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R.E.M.
(Warner Bros.) www.warnerbrosrecords.com In a musical milieu of high stakes and high concepts, every high profile album must have a storyline, and so it is with the more...
R.E.M.
(IRS/Ume) www.universalchronicles.com So - those were the days, weren't they, my friends? That elusively brief, don't-blink-we-don't-wanna-miss-it point in the early eighties ri more...
R.E.M.
(I.R.S./A&M/UMe) www.universalchronicles.com April 9, 1984, record stores all over America: For in-the-loop R.E.M. fans, it's a red-letter - as opposed to, one presum more...
R.E.M.
(Warner Bros.) www.warnerbros.com R.E.M. have been doing a lot of self-reckoning lately. In the past few years, they have released one studio album of new material, along with t more...
R.G. Stark
(Whole Note) www.rgstark.com Texas troubadour R.G. Stark—the initials stand for “receiving genius,” a nod to his years spent toiling in a warehouse more...
Ra Ra Riot
(Barsuk) www.barsuk.com What exactly is a "Rhumb Line?" Ra Ra Riot's new album, released through indie label moguls Barsuk, forced a search on the good ol' l'internet and produc more...
Rachael Sage
(Mpress) www.mpressrecords.com There are more slashes in Rachael Sage’s job description than you’ll find in a Wes Craven triple feature. Sage is a former dancer more...
Rachael Yamagata
(Warner Bros.) www.warnerbrothers.com Conceived as some sort of mini-opera, you can think instead of Philadelphian Yamagata's bunch of dramas as musky dusted soap opera cut thr more...
Rachel Grimes
(Self-Released) www.rachelgrimespiano.com Fourteen pensive piano compositions make up this self-produced solo effort from Rachel Grimes. Grimes, who is best known for her work w more...
Radian
(Thrill Jockey) www.thrilljockey.com The fourth album from long-running Viennese experimenters Martin Brandlmayr, Stefan Nemeth and John Norman plays with the boundaries between more...











