All Posts Tagged With: "Crying In My Beer"

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Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner

Shannon Stephens sings about the frequent downs and rare ups of a life as a commuter. Up at five to get to the office in time - You know the drill. Yet Stephens will get a smile out of you before the album is over.

7Dec2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Castanets - Texas Rose The Thaw & The Beast

Texas Rose is a kind of ambient country album that uncoils lazily like a strip of tarmac in the desert while frontman Ray Raposa recounts his dark tales in a comfortably worn in voice.

30Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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King Midas Sound ‘Waiting For You’

King Midas Sound revive the lost heritage of the Dub Poets, a unique scene that combined gritty social realism with mellow Reggae vibes in 1980’s Britain. Roger Robinson’s hypnotic falsetto voice and the easy flowing music let the words speak for themselves. The ultimate chill-out album with a message.

3Nov2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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The Oxygen Ponies - Harmony Handgrenade

Brutally direct and delicately beautiful at the same time, ‘Harmony Handgrenade’ is an album for those of you who like articulate rock music with a bite.

28Sep2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Starsailor ‘All The Plans’

Starsailor started off with a bang eight years ago and have since burnt out. Once a leading light in the league of emotive stadium rockers, they have fallen far behind Coldplay, Elbow and the latecomers.

2Apr2009 | The Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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Bonnie Prince Billy ‘Beware’

This is Country Noir, the Cain to Nashville’s innocent Abel. Dark songs about lust and frustration by Kentucky’s most infamous export since Bourbon whiskey - Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.

30Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Finally Revealed: The Top 5 Break-Up Songs

Elvis Costello’s hauntingly intense ‘I Want You’ is the Top Break-up Song as voted for by Tuneraker readers in our recent poll.

6Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Mighty Stef ‘100 Midnights’

You heard U2, now it is time for some FRESH, NEW talent from Ireland: Meet Dublin’s blue collar rock bard The Mighty Stef.

3Mar2009 | The Editor | 1 comment | Continued
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Nevermind Valentines Day Here’s The Top 20 Break-Up Songs

If you just split up with your significant other or if you just can’t bear the sight of any more teddy bears and love hearts - This Top 20 Chart of Break-Up Songs is definitely for you!

12Feb2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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White Lies ‘To Lose My Life’

White Lies are usually portrayed as the earnest young men carrying the torch of Joy Division and the doom merchants that followed. I don’t get that. I think it’s just pomp rock on a shoestring budget.

3Feb2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued