Rushed to release several weeks early due to bootlegging, Gnarls Barkley's "The Odd Couple" is anything but rushed.
Nightmare of You is not a hardcore band (however misleading their name may be), it is not a pop-punk band and the members are not fighting against their roots.
After the Raconteurs got burned a few years back for proclaiming to NME that "Broken Boy Soldiers" would be their answer to Nirvana's "Nevermind," they apparently decided to dial down the hype machine.
We're really judgmental.
First, the rationalization.
Sitting in the veritable '60s opium den that is the Avenue office, we hazily looked around the room.
It would be hard to jump on the R.E.M. bandwagon at the release of their 14th full-length album.
My Spring Break was awesome.
Somehow, against the odds of the one-hit-wonder factory that dominates the current hip-hop marketplace, Snoop Dogg has pushed on through to a 16-year career. And while his lazy cohort Dr. Dre has only managed to throw us two albums in as much time, Snoop is still relevant on his ninth opus, "Ego Trippin'."
Canada is on a roll. "South Park" cracks are down, hockey attendance is up and their dollar is making ours the new peso.
Erykah Badu has never been one to conform to R&B's norms musically, stylistically or otherwise. It's only appropriate that on her first studio album in three years, "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)," she manages to find cohesion amidst myriad sounds and influences.
When a band decides to release a DVD of its live act, it usually has something to offer for the viewer at home.
Short, Sapphic songstress Kaki King has entered uncharted territory with her fourth full-length album, "Dreaming of Revenge."
Being single sucks. Just ask Stephen Malkmus.
It's hard to take Austin, Texas, duo Ghostland Observatory seriously.
How far would you go to see one of your favorite groups from the '90s reunited in concert? For me, the answer was New Jersey.
After all the impotent posturing in modern rock music, hearing a band for once back its chic style with actual substance comes as quite a turn-on. When a group looks as cool as The Raveonettes, an equally impressive sound equates to a sinfully good album.
What's in a name? For Gainesville band Oh Fortuna, everything.
Avenue Contributing Writer
Whether you like it or not, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is the most popular album of all time.
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