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(self-released)   www.lowwatermusic.com   John Leitera's voice was made for this. Or maybe this was made for John Leitera's voice. What matters is the way the music and the vocals wo more...

(Gnomonsong)   www.gnomonsong.com     It's no secret that Jana Hunter is weathered. The ethereal Texas-born, Baltimore-based songstress has played her parts in outfits li more...

(Ribbon Music)   www.ribbonmusic.com   With 2010's Twin Hand Movement, sometime freak folk diva Jana Hunter immersed herself in the sonics of a full rock band, surrounding her clear, more...

(self-released)   www.loxsly.com     These post-Spoon Austin indie-rockers ease into their four-song followup to Maps and Organs with a spacey little ballad that feels somethi more...

(Universal Republic)   www.umusic.com   It's easy to take for granted a band that rocks as effortlessly and reliably as Lucero. They can rev up at will: track after track begins wit more...

(ATO Records)   www.atorecords.com   Like pairing some old worn-in cowboy boots with a faded Clash t-shirt, the country punk sound of Lucero's eighth album just comes across as natur more...

(Lost Highway)   www.losthighwayrecords.com   Between 1988 and 1998, Lucinda Williams released three pitch perfect masterpieces, chock full of insight, emotional directness, leaps of more...

(Matinee Recordings) www.indiepages.com/matinee   You'd think that after more than a decade of plying their wares, a band as melodically endowed as the Lucksmiths would have a bit more... more...

(Words On Music)   www.words-on-music.com   England's The Lucy Show, roughly operative from 1983-88, were a contrasting study in good fortune and hard luck. On the one hand, they ar more...

(Words On Music)   www.words-on-music.com   The Lucy Show won't go down in history as innovators - the British band's gothic-tinged, atmospheric rock slots in comfortably alongside be more...