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  (Chicken Ranch)   www.chickenranchrecords.com /   Some time in the late ‘70s, a young parent who's obsessed with the Ramones has had a few too many Boilermakers. She get more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com Attempting for days to write a review of Peggy Sue's Acrobats, I found the words consistently eluding me. Description and critique avoided me like the plague; more...

(Illegal Art)   www.illegal-art.net   Despite intense collagist PLU/aka Vicki Bennett's stated narrative ("A plunderphonic concept album depicting the lifespan of a relationship"), s more...

(Rhino Handmade)   www.rhino.com/handmade/HandmadePage/handmade-page   To a lot of folks, soul singer Percy Sledge is a one-hit wonder. But what a hit: "When a Man Loves a Woman" is more...

(Hearpen)   www.ubuprojex.net   It's interesting to note the bemusement and head scratching that has accompanied the release of the latest album by David Thomas's long-running music more...

(Ashmont)    www.ashmontrecords.com   Writing songs about relationships can pose a challenge as time goes on. When a 40-something sings about hot girls - as opposed to women - more...

(Astralwerks)   www.astralwerks.com   In the better-late-than-never department, a double-live Pet Shop Boys album, Concrete (7 stars out of 10), first released in England in 2006 is g more...

(Shotgun)   www.peteberwick.net   The first thing you hear is a classic slide riff - significantly, like a cross between Jimmy Page's intros for Zep's "In My Time of Dying" and "Nob more...

(Shotgun Records)   www.peteberwick.net     I dunno, just when I think that this whole promising alt-country thing has run its inevitable course, someone comes along to renew more...

(Astralwerks)   www.astralwerks.com   Pete Doherty wears many hats.  The would-be poster boy for trilbies fronts the Babyshambles, writes poetry, and paints - in his own blood n more...