James Hunter

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Wicked French Party Tunes From Band Named Rinôçérôse

by James Hunter
Mar. 5th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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It's not everyday you run across fun party music made by a couple of French psychologists.  read more »

Gary Allan's Old Hat … The Sounds of Malkovich

by James Hunter
Feb. 6th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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A quiet string of guitar eighth-notes rises and falls as drums brush along, and "Smoke Rings in the  read more »

John Barry in All His Glory

by James Hunter
Jan. 16th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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A supernatural-looking CD entitled Playing by Heart is billed to John Barry, Chris Botti and, weirdl  read more »

Crossover Tenors Invade United States

by James Hunter
Dec. 19th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Crossover tenors are full-grown men in good clothes who often behave like naughty students.  read more »

Fiona Apple Blossoms … Sonic Youth's Millennial Boom

by James Hunter and David Bowman
Nov. 21st, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Fiona Apple BlossomsIn 1996, amid talk of girl power and waifdom, a tiny 18-year-oldsinger-songwrite  read more »

Unsung East Village Songwriter And His 69 Love Songs

by James Hunter
Oct. 17th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs (Merge).Stephin Merritt, a 30-ish Yonkers-born resident of the Ea  read more »

David Byrne Has Got His Ears Wide Open

by James Hunter
Jun. 27th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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For the last 10 years, David Byrne has run Luaka Bop, the Manhattan-based record label that speciali  read more »

Backstreet Boys Play Coy, Robbie Williams Is a Joy

by James Hunter
May. 23rd, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Just as publications everywhere are doing their damnedest to grasp the suddenly galloping sensibilit  read more »

Warhol Without the Wackos: Underworld's Beaucoup Fish

by James Hunter
Apr. 18th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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There's always been something different about Underworld, the three cunning Englishmen who in the 90  read more »

Blur's Tender Mercies Shine Through Sheen of 13

by James Hunter
Apr. 4th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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13 (Virgin), the new album from England's Blur, opens with a little country music.  read more »

What Big Ears They Have! Massive Attack's Remix Art

by James Hunter
Feb. 14th, 1999, 8:00 pm
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Singles 90/98 (Virgin), the Lamborghini of boxed sets, is a collection of 63 tracks by the Bristol,  read more »

Is Rock Dead? No, It's Just Morphing

by James Hunter
May. 17th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Every now and then, when only a few bands are able to engage large numbers of listeners with songs t  read more »

More Fun With Martinis, Girls and Guns on 007 Albums

by James Hunter
Jan. 11th, 1998, 8:00 pm
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Pushing her voice to surge and sparkle in ways it just doesn't want to, Sheryl Crow tries and tries  read more »