Sunday, January 18, 2009

Alex Music blog

Alex Music blog

A-Teens - The Abba Generation (2000)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 10:48 PM PST

Amazon.com Does the world really need the glorious pop gems of Abba to be slavishly rerecorded by a bunch of Swedish teenagers? The answer in this case is no. The A*Teens alter the near-perfect disco anthems with only hints of more modern, high-tech tweaks. By staying true to the tunes, the A*Teens are really just a tribute band, lacking in any imagination, irony, or insight into how to

Joshua Radin - First Between 3rd and 4th (2004)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 10:39 PM PST

From Amazone Songwriting is a very personal process for Joshua Radin; his songs capture the listener and keep them entranced from beginning to end. Each moment can become a snapshot in time generated by a specific creative spark for this upcoming artist -- whose hit song "Winter" was recently featured on the NBC television sit-com Scrubs. Joshua began his artistic pursuits at an early age with

Joshua Radin - We Were Here (2006)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 10:35 PM PST

From Amazon.com Contrary to what Garth Brooks once sang, it never hurts to have friends in high places. Though Joshua Radin is sure to have found his way without them, it can't have done much harm to have gone to college with actor/director Zach Braff and singer/songwriter Cary Brothers, two of his more supportive schoolmates. The connections led to several appearances on Scrubs (starting with