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(ATO)   www.atorecords.com   English act The Bees - known stateside as A Band of Bees - meander through genres (classic rock, reggae, indie-folk, psychedelic) throughout Every Step's more...

(LTM)   www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk   This is a reissue of the 5th record by the legendary Factory Records band, originally released in 1986. It was touted as the band's return to it more...

(Mute)   www.mute.com   Like the Horrors, A Place to Bury Strangers prove that a brazen lack of originality needn't get in the way of a great record-but Exploding Head isn't as shame more...

Dead Oceans)   www.deadoceans.com   The twenty-years nostalgia cycle means that shoegaze music has come around again in the last few years- all hail that doomy, noisy yet melodic Br more...

(Team Love)   www.team-love.com   This Portland band, led by Aaron Gerber (vocals/guitar) and Sarah Winchester (vocals/drums) formed just four short years ago and had the indie roc more...

(Nike Sport) www.nikesportmusicmedia.com   I hate running. So it says a lot for A-Trak’s Running Man that it actually makes the idea of going out for a jog somewhat tolerable. The singl more...

(Thrive/Fool's Gold)   www.thrivemusic.com A-Trak's profile is pretty high these days, thanks to his day job as Kanye West's touring DJ and part-owner of his own label, Fool's Gold. He st more...

(Fat Possum)   www.fatpossum.com   Having made a drastic detour from his original outfit, the punk/grunge band Verbena, Scott (a/k/a A.A.) Bondy has carved himself a comfortable nich more...

(Matador)   www.matadorrecords.com    Everything about The New Pornographers is big - from the band's size to its layers of instruments and vocal harmonies. So it makes sense t more...

(Inferential Kid Music + Media)   www.aaronjentzen.com   His brooding baritone recalling Hunky Dory-era David Bowie, Aaron Jentzen sets the tone here with a melancholy title track th more...