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War

Collector's Edition

(Rhino)   www.rhino.com   War is a band not nearly as famous as it should be.  Certainly there are those standout cuts, especially "The Cisco Kid" and "Low Rider," but let's fac more...

War On Drugs

Wagonwheel Blues

(Secretly Canadian)   www.secretlycanadian.com Philadelphia’s The War On Drugs aren’t easy to pigeonhole, and that’s a plus when so many new bands sound “new” more...

Warlocks

The Mirror Explodes

(Tee Pee)   www.teepeerecords.com The Warlocks lay it on pretty damn thick. Their intentionally hazy retro-rock references ‘70s psychedelic music and shoegaze, similar to Black Moun more...

Warren Haynes

Man in Motion

(Stax)   www.concordmusicgroup.com/labels/Stax   At the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam last December, the Gov't Mule frontman - and guitarist for both the Allman Brothers and The Dead - more...

Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon [reissue]

(Rhino Records)   www.rhino.com       Forget all about Wanted Dead Or Alive, Warren Zevon's uncharacteristic 1969 debut LP. The album shows none of the wit or caustic wo more...

Was Not Was

Boo!

(Rykodisc) www.rykodisc.com       Eighteen years after Don and David Was pulled the plug on their dance-rock ensemble, Was (Not Was) is back with a new album and the same vintag more...

Washed Out

Within and Without

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Through cheap, readily accessible recording technology, the glossy sound of heavily marketed 1980s phenomena like Phil Collins, the Pet Shop Boys, or Pet more...

Watermelon Slim

Escape from the Chicken Coop

(Northern Blues)   www.northernblues.com   Watermelon Slim took the blues world by storm in recent years, being nominated for 17 Blues Music Awards in just four year. Not bad for a more...

Watermelon Slim

Ringers

(Northern Blues)   www.northernblues.com   Somewhere in the hinterlands of our more provincially-populated cities (San Diego's profile until about 10 years ago, for instance), or pl more...

Watermelon Slim and the Workers

No Paid Holidays

(Northern Blues Music)   www.northernblues.com       Blues music is thinking man's music, but Watermelon Slim's blues… well, that's rocket-science, genius-level stuff more...


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