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OneRepublic Dreaming Out Loud(2007)

Timbaland sure has funny taste in rock dudes. From the sound of his latest discovery, OneRepublic, he's been watching a lot of The Hills lately. The Colorado band, longtime music-biz chancers, sounds like an aggressively ordinary Audrina/arena rock combo, combining the least distinctive traits of the Fray, Matchbox Twenty, Nickelback or (to be charitable) Coldplay. But Timbaland has given them a huge hit with his remix of "Apologize," and a fine hit it is, too: a compellingly incongruous...

Dead By Sunrise-Out Of Ashes(2009)

An artists portfolio is a very important and personal item; only the best of their work is picked to be presented and they must chose each piece themselves. It’s often recommended that an artist begin and finish the portfolio with the two strongest pieces, descending from each end into the middle with the weakest of the strong. It seems to me that Chester Bennington has followed this advice exactly with his deeply personal new project Dead By Sunrise. Not only is the album some of his...

81 db – Evaluation(2009.11)

81db is a metal/alternative/rock band formed in Florence Italy back in 2006 by the Greek guitarist Kostas Ladopoulos. After the release of the EP “Promo XXX” in 2007 and after having the pleasure and the honour to play as an open act for the almighty Deep Purple, the first full length album of the band “Evaluation” came along , flattening everything that came across its path! Powerful, original, fresh and totally brilliant in every aspect… And what a brilliant start for 81db indeed!...

Mudvayne.-.[L.D.50]-2000

Mudvayne boasts a couple of elements that distinguish it from most contemporary heavy metal outfits. The band adopts bizarre facial makeup that is less suggestive of Kiss than of a bunch of boys who, having failed to plan their Halloween costumes, threw something together by raiding their mother's vanity case. And lead singer Kud (they have funny pseudonyms, too) doesn't always sing in a typical hardcore howl, sometimes descending into a more conventional voice, as if he were auditioning to...

Korn.-.[Issues]-2008

Bill Boyd (Crew), Nick DiDia (Engineer), Stephen Marcussen (Mastering), Brendan O'Brien (Producer), Brendan O'Brien (Mixing), Eddy Schreyer (Mastering), Scott Tatter (Crew), Chuck Johnson (Engineer), Chuck Johnson (Mixing), Aimee MacAuley (Advisor), Stephen Stickler (Photography), Andrew Garver (Digital Editing), Ross Robinson (Producer), Ross Robinson (Engineer), Ross Robinson (Mixing), Judith Kiener (Vocals), James "Munky" Shaffer (Guitar), James "Munky" Shaffer (Group Member), Kaz Utsunomiya...