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(Almost Gold/StarTime International)   www.almostgoldrecordings.com How does an indie rock band follow up breakout success based largely upon a hit single that is covered a million times more...

(Barsuk)   www.barsuk.com   This debut release, Eyelid Movies, is the creative work of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel. This electro-rock, dance-hop duo lays down some mellow beats t more...

(Bureau B)   www.bureau-b.com   Jaki Liebezeit might not be as prolific a name in the Can family spectrum as, say Holger Czukay or Damo Suzuki.  But without his tectonically pat more...

(Friendly Fire)   www.friendlyfirerecordings.com   Who knew that the Lower East Side's premiere hipster taste makers had a secret yen for disco?   In the Phenomenal Handclap B more...

(Steady Boy Records/Palookaville Records)     www.steadyboyrecords.com     Here's the thing about Phil Lee; he's got three albums out and all three are among the best alb more...

(Thrill Jockey) www.thrilljockey.com Taking a break from Trans Am (and from his engineering career), Phil Manley indulges his taste for '70s German electro on his first solo album. But the sp more...

(Fuel)   www.fuel2000.com   Although he's known mainly for playing second fiddle in the Dwight Twilley Band and support roles with the Textones and 20/20, Phil Seymour's brief career more...

(Easy Action)   http://www.easyaction.co.uk   Phil Shoenfelt's history stretches back to the early ‘80s and the postpunk act Khmer Rouge. But the British-born/Prague-based sing more...

(Slumberland)   www.slumberlandrecords.com   Though not quite a well-known as some of their mid-‘80s jangle pop contemporaries, The June Brides were still a heady influence as b more...

(Nonesuch)   www.nonesuch.com   Next to John Adams, he's America's most noted composer who's still got a pulse and like Adams, he's saddled with the tag of "minimalism." But being a more...