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Over the Rhine with Katie Herzig

September 4, 2009, 10:08 am

It’s not a blonde girl’s world. Blossoming songbird Katie Herzig will attest to that, as will Karin Bergquist, the scars-and-tears …

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Deluxe Edition)

August 19, 2009, 5:15 pm

Alternate title: How to Lose a Reviewer in 10 Minutes (give or take). Let me not count the ways.

Oh, okay, …

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Paul Oakenfold – Perfecto Vegas

August 10, 2009, 11:16 am

Rating: /10

Paul Oakenfold stands today as the grandpappy to many a producer/deejay. Call it trance, dance, techno, house, club – it …

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Tori Amos – Abnormally Attracted to Sin

July 10, 2009, 8:55 am

Rating: /10

On her tenth studio release, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, Tori Amos (née Myra Ellen) sounds more than a bit weathered …

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Lucinda Williams – Live @ The Vogue

July 9, 2009, 4:51 pm

Lesson learned: Old people get to shows early! Okay, let’s call them the mature set. Either way, the largely-grayed onlookers …

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Butterfly Boucher – Scary Fragile

June 22, 2009, 10:39 am

Rating: /10

Sweet freedom, that’s what Australian transplant Butterfly Boucher has now. The one-time nomadic daughter – her artist parents drove her …

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James Morrison – Live @ The Vogue

May 14, 2009, 1:47 pm

A tender Tuesday night saw UK soul singer James Morrison tucking himself and an outsized band, singers, and a few …

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Tonex – Unspoken

May 5, 2009, 9:08 am

Rating: /10

“Holy ghost, please jump my battery/ So I can get this party jumping … When I think of all the …

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The Wrestler DVD

April 30, 2009, 11:19 am

The Wrestler is more or less a Mickey Rourke biopic, and it’s a grainy, touching one.

“I’m an old, broken-down piece …

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No Country For Old Men

April 8, 2009, 8:29 am

Offers a wheelchaired, wrinkled sage late in the film: “You can’t stop what’s coming.” And you can’t. No Country’s not …

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