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  (Astralwerks) www.astralwerks.com         Only 16 years since their last studio album, the B-52s have returned to put some celebratory party-time spirit back into ro more...

(Geffen)   www.geffen.com   The state of Hawaii has what is called a Living Treasures Award. If B.B. King doesn't qualify for the national, heck, Planet Earth equivalent, then no on more...

(Acrobat Music)   www.acrobatmusic.net   By the time you hit the slap-bass speed trial (just before the bassist moves on to the melody of "Dueling Banjos") on this 1983 recording's more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com     Baby Dee has a history as long as your tattooed arm and more queerly dramatic than a Sondheim musical. The Cleveland native was a church org more...

(self-released)   www.thebacksliders.com     This Texas quartet has a punk-tinged power-pop sound made for live performance. Listening to their new You're Welcome you can imag more...

(Hyena)   www.hyenarecords.com       Backyard Tire Fire usually gets unfairly burdened with the alt-country albatross, and while it's true that the band often resorts to more...

(Heads Up/Do the Math)   www.headsup.com     You have to wonder what the members of the Bad Plus are thinking as they decide what to interpret. Do they really think songs by more...

    (Epitaph)   www.epitaph.com   Thirty years into one of the greatest punk rock careers, Bad Religion proves yet again that the way to create a stellar record is to write more...

(Rock Candy Records)   www.rockcandyrecords.com   If their self-titled 1989 album had proven to be a difficult birth, with Badlands' manager usurping the producer's chair, and with more...

(Rock Candy Records)   www.rockcandyrecords.com   From the rather largish 'woulda, shoulda, coulda' file comes one of the great lost bands of rock 'n' roll, Badlands. Emerging from more...