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(Capitol)   www.emimusic.com   After an album with two epics that each lasted more than 10 minutes (2006's The Crain Wife), the Decemberists have returned with one 56-minute piece. more...

(Capitol)   www.capitolrecords.com   It's a familiar story arc: band begins distinctively, improves musically, grows ambitiously, waxes pretentiously, wanes organically. The December more...

(Modern Love)   www.modern-love.co.uk/   In the wake of their acclaimed 2007 debut LP, producer pair Rod Modell and Steven Hitchell magnify Liumin's techno and house with pervasive more...

(Partisan)   www.partisanrecords.com   Despite hitting most of its twang-rock marks, the second full-length from this Providence, R.I. buzz-band still comes across like Epcot Cent more...

(Partisan)   www.partisanrecords.com   While any attempt at actually narrowing down their sound ultimately comes up short, to their credit, Deer Tick often seem to defy definition. T more...

(Kill Rock Stars)   www.killrockstars.com   As Deerhoof's latest opus begins with the chunkily distorted riffs of "The Tears and Music of Love," the first thing that may come to mind more...

(Polyvinyl)   www.polyvinylrecords.com     Deerhoof is sixteen years old and infinitely young; their having finally taken off from the band's birthplace of San Francisco, it wo more...

(Kranky)   www.kranky.net If you've had misgivings about jumping on the Deerhunter admiration bandwagon due to the extreme hype the band parlays or general annoyance with frontman Bradf more...

(Kranky)   www.kranky.net Deerhunter continues its remarkable creative outburst of the past year with a new EP, Rainwater Cassette Exchange. This short but powerful set of five songs is n more...

(4AD)     www.4AD.com   Suffering from the deforming disease Marfan's syndrome, prone to "pornographic honesty" on his blog, and inclined to cross-dress for Deerhunter's raucous more...