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(Anti-)   www.anti.com   On her album Young Gifted And Black Aretha Franklin does a version of The Beatles' "The Long And Winding Road" that so completely transforms that song-one o more...

(Woronzow Records)             mailto:nicksaloman@btinternet.com     After an eight year hiatus from Frond projects, Nick Saloman, more...

(Mush)   www.mushrecords.com Bibio's music seems to always be compared to that of Boards of Canada, and for good reason. Besides being discovered by Boards, both render electronic music more...

(Warp)   www.warp.net   Anyone going into the listening of the fifth album from British abstract beat composer Stephen "Bibio" Wilkinson under the assumption that it's going to sound more...

(Warner Bros.)   www.warnerbrosrecords.com     "I talk to God as much as I talk to Satan/Because I want to hear both sides," singer-guitarist Simon Neil announces on Biffy Cly more...

(Columbia-Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com   The influence of early hip-hop on the sound of The Clash as heard on the UK punk greats' last two proper albums - 1980's Sandinista! an more...

(Saddle Creek)   www.saddle-creek.com   Chris (vocals/guitar/keyboards) and Stefanie Drootin-Senseney (bass/keyboard)-with the help of Chris Phillips on drums - comprise new band Big more...

(Big Records)   www.bigheadtodd.com   On the one hand, you've got a jam band that has admittedly dabbled in blues now and again paying tribute to one of the icons of 20th Century musi more...

(Circle Into Square)   www.circleintosquare.com   Cut-and-paste lo-fi pop and a soft spot for the 1960s make for a good start on Warped, the debut EP from producer Yair Rubinstein, more...

(Ardent/Concord Music Group)   www.concordmusicgroup.com   The lifeline of any rock fan is dotted with myriad this-is-what-I-was-doing moments regarding first musical encounters - th more...