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(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com    "Possibly the best Calexico record in years" read a friend's email linking to the VPRO stream of Maggie Bjorklund's marvelous debut. In more...

(Blind Pig Records)   www.blindpigrecords.com     With a smooth hand and raspy voice, Magic Slim, backed by his band, the Teardrops, guides you through original and covers of b more...

(Blind Pig)   www.blindpigrecords.com   A few years back Blind Pig Records decided to start re-releasing some of their classic blues albums on 180 gram vinyl, and that was welcomed more...

(Friend or Faux Recordings)   www.friendorfauxrec.us   Swervedriver frontman Adam Franklin has the perfect voice to put across these richly textured narcoleptic daydreams, drifting t more...

(Veto)   http://home.earthlink.net/~johnfre/themagnolias/   The brash and boisterous ‘aughties reunion of Minneapolis' magnificent Magnolias was a pleasant surprise. But the huz more...

(Crooked Crown) www.maiasharp.com   Album titles can be telling, and indeed, Echo finds singer/songwriter Maia Sharp recasting the classic Brill Building template within the bounds of more...

(Temporary Residence)   www.temporaryresidence.com   Zombi drummer A. E. Paterra spins out gleaming, endless highways of synth rock on this solo debut, giving the nod to Neu! in his more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   It should come as no surprise that the rhythm section of Major Stars occasionally gets buried in the mix. Three guitars, armed with wah pedals an more...

(Echo Mountain)   www.echomountainrecords.com   On For the Mission Baby, his sixth album, contemporary mountain music/blues player Malcolm Holcombe has solidified the breakthrough more...

(Music Road)   www.musicroadrecords.com   For a time, but not a good time, Malcolm Holcombe was among the wraiths - Greg Garing, Tom House - whose commitment to song gave heft to Na more...