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(self-released)   www.chrissyflatt.com; www.myspace.com/NewMysteryGirl     For the better part of the past decade, Austin's Chrissy Flatt recorded and toured under her own name, more...

(Rhino)   www.rhino.com   As they did in past years with back catalogues from bands like The Cure and Joy Division, Rhino Records has caringly, painstakingly, and meticulously rei more...

(Matador)   www.matador.records   A.C. Newman's supergroup - which also includes songwriters Neko Case and Destroyer's Dan Bejar --returns with another set of uber-literate pop song more...

(Darla)   www.darla.com     It's a begrudging thing to tuck a group into the padded envelope labeled "Cult Bands". But there is no better rubric with which to drop New Radiant more...

(Touch and Go)   www.touchandgorecords.com   Three minutes into an opening waltz called "Folio" and they've already established the tone for an album of heartache without a single w more...

(Sony/BMG)   www.sonybmg.com     It may not be the most legitimate reunion in the world. But when the music feels this right, who cares how many members of the current lineup w more...

(Atco)   www.rhino.com   Maybe it was the inability to capture the spirit of thirty-six years gone by. Maybe it was the lush island setting of Kawai that softened the edges. Maybe i more...

(429)   www.429records.com   The third studio album since the New York Dolls' resurrection, Dancing Backward in High Heels diverges most from the original - even as it draws from sim more...

(Mute)   www.mute.com   One of the great revivals of the ‘00s has been the reemergence of the film score as a viable means of artistic expression (Danny Elfman, notwithstandin more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   The conventional wisdom on Nick Lowe's career arc is that some time in the early '80s, not long after "Cruel To Be Kind" made him practically famous, he more...