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Yacht

See Mystery Lights

(DFA Records)   www.dfarecords.com   Yacht's See Mystery Lights is a record of mantras. Some lyrical, some instrumental. Nearly every tune has one (or more). It's an odd mix of inan more...

Yahowa 13

Sonic Portation

(Prophase)   www.prophasemusic.com   In late 2007 the publication of The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, YaHoWa 13 and the Source Family (Process Media) revealed for the firs more...

YaHoWha 13

Magnificence in the Memory

(Drag City)    www.dragcity.com   Thanks to a book and a series of album reissues, early ‘70s cult commune the Source Family has experienced renewed interest of late, so more...

Yazoo

In Your Room

(Mute)   www.mute.com   "Goodbye Seventies," Alison Moyet sang on the first Yazoo album. Then, the squelchy, buzzy, percolating synthesizers that accompanied her connoted the future more...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

It's Blitz

(Interscope)    www.interscope.com     In the case of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Zero" equaled success.     That song, says lead singer Karen O, was the first the more...

Yeasayer

Odd Blood

(Secretly Canadian)   www.secretlycanadian.com   Yeasayer, naysayer... this album blows.   Yeasayer, the Brooklyn ethno-trance-dance celebrants, caught a wave set in motion more...

Yellow Hand

Yellow Hand

(Fallout, UK) www.soundlinkmusic.com     Oh, to be a band rescued from obscurity by a preeminent reissue label like Fallout, only to have your legacy be defined by the accomplishment more...

Yellowhammers

The Yellowhammers

(Up) www.uprecords.com   The Yellowhammers have been advancing their urban take on roots rock Americana for the better part of the past fifteen years, but there's nothing like a big name more...

Yim Yames

Tribute To

(ATO)   www.atorecords.com   When any band grows, there's a group of old fans who feel left behind and pine for the good ol' days. So it is with My Morning Jacket, which has a small more...

Yo La Tengo

Popular Songs

(Matador)   www.matador.com Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan has always bristled at the "indie rock" tag, and if you've followed the band over its two-decade-plus tenure you know it's not just more...


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