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The Streets, A Grand Don’t Come For Free, Vice/Atlantic

May 18, 2004 Trev

To say A Grand Don’t Come For Free is an acquired taste is a understatement. North American hip-hop is based primarily on a fusion of rap and r&b, rather than the UK amalgamation of electronica and hip-hop. The odd cadence of The Streets is somewhere in the vicinity of spoken word, (more…)Read More

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greatest Hits, Warner Bros

May 17, 2004 Trev

Interestingly enough, the last RHCP greatest hits compilation What Hits!? (1992) is not included on the official RCHP discography. What Hits!? included all of the early Chili Pepper hits from their days at EMI, and “Under the Bridge” from their smash WB debut Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Now the Chilis (more…)Read More

Lostprophets, Start Something, Visible Noise, Columbia

May 3, 2004 Trev

Not yet a household name, this band of welsh lads is working on changing that with their sophomore release Start Something. Chart Magazine lumped the Lostprophets into the screamo genre, when in fact the LP sound isn’t so easily pigeonholed. Take the energy and ferocity of Billy Talent or (more…)Read More

Melissa Etheridge, Lucky, Island

May 3, 2004 Trev

Sass Jordan beware, Ms. Etheridge is back with her first new studio release in three years. Lucky is hardly a re-invention of the wheel, as Etheridge is an artist who has built a career on playing it safe. When it comes to her career, she refuses to color outside the (more…)Read More

Method Man, Tical 0: The Prequel, Def Jam

May 3, 2004 Trev

On Method Man’s latest release (which had to be squeezed in around his numerous appearances on the silver screen and TV, his role as deodorant sales person and video game character) Tical O: The Prequel, the class clown of hip-hop is back to prove that he hasn’t sold-out. Due to his (more…)Read More

Sarah McLachlan, Live Acoustic EP, Nettwerk

May 3, 2004 Trev

For the PC launch of iTunes, Mrs. McLachlan tossed in 5 unreleased acoustic tracks (“Adia”, “Angel”, “Answer”, “Fallen” and “Building A Mystery”), that only her US fans could purchase. To rectify this, Sarah tossed her Canadian fans a bone in the way of releasing an EP of those tracks. It (more…)Read More

Snow Patrol, Final Straw, Fiction

May 3, 2004 Trev

Final Straw is the latest release from unplucked brit-pop gem Snow Patrol. They are not the household name that Coldplay are, but this does not mean they are any less talented. With their brand of warmly bittersweet brit-pop, they simply need to receive a little radio play, or have their single (more…)Read More

Godsmack, The Other Side, Republic, Universal

March 31, 2004 Trev

In an ironic twist, Godsmack, whose band name was rumored (but denied) to have come from the title of an Alice In Chains song (“God Smack”) off the AIC’s Dirt. Godsmack continue follow in AIC’s footsteps by releasing an entirely acoustic album, similar to the 1994 AIC EP Jar Of (more…)Read More

D12, D12 World, Shady Records

March 30, 2004 Trev

Westside Connection has Ice Cube, G-Unit has 50 Cent and D12 has Eminem, all three have high powered hip-hop ties, but then why does D12 come off as more of a novelty act? Maybe it’s because of their lead singles “Purple Pills” or “My Band” which by hip-hop standards are (more…)Read More

Joel Kroeker, Melodrama, True North

March 30, 2004 Trev

Hopefully Wil has a chance to listen to Joel Kroeker’s Melodrama, as this is how a debut album should sound. From the ironically titled lead track Endings, Melodrama sinks its hooks in deep and holds you there. Kroeker’s brand of melancholy pop-rock is similar to that of Sarah Harmer, (more…)Read More