Rob O'connor

CD Review: The Hives

By Rob O'connor
Posted December 14, 2007

The Black and White Album A&M/Octone Music •••• Sound ••••

Hip-hop producer Pharrell Williams collaborates on a danceflo

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CD Review: The Kennedys

By Rob O'connor
Posted January 28, 2008

Better Dreams Appleseed Music •••½ Sound ••••

No matter what the situation, Maura Kennedy's sweetly parsed vo

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My Morning Jacket

CD Review

By Rob O'connor
Posted July 16, 2008

Evil Urges ATO Music •••½ Sound ••••

My Morning Jacket is in the basement, mixing up the medicine.

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

CD Review

By Rob O'connor
Posted July 23, 2008

Anti- Music ••• Sound ••••

At this point in Nick Cave's nearly 30-year career, there isn't any unclaimed territory for him to visit.

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The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely

CD Review

By Rob O'connor
Posted July 23, 2008

Third Man/Warner Bros. Music ••• Sound ••••

To Jack White, everything is a concept.

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The Black Crowes: Warpaint

CD Review

By Rob O'connor
Posted August 1, 2008

Silver Arrow Music ••½ Sound •••½

In pop music terms, a span of 7 years ain't what it used to be.

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Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers

CD Review

By Rob O'connor
Posted July 31, 2008

Zoe/Rounder Music •••½ Sound ••••

For Album No.

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Changing to a country horse . . .

CD review

By Rob O'connor
Posted March 6, 2009

ATO Music ••• Sound •••• Let's hear it for Kitt Kitterman!

Who?

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Morrissey: Years of Refusal

CD review

By Rob O'connor
Posted March 11, 2009

Attack/Lost Highway Music •••• Sound •••• Okay, one of the labels involved with releasing this new Morrissey album is the alt-country leader Lost Highway,

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!

CD review

By Rob O'connor
Posted May 19, 2009

Dress Up/DGC/Interscope Music ••• Sound ••• The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' third studio album is another major advancement in the Manhattan-hatched trio's so

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