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(Tompkins Square)   www.tompkinssquare.com     So what if Charlie Louvin's voice shows the ravages of age? Louvin has history and experience on his side. The 81-year-old has be more...

(Alligator)   www.allig.com   Unlike with rock, it's practically a truism for the blues that the players get better - more intuitive; nuanced; intense, even - with age. Here to driv more...

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com   After spending the better part of the eighties touring behind much loved, but poor selling records, Charlie Pickett followed the same path a more...

(Elektra)   www.elektra.com   If there was one thing the last couple of Beck albums so clearly indicated (not to mention his ill-advised "record club", which finds Mr. Hansen and so more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   The mandolin and banjo picking, the three-part harmonies, the penchant for dark suits and ties, and the rural themes signify bluegrass, but North Caroli more...

(SIN/Sony Music Independent Network)   www.sonymusic.com   Closer to Puffy AmiYumi than the Boredoms, Japan's Chatmonchy composes the sort of sing-songy melodies often heard over a more...

(In The Red)   www.intheredrecords.com/   Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations) is quite an impressive evolution from its feral predecessor. When going back to review Cheap more...

(Epic/Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com   Cheap Trick have always occupied a difficult place in rock history. They're not obscure enough to be critics' darlings like fellow power-p more...

(Cheap Trick)   www.cheaptrick.com   Speaking to BLURT last winter, guitarist Rick Nielsen joked that his band's forthcoming album, then nearing completion, might be called The One A more...

(Caterina Sounds)   www.cheeksters.com   Tucked away in the western N.C. mountain town of Asheville are the Cheeksters, a husband-and-wife duo with, as the band name might imply, a s more...