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(Ecstatic Peace)   www.ecstaticpeace.com       Religious Knives, a quartet of New Yorkers, buzz and drone with all the brightness of a grimy, cloudy day on the Lower Ea more...

(Nat Geo Music)   www.natgeomusic.net   E.L.S. is a moniker for "Electric Latin Soul," and Rene Lopez more than meets that head-on on his groove-happy new CD. Over eleven tracks he more...

(Decca)   www.deccarecords-us.com   There really is no way to sort out whatever the New American (or, maybe, Post-Rock Singer-Songwriter) Songbook is unless musicians who are not pe more...

(Rhino) www.rhino.com   It's no exaggeration to trumpet the Replacements as one of the most influential American bands of the ‘80s.  Cited as essential inspiration by many of more...

(Chop Shop)   www.chopshoprecords.net     The Republic Tigers are a Grey’s Anatomy band – in the sense that the Kansas City group’s music has appeared on the sho more...

(Mute)   www.mute.com   It’s not uncommon for music to connect with people by making listeners imagine themselves involved in its presentation. They may not necessarily become t more...

(anticon)     www.anticon.com   One most approach an album released by the anitcon label by keeping in mind certain parameters. These include, but are not limited to: quirky v more...

  (Caldo Verde) www.caldoverderecords.com       The whispering slowcore of early Low evolved gradually since Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker began the band in the early ninetie more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com When Alan Sparhawk switches between Low and Retribution Gospel Choir, does he have to change in a phone booth?  It's a fair question, because RGC's louder, more...

(Eagle)   www.eaglerockent.com     Reunions of aging rock bands usually receive some amount of skepticism in large part because the power and, to some degree, the message of t more...