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(Dangerbird Records)   www.dangerbirdrecords.com   Think in terms of making a good, stiff Irish drink, in this case appropriately the Irish Carbomb, combine half a pint of Guinness, more...

(Midget/EMI)   www.emi.com   After a sudden drop from the spotlight and subsequent recovery from self-proclaimed exhaustion and disillusion, British emcee Lady Sovereign returns wit more...

(Strut)     www.strut-records.com     Formed on Long Island, matured in the Barbés district of Paris, and possessed of an amorphous, pan-African funk vibe, the La more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   For its bloated 27-song track list and hour-and-16-minutes running time, Cosmopolis feels surprisingly concise. What could-and probably ought to be-a les more...

(K)   www.krecs.com   On its Dr. Seuss-referencing latest album, only the third of a reported 12 to see a proper release, the Olympia-based quintet known collectively as LAKE has cr more...

(K)   www.krecs.com)     You get a lot of indie-rock records that sound melancholy or even morose, but you get few that are delicate without being sad, that sound like you can more...

(Merge)   www.mergerecords.com     Lambchop are a lot like one of those little puzzles that you'll find on your table at hundreds of country-styled restaurants that dot the Am more...

(Constellation)   www.cstrecords.com   When West meets East (or Middle Eastern), too often the musical results read like timid travelogues of people too frightened to get off the to more...

(Kemado)   www.kemado.com   Langhorne Slim has always been a bit of a contradiction, creating folk-rock that is both well-crafted and shambolic, as if he labored over his songwritin more...

(Kemado) www.kemado.com     A few years ago, Langhorne Slim’s career seemed poised to take off. Then his record label folded, essentially silencing him for two years. His latest more...