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(Shrug Records)   www.shrugrecords.com     You could probably never really say Sin Ropas has made a happy album and be taken seriously, but there is a tangible sense of joy in more...

  (Drag City) www.dragcity.com     Singer brings together Rob Lowe (no, not that Rob Lowe) from Lichens with three ex-members of US Maple, namely guitarist Todd Rittman and the more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   Three mainstays of Chicago's avant-garde offer another round of lavishly vocalized, synthetically orchestrated almost-pop. Mindreading is considerabl more...

(Sundazed Records)   www.sundazed.com   Although long respected by critics, hipsters, and historians for their important place in rock 'n' roll history, only belatedly has the Sir D more...

(Get Hip)   www.gethip.com     This 22-track retrospective makes a solid case for Texas surf-rock underdogs the Sir Finks as detail-driven masters of the classic instrumental more...

(Happy Parts)   www.happypartsrecordings.com   The goofy band name could easily throw you off but this Oakland, California bunch, led by the wild guitar playing of one Greg Ashley more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   It might not seem like such a good time to explore Arab culture these days, what with militant fundamentalists bearing down on nuclear Pakistan, Ir more...

(Constellation)   www.cstrecords.com   These debut songs from former Great Lake Swimmers' member Colin Huebert arrive like half-heard transmissions from a winter whiteout, offering more...

(Constellation)   www.cstrecords.com   On Keep Away the Dead, the follow-up to Siskiyou's impressive self-titled debut, Colin Hubert and Erik Arnesen expand their instrumental palett more...

  (Vibewrangler) www.sisters3music.com       There seems to be some connection between home-schooling and stellar sibling musical acts—think Eisley or even the Hansons. more...