Joe Daley

CD Review: Have Mercy’s “Make the Best of It” – Best Isn’t Good Enough

May 14, 2017
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Acclaimed emo band Have Mercy doesn’t deliver much that’s new on their latest LP.

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CD Review: Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” – A Manic Search

May 3, 2017
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Kendrick Lamar has produced a scattered album for a scattered time.

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CD Review: Dropkick Murphys’ “11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory” – Not Painful, But Not Glorious

January 14, 2017
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The Dropkick Murphys tick all the boxes on their latest full-length album.

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CD Review: American Football’s “American Football (LP2)”

October 31, 2016
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American Football’s new album would be a fine effort for anyone but American Football.

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CD Review: Green Day’s “Revolution Radio” – Not Very Radical

October 15, 2016
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Green Day’s latest offering is a largely unoriginal, imitative hodgepodge.

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Book Review: “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” — A Mundane Stream of Consciousness

September 16, 2016
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Amy Schumer’s quasi-memoir is composed of stuff that would be better off posted on Facebook.

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Music Review: Rapper Vince Staples Longs for Escape in “Prima Donna”

September 4, 2016
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Prima Donna is a rare thing: a conceptual EP that works.

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