Nick DeRiso / December 13, 2010 8:55 pm
by Nick DeRiso I wasn’t sure what to make of this album when it came out earlier this summer. Was Brothers a smart pivot back to the Black Keys’ creative strengths, after some time spent noodling around with only partially successful side projects? Or was it a calculated, and maybe unsatisfying, cash-in retrenchment? I’ve decided it’s the first. Singer/guitarist Dan [...]
Nick DeRiso / December 13, 2010 6:29 am
by Nick DeRiso While much of Tony Joe White‘s new recording “The Shine” feels so bare-bones as to be undercooked, the muscular “Tell Me Why” bubbles up with the rough moral drama of a storyteller’s yarn. Still standing, despite years unjustly spent outside fame’s spotlight, White hasn’t stopped believing in himself, and in his work: “It’s all about the song, [...]
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