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(Alive)   www.alive-totalenergy.com   Raise your hand if you've been craving some industrially-tinged four-four clamor marrying Wire, NIN, and Suicide. Those whose hands shot up are more...

(TBD Records)   www.tbdrecords.com     For their sophomore release the New York City sextet have switched labels, modified their sound, and attracted producer, and Spoon voca more...

(Nonesuch)   www.nonesuch.com   Jeff Tweedy can't win. He abandons the roots stylings that marked Uncle Tupelo and early Wilco, and he's a turncoat to the Americana community; he fi more...

(dBpm)   www.wilcoworld.net   While a "Welcome back, Wilco!" would play unduly snarky, there's no denying Jeff Tweedy's group's last two efforts - 2007's Sky Blue Sky and 2009's Wilco more...

(Domino)   www.dominorecordco.us   When it comes to England's Wild Beasts, file under "eccentric." That's the operative descriptor for this quartet of early-20s Lake District Brits, more...

(Domino)   www.dominorecordco.com     These affable Wild Beasts of Kendal, England, have dangled in relative obscurity awhile, ensnared by their own eccentricities and pervers more...

(Domino)   www.dominorecordco.com    Hayden Thorpe's falsetto flutters like a hummingbird, swoops and curls like a multi-colored kite in the wind. He is, if anything, more flamb more...

(Merge)   www.mergerecords.com   Take two-thirds of Sleater-Kinney, add the helm of Helium and a key role player from the Minders and you have Wild Flag, a gyno-centric supergroup. I more...

(Startime International)   www.startimeintl.com     The opening track is a wistful folk-pop gem served with an earnest vibrato and Bluebells-esque harmonica. The only thing tha more...

(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com  Baltimore's Wilderness quietly staked their claim as one of the most interesting new art-rock bands around with their 2005 self-titled debut. Sing more...