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CD Review: The Beach Boys
(amazon.com) The Beach Boys That’s Why God Made the Radio Capitol/EMI By David Chiu On the heels of the Beach Boys’ 50th anniversary is not another hits compilation, but an actual brand-new album and...
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CD Review: The Beatles
(amazon.com) The Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack Capitol/EMI By David Chiu This shouldn’t be confused with the original Yellow Submarine album, which was about half Beatles songs (including “Hey...
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CD Review: Ultravox
(amazon.com) Ultravox Brilliant Chrysalis/EMI by David Chiu Is this 1981 or 1982 all over again? First Duran Duran released All You Need Is Now and it has been hailed as a return to form. Now another...
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CD Review: Patti Smith
(amazon.com) Patti Smith Banga Columbia By David Chiu Banga is the punk poet’s first new album of original material since 2004’s trampin’, and it furthers on her powerful words accompanied by dynamic...
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CD Review: Art Garfunkel
(amazon.com) Art Garfunkel The Singer Columbia/Legacy By David Chiu Recently, Paul Simon released a double-CD collection titled Songwriter that focused on the many great songs he wrote throughout his...
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CD Review: Amanda Palmer
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra Theater Is Evil 8 Ft Records By David Chiu Theater Is Evil is the latest solo work from the Dresden Doll singer, a dazzling collection of grandiose,...
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CD Review: Roxy Music
Roxy Music The Complete Studio Recordings Virgin/EMI By David Chiu They may not have achieved greater popularity in the States during their career, but Roxy Music were certainly one the most unique...
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CD Review: Michael Jackson
(amazon.com) Michael Jackson Bad25 Epic/Legacy By David Chiu Bad, Michael Jackson’s 1987 album, had the big task of being the follow-up to the massively popular Thriller five years earlier. While it...
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CD Review: The Beach Boys
(amazon.com) The Beach Boys 50 Big Ones: Greatest Hits Capitol/EMI by David Chiu As the title indicates, this 2-CD set collects 50 of the Beach Boys best known hits, fitting that this year marks the...
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CD Review: John Cale
John Cale Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood Double Six By David Chiu Forty-five years since stamping his reputation on the Velvet Underground’s landmark debut record, The Velvet Underground and Nico,...
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CD Review: Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Columbia/Legacy by David Chiu Before tribute concerts to legendary artists became the norm, the gold standard was the one held for Bob Dylan at...
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CD Review: Linda Perhacs
Linda Perhacs The Soul of All Natural Things Asthmatic Kitty by David Chiu It’s an amazing story that couldn’t possibly be made up in anyone’s wild imagination: A dental hygienist who recorded a...
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CD Review: Dean Wareham
Dean Wareham Dean Wareham Double Door Records by David Chiu Dean Wareham had spent most of his 25 years in music fronting two great alternative rock bands, first with Galaxie 500 in the late ’80s, and...
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CD Review: Little Feat
Little Feat Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971 to 1990 Warner Bros. By David Chiu It’s amazing how a band from ’70s Southern California whose contemporaries included the Eagles, Fleetwood...
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CD Review: Dawn Landes
Shervin Lainez Dawn Landes Bluebird Western Vinyl by David Chiu Four years after her last studio album Sweet Heart Rodeo, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Dawn Landes returns with probably her most...
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CD Review: The Dream Syndicate
The Dream Syndicate The Day Before Wine and Roses Omnivore Recordings by David Chiu For die-hard fans of the Dream Syndicate, this live release recorded at radio station KPFK on Sept. 5, 1982 is...
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CD Review: Laura Cantrell
(amazon) Laura Cantrell No Way There From Here Thrift Shop Recordings by David Chiu It’s been almost a decade since Laura Cantrell released an album of all original studio material, but with No Way...
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CD Review: Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright Ume by David Chiu It’s amazing how time passes by in 15 years. Back in 1998, singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright came on the scene and caused bit...
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CD Review: BOYTOY
(Jesse Untracht Oakner) BOYTOY BOYTOY EP Papercup Music by David Chiu This Brooklyn trio’s sound certainly evokes the indie rock groups of the ’90s – most particularly Throwing Muses and the Breeders –...
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CD Review: Elton John
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Boxed Set Mercury/Ume by David Chiu Throughout his career, Elton John has released so many albums – and that’s not even counting the...
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