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This part of the Bad Boy family is one standout son. G-Dep has the good flow and rhythms that will make him famous on his own. Child of the Ghetto is an excellent debut album for the very real and raw rapper. It features a unique street ghetto sound ...

G-spot is Gail Silverman. First of all, a word about the packaging. The theme of EXPERIENCE THE PLEASURE is, well, pleasure, with an artistic rendition of, uh, a pair of thin, half-parted lips repeated throughout the cover. Yeh, not those lips, THOSE lips. The theme continues throughout the CD, and ...

Anthony Gallucio has been a star on the Philadelphia music scene for years. Finally, his debut album as simply Gallucio, All For You, gives him a chance to garner acclaim from the rest of the country. First and foremost, Gallucio brings top notch guitar to the fold. It’s ...

Simply put, this is an album that is a joke but plays like a hardcore entry in to the N.W.A music catalogue.  This collection of songs is based on a mockumentary (think This is Spinal Tap)  about a fictitious gangsta rap group.  The film, so I’ve been told, is of ...

There are some guys who were born to lead. Jimi Hendrix was a sideman for Ike Turner, The Isley Brothers, Curtis Knight (who?) And a couple of other acts, but it was obvious he needed to front his own thing. John Fogerty, a quiet force of nature, quietly wrested control ...

After about a decade on the delta, Mr. Moore amps up and tightens the grip with a brand new trio and “Scars,” a Rock and Rollin’ end result from the guitar great that went the way of the hills (and far away) many a midnight moon ago.  Listeners expecting a ...

That tenor saxist Gato Barbieri is still releasing albums into his 70s is one of the few real marvels in modern jazz. A remarkably charismatic figure with a scarf always draped around his shoulders and floppy hat cocked to shadow his face, Barbieri was at the forefront of Latin jazz ...

Solo albums are difficult. It’s unavoidable that listeners will judge the new solo material by comparing it to the old songs done with the full band. Still, Gavin Rossdale decided to give it a shot. Although it’s been a while since the former Bush front-man has been in the news ...

If you’re not familiar with GBH, don’t feel bad; at least you’ve still got your health.  And if you are, hear them again for the first time… and the second, and so on.  No surprises, sucks ups, or signs of sell out, some twenty years after their very first “City ...

Every so often, I’ll walk into a record store to browse, and walk out with something I’ve never heard of. I examine the cover art, read the description, ask the stoner behind the counter his opinion, and decide to shell out the thirteen bucks. An impulse buy, ...

Gene Butler is of indeterminate age, though his leather voice would seem to be indicative of a 70 pack year history of cigarette smoking. He certainly does not fit into the Nashville pretty boy box --- he is based, at first blush improbably, out of Los Angeles --- so his ...

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My first impressions of Geoff Tate's self-titled solo debut ran along the lines of that first taste of Bruce Dickinson's solo material a few years ago. As in that case, I put in the CD expecting to hear something akin to what these great vocalists perform with their main bands, ...

Funny how even when George Jones is no longer at the center of the universe, all the noise is still all about George Jones. His latest publicity skirmish with Garth Brooks is proving to be one of the more sensational info-tainment and tabloid tidbits that we'd expect from country's original ...

I can safely say that I’ve never heard Jewish music before, and that I had never heard of one of its biggest stars, Gershon Veroba. But now, having had my first taste, I do think it’s very interesting. I can’t understand one lick of most of the songs on this ...

A quick note on Gettoness: they’re sick. Straight up. Whether in Spanish or English, or even Spanglish, they deliver with every line and every hook, and are definitely one of the most promising artists from the El Paso/Juarez area. With their self-titled debut album Gettoness, Xemt and ...

To refute the stub at Pitchfork:  this is an album of solid song craft.  Robotique Majestique is a little more dank than Ghostland Observatory’s first two albums, but burns brightly as an aggressive electro-rock album.Ghostland Observatory is comprised of two men:  Aaron Behrens (the singer/dancing shaman) and Thomas Ross Turner ...

"Regular rock made by regular guys." That's the main impression coming from Ginger Moon's "Celebrity Volunteers" album. In the liner notes, there's a quote from one of the band members about how there's "One tune in here for everybody's tastes," and that pretty much sums up the album. The band ...

I've never really followed the Gipsy Kings, but I was at least peripherally aware that they had been m.i.a. Since 1997's COMPAS. They are back now with a new label (the always brilliant Nonesuch), and a new CD, SOMOS GITANOS, but I don't see any immediate plans to tour. In ...

Githead is a band headed by Wire’s Colin Newman and Minimal Compact’s Malka Spigel. The group’s third album, Art Pop is exactly as it is named. It is pop music with a touch of artful edge that keeps it interesting. The songs range from almost straight-up pop, such as On your Own, ...

One of the small number of Ross Robinson- produced discs that doesn't stand to profit from his Midas touch at the controls. Not that his metal-hop treatments are slacking in severity. Honestly, what's really unjust about the entire project is that Glassjaw are a noble punk-pop/ leaning band smothered in ...

When it comes to ratings, I’m not one to hand out star quality like 10.0.  An album has to be pretty much perfect in order to receive the highest of the high grades.  But, alas, I have found such perfection with Glen Helgeson’s whirlwind album, Distant Borders Revisited.In ...

Glen Reynolds has been around the Texas music scene for a bit, and he is no stranger to the recording process, having created a couple of projects with the band Chomsky and one with Liquid 3. IN BETWEEN DAYS is Reynold’s first solo project, recorded over a period of roughly ...

For Glenn Lewis, the world outside his window is a new world than what he was used to; this Canadian has not found the fame and warmth from his country as he has found in the US.  Epic Records has found another silky-voiced R&B singer to add to the Sony ...