Musicalwork Review

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  MusicalWork Review Broadcast: Berberian Sound Studio OST

  The British experimental pop group’s first release since the death of singer Trish Keenan is a fittingly spooky film score.

  January 8, 2013 | 12:01am -

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  MusicalWork Review Dropkick Murphys: Signed And Sealed In Blood

  The Celtic-punk stalwarts get back to the grit.

  January 8, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  MusicalWork Review Bruno Mars: Unorthodox Jukebox

  Bruno Mars, deviant superfreak?

  December 18, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  MusicalWork Review Solange: True

  Beyoncé’s sister finds an artistic identity all her own.

  December 18, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  MusicalWork Review Balmorhea: Stranger

  A Texas band draws a cityscape with sound.

  December 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  MusicalWork Review Big Boi: Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors

  The Outkast veteran returns with another solo success.

  December 11, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  MusicalWork Review Green Day: ¡Tre!

  An ambitious pop-punk trilogy goes out in a blaze of blah.

  December 11, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  MusicalWork Review Wiz Khalifa: O.N.I.F.C.

  The flourishing weed rapper can’t resist pop’s allure.

  December 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  MusicalWork Review Ke$ha: Warrior

  The polarizing pop superstar successfully takes risks on her second album.

  December 4, 2012 | 12:04am -

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  MusicalWork Review Memory Tapes: Grace/Confusion

  Grace / Confusion either delivers Chillwave’s crowning achievement or transcends it altogether.

  December 4, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  MusicalWork Review The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Deluxe Edition)

  A disappointingly conventional treatment of an album that once represented unease and discomfort with convention.

  December 4, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  MusicalWork Review Jessie Ware: Devotion

  A former backup singer brings warmth to restrained, sophisticated sexiness.

  December 4, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  MusicalWork Review Tame Impala: Lonerism

  Sad-bastard lyrics mix with positively joyous music.

  December 4, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  MusicalWork Review Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special

  Comedy for two: Mom and Dad.

  November 30, 2012 | 5:40pm -

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  MusicalWork Review Kid Rock: Rebel Soul

  Kid Rock drops country, rock, and hip-hop beats on uneven album.

  November 27, 2012 | 12:04am -

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  MusicalWork Review Big Dipper: Crashes On The Platinum Planet

  This band’s nearly as good the second time around.

  November 27, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  MusicalWork Review Metz: Metz

  Noise never sounded so nourishing.

  November 27, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  MusicalWork Review Frightened Rabbit: State Hospital EP

  Five songs to tide eager fans over until February.

  November 27, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  MusicalWork Review Angel Haze: Reservation

  A contender for 2012’s Next Big Thing displays an impressive sense of self-possession.

  November 27, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  MusicalWork Review Kyle Kinane: Whiskey Icarus

  The album version of the Comedy Central special finds the humor in morbidity and sadness.

  November 23, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  MusicalWork Review Rihanna: Unapologetic

  On her seventh album, Rihanna pushes her bad-girl defiance into unsettling territory.

  November 20, 2012 | 12:04am -

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  MusicalWork Review Massive Attack: Blue Lines

  A groundbreaking trip-hop album celebrates 20 years.

  November 20, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  MusicalWork Review Alt-J: An Awesome Wave

  The Mercury Prize winners make a record that’s pleasant, albeit forgettable.

  November 20, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  MusicalWork Review Menomena: Moms

  The Portland band is down a key member, but manages to find strength in loss.

  November 20, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  MusicalWork Review Woods: Bend Beyond

  A Brooklyn band pushes past its lo-fi comfort zone with an excellent batch of tunes.

  November 20, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  MusicalWork Review Green Day: ¡Dos!

  An ambitious pop-punk trilogy hits its sophomore slump.

  November 13, 2012 | 12:03am -

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  MusicalWork Review Christina Aguilera: Lotus

  The pop vet loses sight of her creativity, strengths.

  November 13, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  MusicalWork Review Brian Eno: Lux

  An ambient pioneer returns to the tones that made him.

  November 13, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  MusicalWork Review Soundgarden: King Animal

  The Seattle rockers revisit the sounds that made them grunge-era icons.

  November 13, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  MusicalWork Review Aerosmith: Music From Another Dimension!

  It’s the rock legends’ best album in years, but that doesn’t say much.

  November 6, 2012 | 12:04am -