Sparrow | Rounder
Phish phans biding their time for the jam band’s all-but-confirmed reunion should find plenty to occupy themselves with on this second solo album by bassist Mike Gordon.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | July 29, 2008

John Mellencamp | Life Death Love and Freedom

Hear Music
The arrangements are sparse compared with those of Mellencamp’s pop hits — many don’t even allow drums — but they’re rich with textural detail.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | July 15, 2008

Jenny Scheinman

Koch
You might recognize Jenny Scheinman’s name from the liner notes of one of the many high-profile releases on which she’s appeared as a jazz violinist.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | May 27, 2008

Carolina Liar

Coming to Terms | Atlantic
Highly recommended to those unafraid of late-period Bon Jovi.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | May 20, 2008

Phil Stacey

Lyric Street
No coincidence that Phil Stacey was interesting on Idol only when he sang songs that emphasized his creepiness — “Every Breath You Take,” for instance.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | May 06, 2008

Flight of the Concords

Sub Pop
Given my choice of late-night HBO comedy series about foul-mouthed acoustic duos with inflated senses of self-importance, I’ll take Tenacious D over Flight of the Conchords every time.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | April 29, 2008

Better than Madonna

Pop stars with product to move
Everybody dug Confessions on a Dance Floor , but I’m one of approximately 12 people who liked American Life , Madonna’s weirdly militant 2003 disc.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | April 22, 2008

Tapes N' Tapes

Walk It Off | XL
Last time we heard from this young Minneapolis quartet — and if you spend any time on the Internet, you heard a lot — the story had little to do with music.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | April 15, 2008

Tristan Prettyman

Hello | Virgin
This sophomore set by San Diego–based Tristan Prettyman doesn’t warrant its statement-making title.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | April 02, 2008

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