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The Hoosiers,"The Illusion of Safety"

02 Sep 2010 | by Matthew Walker
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With the release of the full-length set “The Trick to Life” English pop band The Hoosiers attracted attention of the whole musical world. Their debut studio work was a breakthrough in modern pop rock. Its arranging, vocals and sonic ground were absolutely perfect and easily conquered hearts of millions listeners. Nobody thought that there could be something more perfect than beats of The Hoosiers music. However, three years later the musicians decided to prove that their debut was so successful not by accident and arrived at an idea, that the only proof of their greatness in music making will be a release of new studio album. Read more

Kem, "Intimacy: Album III"

30 Aug 2010 | by Matthew Walker
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No one can make a mix of R&B, jazz and soul better than American singer Kem Owens. His matchless ability to create wonderful music helped him to become world-known very quickly. Kem’s two sets “Kemistry” (2002) and “Album II” (2005) turned out to be very successful and even became Gold releases. However, achieving such a success and gaining public’s confidence wasn’t so easy as it seemed to be at the first glance. Years of hard work, self-perfection and big ambitions – the things that really played the major part in the Kem’s establishment as a singer. Read more

A-Ha, "25: The Very Best Of"

29 Aug 2010 | by Matthew Walker
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Norwegian pop band A-Ha has always been distinguishable for its restraint and diligence. Comparing with other pop musicians, the band has never been in hurry with releasing new albums and due to what they managed to record only nine studio works in nearly three decades. Obviously, the musicians thought that less material would sound more qualitatively and intriguingly, thus they worked tediously on every set trying to make every record exclusive and unique. Read more

David Gray, "Foundling"

27 Aug 2010 | by Emma Bennett
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Not so long ago David Gray introduced his eighth studio work “Draw The Line”, which signified the smooth shift from classical rock to more mannered folk rock. A lot of listeners classified the set as a come back to Gray’s origins, but truly it wasn’t so. “Draw The Line” was desired to show singer’s inner world and at the same time to slightly change the style of sounding. Curiously enough, but the experiments lived up to listeners’ expectations. Emotions, feelings and lifelike stories along with pleasant tunes made the set really worthy listening. Read more

Midnight Juggernauts, "The Crystal Axis" (Special Edition)

21 Aug 2010 | by Carey Cliven
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After a chain of solitary singles and short sets, Australian electronic band Midnight Juggernauts decided to record more mature studio work thereby to show, that they have truly established themselves as professional musicians.  Having already released a debut set “Dystopia” which won praise, the band worked hardly during three years and recorded 12 tracks, which were united under the title “The Crystal Axis”. The set sounds more seriously and more deliberately, it has a ground based on emotions, feelings and thoughts as opposed to the debut, which sounded like a cosmic journey with unreal themes and space tunes. The sophomore gathered the best musical effects invented by the band during their musical career and fresh subterfuges. Read more

Chicane, "Giants"

19 Aug 2010 | by Carey Cliven
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After the release of “The Best of Chicane 1996 - 2008” a lot of listeners thought that it was fated to be the final album by British electronic dance music artist Chicane.  But fortunately two years later Nicholas Bracegirdle decided to make a come-back and shocked the public with his absolutely new studio work “Giants”.  Being the fourth album in the artist's discography it collected the best features of the previous sets. Read more

Los Lobos, "Tin Can Trust"

18 Aug 2010 | by Carey Cliven
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“Tin Can Trust” is the newest studio work offered by American Chicano rock band Los Lobos, which continues surprising the audience by creating and releasing new works. Being afloat for nearly four decades, the band manages to create really worthy music that satisfies earlier fans and lures new admirers. Such are the ways of the musical world that Chicano rock always brings up an association with Los Lobos. And it is not strange. Read more

The Chemical Brothers, "Further"

27 Jul 2010 | by Emma Bennett
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Being inveterate experts in making collaborations, immutable members of the Chemical Brothers, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons decided to depart from their custom and to record a set without involving famous artists. The seventh studio album “Further” was desired as an experiment based on using vocal parts performed only by Tom Rowlands. His dreaming soft voice adorns every track on the set and makes all of them unique. Read more

Sting, "Symphonicities"

23 Jul 2010 | by Emma Bennett
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Sting’s love of music has always helped him to create perfect sound and to conquer the highest musical tops. And even now English musician and singer-songwriter makes his creations with trepidation. Tenderness and care could be noticed in every accord, in every strophe. His music is simple and elegant, but sometimes it gets a mixed reception. His set “Songs From The Labyrinth” (2006) turned out to be very peculiar so that the major part of the artist’s listeners didn’t understand it. Read more

The Roots, "How I Got Over"

21 Jul 2010 | by Carey Cliven
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Despite the fact, that the set “Rising Down” was stated to be the final studio record by the Roots, the band broke its word and announced about the release of new studio work. American group was one of the first bands, who put efforts into the development of hip-hop.  The musicians have made not only contribution to it, but they also managed to form different directions of it. Read more