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(Ox-Op/Amphetamine Reptile)   www.ox-op.com ; www.amphetaminereptile.com     Sweet dreams are made of this: I can still recall with vivid clarity the moment I "got" the Birthda more...

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com   Ha Ha Tonka, meet Kings of Leon. Kings of Leon, meet your competition. While the latter band's Southern-rock mix has helped them break big af more...

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com   With too many nods to traditions to fit the indie rock template, and too many ambitious sonic explorations to be alt-country, Ha Ha Tonka con more...

(Alive Naturalsound Records)   www.alive-totalenergy.com       Alright, so there's nothing terribly subtle about Hacienda. The Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)-produced grou more...

(Self-released)   www.haciendabrothers.com       This album comes weighted with a significance that surely was the last thing the Hacienda Brothers intended when they were more...

(Grimsey Records)   www.grimsey.com South Dakota native Haley Bonar is one of those musicians who makes the word "prodigy" seem something of an understatement. Following the release o more...

(Asthmatic Kitty) www.asthmatickitty.com   Being bizarre isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can produce quite a jolt. Take, for example, the one-man amalgam known as Half-handed Cloud more...

  (Asthmatic Kitty)   www.asthmatickitty.com   Nestled comfortably between the grand ambitions of Brian Wilson's Smile, the cinematic offerings of Sufjan Stevens and the weird an more...

(RCA/Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com   When Daryl Hall first broke into the R&B club in the mid-‘60s as the lead singer of the Temptones, the Philly boy was one of the more...

(Misra)   www.misrarecords.com   Hallelujah the Hills, out of Boston, build rough symphonies out of homespun materials and  shouted choruses out of existential crisis. With the more...