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...industry for some artists this year. Shunned by Nashville since 2003, when lead singer Natalie Maines told a London crowd, "We're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas," the DIXIE CHICKS collected five Grammys for their unrepentant single Not Ready to Make Nice and their album Taking the Long Way. While accepting the Best Country Album award, a vindicated Maines said, "To quote the great Simpsons: Hah-hah!" LUDACRIS, meanwhile, wryly thanked two VIP hip-hop critics when he won Best Rap Album for Release Therapy. "Special shout-out to Oprah, special shout-out to Bill...
...abrupt rather than flowing melodically. You’re not being wooed through the song as with many Britpop bands; you’re being jerked around by a lack of consistent melody. Whereas some groups can use this to their artistic favor, Field Music has produced an album that makes listening uncomfortable...
...Give It Lose It Take It,” opens the album on a fairly promising note, marked by xylophones, Beatles guitar, and compelling vocals set over an up-tempo beat. Early hopes are dashed, though, by the entrance of a cheesy synth midway through the song that quickly turns it into the soundtrack of an old Nintendo game...
Although Field Music’s aims are surely noble, their album is ultimately hard to listen to and rather dull. It provides a scavenger hunt for Beatles fans and not much else. Despite demonstrating promising possibilities for the future, Field Music is still from Sunderland, not Liverpool...
...thanks, Natalie Portman), James Mercer and his Portland posse are back. The Shins, whose jangly melodies and eccentric poetry became all too well-known with a double appearance on the “Garden State” soundtrack, now experiment with a more fleshed-out sound on their third album, “Wincing the Night Away.” The tracks off “Wincing” are less instantly adorable than the band’s former hits. Upbeat tunes “Australia” and “Red Rabbits” offer a taste...