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(Ninth Street Opus)   www.ninthstreetopus.com There seems to be an abundance of multi-talented all-female folk groups out there these days, with the Poozies, Red Molly and the Refugees more...

(In the Red)   www.intheredrecords.com   Ominously unfocused, bristling with paranoia and wobbling with echoey distortion, Brooklyn's Blank Dogs recall the claustrophobic threat of more...

(Kanine)   www.kaninerecords.com   Slo-mo sensations, the gentle tones of ascending bubbles, rays of sunlight refracted through water -- the debut album by Blind Man's Colour evokes more...

(Kanine)     www.kaninerecords.com     In the last two minutes of this all-too-brief EP, the lyrical apparition that functions as a chorus for "Sleeping Bag" - "it doesn more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Blitzen Trapper's breakthrough album, Wild Mountain Nation, shouldn't have worked. A mishmash of styles covering folk, country, pop and noisy college-roc more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com    Much ado! Album name that could be describing a Hindu god; heavy-handed video "teaser" that conjures more Blair Witch Project than NIN or Jason; a more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Three-quarters of the way through Blitzen Trapper's fifth album, a song shows up called "Taking It Easy Too Long." Chances are the band wasn't intending more...

(Astroblaque)   www.astroblaque.com   Unless you're attuned to the US dubstep scene, which compared to its UK and Euro counterparts remains decidedly under-the-radar, the name Blixab more...

(Secretly Canadian)   www.secretlycanadian.com       Take TV on the Radio and send them over to Africa to smoke mass weed with Fela Kuti and you'll get some approximation more...

(Secretly Canadian)   www.secretlycanadian.com   In today's clotted alt-rock market, a distinctive style is essential. BLK JKS's dubby debut EP, Mystery, suggested that the South more...