Archive for November, 2003

Nov 21 2003

Outkast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Published by Christine Rankin under Music Reviews

OTO Rating: 8/10
     Take a moment to picture this. In the decade since starting their eccentric journey to beyond the limits of what hip hop could produce, Antwan “Big Boi” Patterson and Andre “Dre 3000” Benjamin have seemed inseparable, equally crucial parts to the production of one unified sound. But somehow here they are, on a [...]

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Nov 15 2003

The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow

Published by Christine Rankin under Best Of, Music Reviews

OTO Rating: 9/10
     Imagine a musical land filled with beautiful, meandering explosions of sounds. Where every song lives in its own world, incorporating entrancing melodies with exquisitely crafted lyrics. A place where the streets are lined with sounds of glistening vocals intertwined with haunting instrumentation. In this Utopia undoubtedly Modest Mouse would reside there and I’m [...]

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