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I don’t get to a lot of plays that I can write about here on THE SEX FILES. Every so often something [...]

Boyz II Men Twenty (MSM Music Group/Benchmark Entertainment) Legendary smoothness, super steamy romantic ballads and an unmistakable uptown swing made the four-part [...]

Smashing Pumpkins Gish [Deluxe Edition] (Virgin) Regardless of Billy Corgan’s actions in resurrecting The Smashing Pumpkins over the past few years, he’s [...]

Chef Ryan Scott may be familiar to many as a cheftestant on Top Chef Season four but since then he’s been very [...]

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The latest celebrity it-bag seems to be the Celine Bag. Seen on the arms of starlet like Blake Lively, Nicole Richie, Leighton [...]

Meshell Ndegeocell Weather (Naïve) The ninth studio release from singer-songwriter, producer, and performer Meshell Ndegeocello is an intimate room of alternative-pop sounds. [...]

Craig Finn Clear Heart Full Eyes (Vagrant Records) With his band, the Hold Steady, lead singer Craig Finn created five full-length albums, [...]

Weezer Live in Del Mar, California There’s nothing worse than a live album that just focuses on singles and refuses to touch [...]