Hollywood's Grey's Anatomy, Vols. 1-3 box collects all three compilations from the popular television medical dramedy....
(12/17/07) Hollywood's Grey's Anatomy, Vols. 1-3 box collects all three compilations from the popular television medical dramedy. Each disc is a veritable who's who of post-9/11 indie pop and adult alternative pop/rock, with artists as disparate as R&B maestro John Legend ("Sun Comes Up") and indie/cabaret duo the Ditty Bops ("There's a Girl") and as complementary as Tegan and Sara ("Where Does the Good Go") and Peter Bjorn and John ("Young Folks"). Reverend Lee Power, All Music GuideSee less
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Although he hails from Nashville, this singer-songwriter could easily be voted 2006's Least Likely to Don a Cowboy Hat....
(12/17/07) Although he hails from Nashville, this singer-songwriter could easily be voted 2006's Least Likely to Don a Cowboy Hat. Instead of twang, Kearney conjures up a mélange of Coldplay-styled sensitive-guy rock and a low-slung strain of rap-folk that's not all that far removed from G. Love's forays into that little-explored realm. When he's in the former mode, as on the arcing ballad "All I Need," Kearney turns relatively minimalist, leaning on a simple piano line for support but carrying the tune with his supple, affable voice. When he lets his funkier side shine -- most notably on the groove-based "Undeniable" and "Bullet" (far and away the disc's most aggressive number) -- he gussies things up a little more, but not at the expense of losing the organic feel he so clearly values. Nothing Left to Lose, which contains new performances of a handful of tracks from Kearney's 2004 album, Bullet, marks his first major mainstream inroad, but he has gotten some prior notice on the Christian scene....See less
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It's not that hard to write a catchy tune, but crafting songs that create an emotional connection with just about anyone...
(12/17/07) It's not that hard to write a catchy tune, but crafting songs that create an emotional connection with just about anyone who hears them -- well, that's an altogether tougher task. Despite their relative youth -- frontman and primary songwriter Isaac Slade is just 25 -- this Denver-bred quartet proved their ability to do just that with the breakthrough hit "Over My Head (Cable Car)," a poignant tale that details Slade's relationship with his brother in remarkably universal language. Slade's piano playing is the primary coloring agent in songs such as "Look After You" and "Heaven Forbid," and while that might initially suggest similarly constructed British bands like Coldplay and Keane, there's nothing particularly Anglophilic about what lurks in the grooves of How to Save a Life. If anything, the foursome come across as sincere torchbearers of old-school Americana -- the branch nurtured by folks like Jakob Dylan and the Gin Blossoms -- who'll be capable of soldiering on no matter which...See less
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Season two of the hit television medical drama Grey's Anatomy focused much more on the relationships of its characters...
(12/17/07) Season two of the hit television medical drama Grey's Anatomy focused much more on the relationships of its characters rather than everyone just trying to make it through each unpredictable day as doctors at a Seattle hospital. This change of pace is reflected in the subsequent second volume of the show's soundtrack. Just like the indie rock and adult alternative tunes that appeared on the first Grey's Anatomy soundtrack (appealing to the legions who bought the Garden State album as well), Grey's Anatomy, Vol. 2 has music that reflects the characters' daily doctoral stress as well as their forays into love. Each week brought another relationship quandary to be sorted out amid all the gauze and open-heart surgeries, and songs like the electro-sleaze of Ursula 1000's "Kaboom!" and the trashy garage rock of the Chalets' "Sexy Mistake" are perfect complementary sounds. The warm piano-pop tunage of the Fray's "How to Save a Life" is practically begging to be a background piece and works...See less
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The Damnwells have concocted a sound somewhere between alternative country and alternative rock on Air Stereo, an odd...
(12/17/07) The Damnwells have concocted a sound somewhere between alternative country and alternative rock on Air Stereo, an odd combination of rough and tumble electric guitars and smooth harmony. Perhaps the band's oddest trademark is its Eagles-style harmony on "Golden Days," an element that adds a bit of pop sheen to the Damnwells' sound. The arrangements are fairly straightforward, with guitar, bass, and drums covering the basics while lap steel and piano add a little something extra. Alex Dezen handles the lead vocals, and like a number of his peers, embodies the right mixture of white boy angst and sincerity on songs like "Sell the Lie." At times, this rustic, anguished approach seems to run against the grain of the happier songs on the album like "I've Got You" and "Accidental Man," and is likewise at odds with the pretty harmony. But the Damnwells, like many other alternative bands, never seem to stay happy for very long. The elliptical "Shiny Bruise" follows a morose tempo that says...See less
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