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(Big Book Records)   www.bigbookrecords.com     It's sort of surprising that I See Hawks In L.A., the Southern California country-rock band, not only has lasted to its fourth a more...

(American Beat Recordings) http://www.myspace.com/americanbeat   Despite their unwieldy moniker and the unlikely title given this career compendium, I See Hawks in L.A. recall that early more...

(Mute)   www.mute.com Just like Ikea, I'm From Barcelona is big, unwieldy yet precise, eclectic and Swedish. Come to think of it, the band's Arcade Fire-meets-Polyphonic Spree easy-liste more...

(Metropolis)   www.metropolis-records.com   When it comes to music, there are times we all discover diamonds in the rough - hidden treasures for the ear that are so pristine, so lus more...

(American Beat) www.myspace.com/americanbeat        A two-album set originally released in 1980, Ian Hunter’s Welcome To the Club captures the former Mott The Hoople f more...

(New West)   www.newwestrecords.com   Ian Hunter has been anything but prolific in the last decade, so it's a pleasant surprise that Man Overboard comes only two years after his las more...

(Maniac) www.maniacrecords.com       Ian McLagan deserves all the respect in the world. Beginning with his days in the Small Faces and the Faces, his keyboards—piano, Wurlitz more...

(0000:02:59)   www.2minutes59.com     There's a darker, sadder side to the Small Faces/Faces legacy of British pop-star "lads" breezing through the Mod and Pub-Rock eras of th more...

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com   While there are plenty of examples to back up the aphorism that most musicians want to be actors and most actors are simply frustrated music more...

(Polyvinyl)   www.polyvinylrecords.com     Opening with a droning pump organ and a gently strummed guitar, I feel like I've heard this Ida record before. Songs move slowly, wi more...