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(Numerophone)   www.numerogroup.com     If I may depart a bit from Blurt's policy of avoiding first-person voice in record reviews, I took my preview copy of Linda Bruner's new more...

(Reprise)   www.warnerbrosrecords.com   The Brian Wilson of the "other" California Sound defends his odd distinction as the cutting edge of soft-rock on an album that at times sugge more...

(Buckingham)   www.lindseybuckingham.com   Lindsey Buckingham has for so long been a part of the one of the biggest mainstream pop bands in the world - Fleetwood Mac, of course -  more...

(Young God)   www.younggodrecords.com   Since her 4AD days, Lisa Germano has set harrowing narratives to beautiful melodies, most notoriously, perhaps, in Geek the Girl's "A Psychopa more...

(Fat Possum)   www.fatpossum.com   On one hand, gotta hand it to producers Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Tom Waits) and/or Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses: the effects intro-ing "Re more...

(Fat Possum)   www.fatpossum.com   With other artists assuming names like Lady Gaga, Adele and Florence and the Machine, a single moniker like Lissie seems relatively tame, at least b more...

(Downtown)   www.downtownmusic.com Lissy Trullie, the frontwoman of the band by the same name, is all about the music. Don't ask about her past work as a model. She distances herself fro more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   When listening to Jan St. Werner's solo work, you can get a better understanding of what the German electronic artist brings to various col more...

(Peacefrog)   www.peacefrog.com   The dreams trump the machines on the second album by Little Dragon, a Swedish synth quartet with a Japanese-American singer. #Machine Dreams# open more...

              www.littlemantate.co.uk       For anyone who has followed Little Man Tate for a couple of years (as I have) it's hard not to more...