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(Stones Throw) www.stonesthrow.com Sometimes, things turn up in the unlikeliest places - a crumpled $20 bill in your refrigerator, a slice of pizza in your underwear drawer, or Mars Volt more...

(Rodriguez Lopez Productions)   www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com     I don't care how much of an At the Drive-In and/or Mars Volta fan you may claim to be: you would need to ha more...

(World Village)   www.worldvillagemusic.com     Omara Portuondo began recording in Cuba in the late fifties, but her appearance with the Buena Vista Social Club in 1996 revital more...

(Dead Oceans)   www.deadoceans.com   On Fillmore is bassist Darin Gray and percussionist Glenn Kotche. One degree of separation from this duo yields artists and groups like Wilco, J more...

(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com   Oneida's last two albums, The Wedding and Happy New Year, were unusually subdued and song structured, a far cry from the band's pummeling, mind-b more...

(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com     It's a funny thing. Growing up with rock, and its anchor in strong dependable rhythms and electric-guitar explorations, it can be tough to more...

(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com   Even long-time Oneida fans, trained over multiple albums to expect the unexpected, may balk at the radical minimalism of this album.  Put it more...

(Software/Mexican Summer)   www.softwarelabel.net   Synth wizard Daniel Lopatkin injects a sense of rhythmic play into Replica, turning the boundless, water-colored landscapes of las more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   Fourteen years and six albums on from the day that Yoshimi P-We pulled together a fictional all-female band for a magazine article, OOIOO co more...

(Domino)   www.dominorecordco.com   The happily recovering (brain hemorrhage, lingering aftereffects) Edwyn Collins has recorded and released a winningly bristling new solo album with more...