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(Station Grey/Thirty Tigers)   www.jessesykes.com   Singer/songwriter Jesse Sykes and her combo the Sweet Hereafter have been the darlings of the modern alt.country scene for a decade more...

(Appleseed) www.AppleseedMusic.com     Of all the singer/songwriter types to emerge from the fertile environs of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, few have had as troubled more...

(Nonesuch)   www.nonesuch.com   Jessica Lea Mayfield's roots may be in Americana, but her current stance reflects the nocturnal instincts of an alt chanteuse. Her willowy vocals and a more...

(Caldo Verde)   www.caldoverderecords.com   One may suspect, with some justification, that part of the reason Mark Kozelek (of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters) formed his own r more...

(Ghostly International)   www.ghostly.com   In the past, Justin K. Broadrick tore our faces off, delightfully, with his electronic-industrial bands Godflesh and Jesu, among many oth more...

(Hydra Head)   www.hydrahead.com   The entire sonic spectrum of post-metal icon Justin K. Broadrick's near-decade long run recording a wholly unique fusion of death-rattle grindcore more...

(Caldo Verde)   www.caldoverderecords.com   Though they haven't issued a proper full-length since 2007's Conqueror, Justin Broadrick's Jesu has certainly harbored no loss of activity more...

(Rhino)   www.rhinorecords.com     This four-disc collection of B-sides and rarities starts on an odd, if historically relevant, note with an early demo cut in 1983 that sound more...

(self-released)     www.jesushchristrocks.com     JHC&t4HotA are a New York band whose cleverness extends well beyond their name (still funny after two full-lengths) more...

(Sonic Boomerang) www.sonicboomerangrecords.com   On the second Jet Age release, former Hurricane Lamps frontman Eric Tischler stays true to his Who Down Under ethic with a set of quiet/lou more...