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(Glorious Alchemical Co.)   www.thetunnelsf.com   Emerging from the black like a suave but hungry vampire, the Tunnel strides the dark streets and back alleyways of San Francisco on more...

(TheWalls.ie/Second Motion)   www.secondmotionrecords.com   Irish tune-machines The Walls begs the question: Why are there so many brilliant but unsung guitar-pop bands? If a group co more...

(Secretly Canadian)   www.secretlycanadian.com   On the new War on Drugs album, singer/songwriter/bandleader Adam Granduciel seems to be channeling a lot of things, all of them good. more...

(self-released)   www.the-weeknd.com Opening with a killer rendition of "Dirty Diana", The Weeknd's Abel Tesfaye aimed to show doubters he's got the vocal talent to make you quiver and pay more...

(Ryko)   www.rykodisc.com   It's remarkable that even after the illustrious precedents set in the ‘60s and ‘70s by Dylan, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne and their like-minded more...

  (Dandelion Wine)   www.thebrotheregg.com   Give thebrotheregg leader Adam Goldman credit: he has been toiling away for nearly 15 years in near total obscurity and is still more...

(Fire)   www.firerecords.com   You never know what Robert Schneider is going do next and while the longtime Apples in Stereo leader has kept most of his music in the pop category he more...

(Micro Werks)   www.ccmusic.com   You can hear their influence in the contemporary likes of King Khan & the Shrines and Reigning Sound, not to mention such rock legends as Lo more...

(In the Red)   www.intheredrecords.com   These San Francisco via Providence, RI miscreants, led by New Englander John Dwyer, have amassed quite a catalog in what seems like only a more...

(In the Red)   www.intheredrecords.com   John Dwyer, of the million past projects (Pink and Brown, Coachwhips, Hospitals are probably the best known), has been plying his semi-solo more...