Category: music reviews

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Kate Nash – My Best Friend is You

After the fresh Made of Bricks, Kate Nash comes back with an album that’s better produced, but loses the rawness of her debut. My Best Friend is You still sounds like Nash, but that bundle of quirky energy has now been contained.

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Kara – Lupin

It seems that every girl group in Korea is doing comebacks with a seemly “darker” concept. The otherwise very sweet Kara turn into thieves, ready to steal your heart and perhaps your wallet.

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Kanye West – Yeezus

A hodge-podge of an album that, while at times is brilliant in its belligerence, could do to with a bit more substance and more acute honesty.

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Kalafina – After Eden

As a whole After Eden is a very dramatic album with great moments and magnificent composition. The variety of rhythms and styles will surely impress you.

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JYJ – The Beginning

The Beginning is an album that’s an interesting mixture of lackluster, commendable, and well-composed tracks — a promising, albeit risky, debut that probably needs a few close listens to truly appreciate.

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Juanes – MTV Unplugged

Juanes is really not unfamiliar to this strong Latin sound in his music, but it’s more evident in this performance thanks to Juan Luis Guerra’s arrangements and overall take-over as a producer.

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Joo – Heartmade

Going back to training because she felt she was lacking, singer JOO is back with a mini-album that is a nice mix between rnb and pop.

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Jónsi – Go

Melodic post-rock band Sigur Rós vocalist Jónsi releases his solo debut. Go starts off full of energy to finally tell the story of a life well-lived. Perfection.