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(Woodsist)   www.woodsist.com   Martin Courtney's Real Estate is the latest in a string of soft-focus, lo-fi bands that filter the late 00s fascination with fuzz through a bucolic l more...

(Domino)   www.dominorecordco.us   Though they've only existed since 2009 (when member Martin Courtney, who is also in Titus Andronicus, returned to his native New Jersey after colle more...

(Goner)   www.gonerrecords.com   The underground music community lost one of its most promising young voices on January 13, 2010, when Memphis punk upstart Jay Reatard was found dead more...

(Nine Mile)   www.ninemilerecords.com   Deep in the heart of Brooklyn, "high lonesome" might mean and sound like something a lot different than the sound of a forlorn gee-tar and/o more...

(Yep Roc) www.yeproc.com   Rarely has the line between so-called alternative country and so-called mainstream country been so, well, so-called. On their fifth studio full-length, Reckless Ke more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   There's nothing reckless about the way Reckless Kelly prune their influences, especially in light of the adroit way in which they do it. Their latest op more...

(Tompkins Square)   www.tompkinssquare.com   Ah the phonograph.  What a revelation it must have been to be able to hear recorded music in those earliest days of retail music sal more...

(Warner Bros.)   www.warnerbros.com   After a run of five excellent albums that helped define two generations and having spent more time in the band than any other guitarist in their more...

(Showpony)   www.redjacketmine.net   The Northwest's gonna rise again. Though Seattle and the NW region in general no longer generates the same level of excitement it sustained for more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   I say that its "freeform freakouts" are its best songs. But in actuality, this version of Fingerpainting, Red Krayola's 1999's whimsically noisy r more...