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Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers, and welcome to my 11th annual holiday music roundup for the Press-Citizen.

The week in rock Music No Comments » This is now overdue, as I have other new acquisitions to talk about, but let’s get started with the stuff from the previous couple of weeks before this week, shall we? Let’s go left to right, like we’re reading: The Police - Certifiable: - Two CDs, two DVDs recorded live in Buenos Aires, 2007, on their reunion tour, on which they pissed off a bunch of stiff yuppie fans who couldn’t handle songs being changed up a bit from their original formats. Me, I

Norwegian black metal legends honour old school speed metal and punk with another collection of raw tunes. The Darkthrone of today are a completely different band than when they started out and redefined the genre of black metal in the early '90s. The strict doctrines of old have long since been left behind, but only out of a natural progression. Darkthrone sound like they do today very simply ...

Here are Skope’s picks for this week’s new releases. We have new albums this week from Guns Roses, Scott Weiland, Kanye West, E-40, Coldplay, and much more! The Fireman Electric Arguments ATO Neo-Psychedelia, Pop/Rock Guns N’ Roses (Photo) Chinese Democracy Geffen Album Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock The Killers Day Age Island New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Alternative Pop/Rock Scott Weiland Happy in Galoshes Soft Drive Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Neo-Psyche

I know you've all been breathlessly awaiting my review of Chinese Democracy, as well you should. Well, unlike Axl, I won't make you wait it out. I'm all about giving the people what they want. So here we go. I should preface by saying that I tried to listen to this record as objectively as I could, without thinking about how long it's been in the works and how it's essentially an Axl Rose solo album. And when the songs are good, it's no problem, but when they're bad, I can't help but think of t