Brooklyn's The MK Groove Orchestra swings like one wild and reckless big-band bastard. It clearly enjoys grinding the gears as much as it does shifting smoothly. There's brass creamy enough to rival Glenn...
Ahh, that sweet soul music. What is it about it that sends us? There's something burning way...
There are a lot more guys out there like Rochester multi-talented multi-instrumentalist Tommy...
Pop punk may be an antiquated notion by the time you read this. Problem is, it always seemed...
Dear Rochester, I have faithfully defended your honor for the last time, you lazy bitch. You have eroded my faith, shattered my confidence, and continually come up short. You have let me down time and again, and yet I keep coming back. I will...
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T-Model Ford "Jack Daniel Time"
T-Model Ford, like several of his Mississippi Delta blues peers, enjoyed a hard-earned, late-career renaissance over the last decade or so, thanks to his raw, sweaty recordings for Fat Possum Records. Ford now hopes to continue that flourishing...
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Southside Johnny "Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits"
Tom Waits tunes goosed with some full-blown brass ? Who knows, Waits might've even toyed with this idea himself, but Southside Johnny beat him to the punch. Waits is a genre unto himself, and to adequately convey the character-centric stories...
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First the good news: "Death Magnetic" contains Metallica's most sophisticated, energized, and - yes - heavy material since its 1988 classic "...And Justice for All." If you were hoping for a return to form, it's hard to deny...
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New Kids on the Block "The Block"
The Kids are back, with both a more mature look and sound. Gone is the bubblegum pop (aside from hit single "Summertime"), in favor of more sexually explicit/R. Kelly fare, like "Click, Click, Click," "Dirty...
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This album is a little more solidly produced than the band's debut, "Cruel As School Children." But it's also more of a rollercoaster ride. The consistency with Gym Class Heroes comes from front man Travis McCoy's class clown demeanor....
Bus ridership is up in the Rochester area and more than just soaring gas prices are the cause,...
When you hear "rock musical," you don't typically think "intimate exploration of interpersonal...
As a kid, you might've taken tot-sized, tractor-drawn wagon rides around the backyard (or, if...
The basic premise of "The Pillowman" is this: a writer living in a totalitarian state has penned...
Given the season, the state of the economy, and the coming elections, I find myself craving...
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