★★★★★
As part of his "Nightwatchman Speaks" YouTube series, Tom Morello explained that he switched from major label Epic to the smaller, indie label New West because "the artist came first ...The way that the record industry has changed, major labels like Epic, and Sony who runs them, their revenue streams today are all about ringtones rather than about content, necessarily, and they're looking for very polished pop, American Idol-like hit makers"...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-09-05
★★★★★
Although this isn't a positive way to start a review, I am going to say it anyway, simply because it's my prerogative and I can say it...... political music, it's just a bit, well... shit...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
The Rage Against the Machine guitarist's remarkabletransformation from purveyor ofweapons-grade funk-metal riffs intointrospective protest folkie yields evenmore impressive fruit on his second soloeffort The Fabled City. Tom Morello's touchstones here are asobvious as they were on his 2007debut: Guthrie for the lyrics celebratingthe working-class salt of the earth,Cash for the rich baritone delivery, Ghostof Tom Joad-era Springsteen for theslow-burning acoustic arrangements...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
In this summer of self-serious superheroes, Tom Morello wants to make room for one more. Thus the return of The Nightwatchman: by day, the mild-mannered guitar assassin for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave; by night, an earnest protest singer fighting for truth, justice and chord changes we can believe in...
- www.blender.com
2009-02-27
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