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No success like failure

The Roots and OutKast step into the future
The wild, idle guessing game over the Roots’ Game Theory and OutKast’s Idlewild is finished.
By FRANKLIN SOULTS  |  October 03, 2006

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Chris Knight

Enough Rope | Emergent/92E
Chris Knight began writing this album aiming for a hit on country radio, the only mass arena left for his blend of 1970s-’80s rock, folk, and country.
By FRANKLIN SOULTS  |  September 26, 2006

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Young, gifted, and blonde

Christina Aguilera stripped down to basics
What starts as a tribute to ‘Aretha and Miles’ ends as a far more loving tribute to Christina Aguilera’s first and greatest inspiration, Christina Aguilera.
By FRANKLIN SOULTS  |  September 06, 2006

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Jurassic 5

Feedback | Interscope  
Major-label “positive” rappers like this decade-old crew have defended the old school like schoolmarms upholding the five principles of hip-hop as if they were as much fun as the three R’s. Jurassic 5, "Work It Out" feat. Dave Matthews Band  (Quicktime)
By FRANKLIN SOULTS  |  August 21, 2006

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Oh brother, where alt thou?

A popular cult genre searches for its lost highway
In the summer of 1995, Grant Alden was documenting “the tail end of the grunge years” as managing editor of a Seattle music weekly, the Rocket . Alejandro Escovedo, "Broken Bottle" (mp3 via MySpace) Drive-By Truckers, "Feb. 14" (mp3 via MySpace)
By FRANKLIN SOULTS  |  August 02, 2006

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Dr. Octagon

The Return of Dr. Octagon | OCD International
How much fun can a CD be that opens with images of environmental collapse punctuated by the plaintive chorus “Trees are dyin’ ”? Dr. Octagon, 'Aliens' Promo video Dr. Octagon, “A Gorilla Driving A Pick-Up Truck” - Kid Loco (Banana Loco Remix)  (mp3)
By FRANKLIN SOULTS  |  July 24, 2006

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Los Lobos

Wolf Tracks: The Best Of Los Lobos | Rhino
How have this band of East LA wolves not only survived but thrived in the hostile midlands of popular music for 30 years?
By FRANKLIN SOULTS  |  July 18, 2006

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Drive-By Truckers

A Blessing and a Curse | New West
According to the liner notes, these hard-living Southern rockers recorded most of their seventh album “within hours” of writing it in the studio.
By FRANKLIN SOULTS  |  May 17, 2006
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