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(Nature Sounds)   www.nature-sounds.net   It's a depressing state of pop culture affairs when a musician receives more attention after they've died than they did during their lifeti more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   For a dude who spent the better part of 25 years redefining the role of the electric guitar with Dinosaur Jr, it's hard to believe that J Mascis had to u more...

(Standard Recording Company)     www.standardrecording.com     A three-disc set of 43 songs about each of 43 presidents may sound like a gimmick worthy of They Might Be G more...

 (Vagrant)   www.vagrant.com   J. Roddy and his crew clearly stopped listening to music sometime around the late ‘70s and that's a beautiful thing. The Baltimore - by way more...

(Makeshift + Shangri-La Projects)   www.makeshiftmusic.com   www.shangrilaprojects.com   Memphis' music history extends not just deep, but broad. In addition to the early rock more...

(Rounder) www.rounder.com   The low-lit vocals, modest melodies and humble arrangements suggest a performer with tightly-reined ambitions, a singer/songwriter who's been content to veer more...

(Ruf)   www.rufrecords.de   There are those that have accused Jack Bruce of sometimes under performing by rehashing overly familiar fare (i.e. constant Cream) and lowering his stand more...

(Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum)   www.biglegalmessrecords.com   As a founding member of both the Compulsive Gamblers and the Oblivans, Jack Oblivian is as close to Memphis garage-rock r more...

(XL Recordings)   http://www.xl-recordings.com   London native Jack Peñate garnered much media attention for 2007s debut album Matinee. Greatly inspired by 60s, rockabilly pop more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   Jack Rose, who died last December at the age of 38, was one of America's leading acoustic guitar players, an heir to the finger-picking geni more...