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(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   Rick Rizzo and Tara Key, two veterans of Louisville, Kentucky's early 1990s punk scene, join together for a decidedly unpunk collection of more...

(Concord/Fantasy)   www.concordmusicgroup.com   It hardly seems imaginable that it's been 30 years since Rickie Lee Jones made her bow via her breakthrough hit, "Chuck E.'s In Love," more...

(Rhino Handmade)   www.rhino.com/handmade     Though they hated the term, the "shoegaze" tag fit this UK band. Like My Bloody Valentine, their blare partially masked expert pop more...

 (Rhino Handmade)   www.rhinohandmade.com; (dist) www.lightintheattic.net   With the benefit of hindsight, it's likely that Britain's Ride, though in the late ‘80s and earl more...

(Now-Again) www.nowagainrecords.com (QDK Media-Shadoks) www.psychedelic-music.com/new.html   One of the great lost movements of modern African music finally gains time in the stateside s more...

(Manimal Vinyl)   www.manimalvinyl.com     Rio En Medio's Danielle Stech-Homsy has one of pop music's most wispy and delicate voices, a thread of melody that slips into and und more...

(Geffen) www.geffen.com Back in the day, when punk bands such as The Clash actually stood for something, their anti-establishment message always had the same message - Fuck The Man. His gove more...

(Important Records)   www.importantrecords.com   "Risil is a collective of musicians that are all somehow connected to each other in some form or fashion." Oh. Uhh... This wildly spe more...

(Photo Finish-Atlantic)    http://my.photofinishrecords.com/     A great deal has changed in the course of history, both of the world and American variety, in the ten years more...

(Good Sponge)   www.therivergods.com   It has been eight years since the Rivergods released their last album, Time Has Come. The Americana outfit, led by the husband and wife team o more...