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(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com     Did the past two decades happen? ‘Cause this record kind of makes me feel like 1988 again. But in a good way. Not like Richard Marx. Or that more...

(Strut Records)   www.strut-records.com   The unearthing and compiling of hidden wonders of world jazz and funk takes a huge step forward with the release of  The Story of Et more...

(Get Hip)   www.gethip.com   The Mullens, out of Dallas, churn out 1960s-style rock with power pop tunefulness, tipping a nod to all the expected garage rock forebears - Stones, Kin more...

(Murry Hammond)   www.myspace.com/murryhammond   From the moment Murry Hammond's world-weary drawl joins his faint strumming on his haunting rendition of "What Are They Doing in Hea more...

(4 Zero/Royal Potato Family)   www.4zerorecords.com / www.royalpotatofamily.com   Mushroom is one of those acts that's easy to put out of your mind. Not because the band doesn't make more...

(Merge)   www.mergerecords.com The Music Tapes' Julian Koster, a member of the renowned Elephant 6 collective, doesn't have much interest in traditional rock band instrumentation. His lat more...

(Woodsist)   www.woodsist.com/    Longtime musical partners, and multi-instrumentalists Matt Valentine and Erica Elders, over the last decade have cranked out more than 33 album more...

(DiCristina Stairbuilders)   http://dicristinarecords.blogspot.com   Since starting their musical partnership in 2001, Matt Valentine and Erika Elder have released over 20 full-len more...

(DiCristina)   http://dicristinarecords.blogspot.com       They set the stage with a rocker called "Anyway," bringing the feedback and fuzz like a skuzzier Breeders, Erik more...

(Ecstatic Peace!)   www.ecstaticpeace.com   Even backwoods mystics like to rock out once in a while. With Barn Nova, Matt Valentine and Erika Elder move further away from the Basho/ more...