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strictly metrical guitar style and hushed but nuanced and sensitive voice dazzle in their own way

and Lovato's controlled performances -- all elements that more than make up for her lyrical stumbles -- Tell Me You Love Me suggests soul may be her forte

Includes the single "Rusty Nail"

Hackett's new sound was quite compelling

but Top of the World continues Slightly Stoopid's smooth journey away from bristly music and toward Radio Margaritaville

HEIST 2LP Double LP on black vinyl strictly metrical guitar style andProducer: Ryan Lewis . When Macklemore declares his music is "David Bowie meets Kanye sh*t," it's a bit of an oversell on the Bowie side, but then again, Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring are also honored as influences during "Ten Thousand Hours," the biographical highlight that opens the Seattle rapper's vibrant sophomore release. These arty name drops threaten to paint the album as more obscure than it is, but even as glitch electronica and Mad