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CD REVIEWS: HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR - Pop (San Francisco Chronicle) 06 July 2008

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) If the vocals on a few cuts of Hercules and Love Affair's first full-length CD sound familiar, it's because the pipes belong to Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons, with whom Hercules' mastermind Andrew Butler composed the song...

Free Music Tuesday: Doveman Covers "Footloose" (Chicagoist) 03 July 2008

We've swooned to Doveman before, but we're admittedly familiar with the collective's frontman, Thomas Bartlett, thanks to collaborations with a wide-range of other groups (The Swell Season, The National, Antony & The Johnsons). And now Bartlett has given us another reason to swoon: a free cover record of songs from the movie Footloose . But this is not merely a toss-off collection. ...

Ben Weaver Puts Ax In Oak (ChartAttack.com) 04 July 2008

After signing a multi-album deal with Bloodshot Records, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben Weaver will release his The Ax In The Oak label debut on Aug. 12.

CD REVIEW: Joan As Police Woman (Richmond Times-Dispatch) 03 July 2008

Fans of Regina Spektor, Rickie Lee Jones and Rufus Wainwright may want to tune in to Joan Wasser's latest.

We're loving those strong disco beats (Miami Herald) 04 July 2008

DANCE HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR Hercules and Love Affair Mute ½ Disco will never die -- it just keeps reinventing itself.

TV police series 'The Closer' is stunningly beautiful to watch in more ways than one (The Oklahoman) 04 July 2008

Yes, I've been spending time with a cop show. But before you judge me, understand that this is no ordinary cop show, and the star is definitely a looker. TNT's "The Closer” is the exception to the flood of cop shows airing these days, thanks to a great supporting cast, led by the talented Kyra Sedgwick, and some sharp writing. Sedgwick's Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson heads the Priority ...

Recordings (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) 03 July 2008

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FONT SIZE (Las Vegas CityLife) 03 July 2008

How the French beat New York to the punch when it came to reimagining disco is anyone's guess.

New music on the shelves (The Olympian) 03 July 2008

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Corpuz, Hellman and Izquierdo Set for Red Bull "In the Raw" Readings (Playbill) 02 July 2008

Initial casting has been announced for Red Bull Theater's "In the Raw" readings of Kay Matschullat's Don't Fuck With Love , which will be presented July 26 and 27 at 7 PM at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater.