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Augustana - Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt
May 4, 2008 by Willis.
“Inspired by the success of “Boston,” a heartfelt, widescreen ballad that has sold more than 1 million digital tracks, rock quintet Augustana emphasizes piano and keyboards on this sophomore collection of bittersweet songs about breakups, breakdowns and breakaways. Modern-rock overdrive gives way to an airy semi-crunch, and there are new classic rock influences on Tom Petty-esque tracks like “I Still Ain’t Over You” or “Dust,” while the epic “Hey Now” shows arena-seeking confidence. One of many plaintively soaring ballads, “Twenty Years” is the sequel to “Boston,” only this time frontman Dan Layus wants to “move to New York City,” still sounding inconsolable. And as one glossy ballad blends into another, this pop-leaning effort, produced by Mike Flynn (the Fray), starts to feel like one long, soft-focus sunset anthem: warm, well-crafted, hazy and very safe. —Sven Philipp”
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Steve Winwood - Nine Lives
May 4, 2008 by Willis.
“Steve Winwood has made a career out of offhanded excellence, quietly exploring an ambitious musical synthesis that occasionally connects with the pop mainstream, but more often floats in its own kind of rock muso universe. “Nine Lives” follows suit with a set whose nine songs display an ensemble sensibility that gives a generous allotment of sonic room to members of Winwood’s band—especially flutist Paul Booth and percussionist Karl Vanden Bossche, whose polyrhythms percolate throughout. “Nine Lives” starts off with the gritty acoustic roots sound of the defiant “I’m Not Drowning,” but “Fly” returns us to the airy, expansive kind of arrangement that Winwood does so well, and “Raging Sea” incorporates funky guitar licks and subtle Hammond organ fills. Recent concert partner Eric Clapton provides some stinging work on “Dirty City,” while “Hungry Man” stirs in African flavors and “Secrets” heads in a Latin direction.—Gary Graff”
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Happy Birthday
May 4, 2008 by Willis.
You guys might not see any updates for a few days as i’m probably really hungover from my birthday.
Keep Bangin!
Willis
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