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Aly Hirji Review Archive |
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Reviewer Profile: Aly Hirji
Aly Hirji currently resides in Vancouver, British Canadian with his wife, dog and chinchilla. Together they while away their time listening to music. Aly, who grew up in Calgary, went to high school in Victoria, and university in Ontario currently enjoys the lifestyle afforded to him by his job. As a result of this lifestyle, he enjoys dealing with lots of pharmaceuticals on a completely legal basis, ahem, and has the freedom to listen to a great deal of music which would not be heard on most local top 40 or easy listening stations.
Coming from a youth which featured punk rebellion, preppy conservatism and mind-numbing industrial work, he has grown to love an eclectic array of music, including Britpop, industrial, and lofi. Unlike those who try and pigeonhole alternative music, Aly has spent much of the '90s onward in a campaign against the term Alternative with featured reviews in 2 University newspapers as well as a few magazines. Aly had also been a disc jockey at two clubs, both of which featured much alcohol-induced fun. However, an aging Aly found little time for his love of music for 5 years and disappeared from the various scenes, popping up occasionally but rarely with much vigor.
A return to the music scene was thanks in part to Dave Brosha who grabbed Aly by the short and curlies and forced him to do music reviews on a semi-frequent basis. Aly, dreading the brown paperbag in the mail, agreed tentatively as he is involved in several Internet projects, most prominently the Open Directory Project and the Open Music Project. As each CD is taken from it's brown paper hiding place, Aly cringes to find that Dave has decided to send him something stranger than the time before. Yet through all the pain of the hair pulling, Aly can find something to say about each one whether people want to hear it or not.
Review Archive:
Morrissey: "The Best of Morrissey"
By the time the last track, "Disappointed," rolls around, and he sings "This is the last song I will ever sing," you will pray that it isn't so.
The Misfits: "Cuts from the Crypt"
An exploratory journey for those who have never heard punk energy with rockabilly's kitschiness, this album is by far the most important from this genre since The Cramps' Bad Music for Bad People.
Soloman Burke: "The King of Blues 'N' Soul"
This album is more than just a greatest hits compendium or typical compilation but is in fact a history of Rock 'n' Soul.
The Charlatans UK: Wonderland"
Although the production lacks some of the cohesiveness that their pre-1994 albums demonstrates, it has grit, fire and musical talent and is probably the best album to come out of this U.K. band.
Ozzy Osbourne: "Down to Earth"
Ozzy truly shows that even after a three-decade career he still knows how to bulldoze over musical boundaries.
Matthew Sweet: "Time Capsule: The Best of Matthew Sweet 90/00"
Taken as a whole, the five albums he made during the Nineties can be seen as a spiritual ride, a compendium of insights and a neoclassical epic from the decade's preeminent pop formalist.
Townes Van Zandt: "The Townes Van Zandt Anthology 1968 to 1979"
Somewhere between quiet country-folk song and hard driving blues, lies the lyrics and melodies of Van Zandt.
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