2006-02-20
The enthralling new Streets of New York (released Feb. 21 on the equally new 00:02:59 label) finds the artist in his mid-fifties, his youthful energy unflagging, and he’s never sounded more committed to the themes he’s tackled. They range from the title track—a gritty paean to his adopted hometown that he describes as “my love song to the city”—to the chilling “Cell Phones Ringing (in the Pockets of the Dead),” his unflinching response to the 2004 Madrid train bombings. - James GamblePRETENDERS
Break up the Concrete
VOODOO SWING
Fast Cars, Guitars, Tattoos, and Scars
NICK CURRAN AND THE LOWLIFES
REFORM SCHOOL GIRL
Elephant Stone
Ship Of Fools
Shawn Lee / Various
- Under the Sun
FRENCH STYLE FURS
Is Exotic Bait
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