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Zach Hill

Astrological Straits

(Ipecac)   www.ipecac.com     Zach Hill is a hell of a drummer. Best known for his work behind the kit for Hella and Marnie Stern, Astrological Straits is his first solo outing. more...

Zach Williams and the Reformation

Electric Revival

(self-released)   www.myspace.com/zwreformation     The album title's instructive: this Jonesboro, Arkansas, outfit serves up a Southern rock-fueled brand of electric R&B, more...

Zach Williams and the Reformation

A Southern Offering

(self-released)   www.zwreformation.com)   There are, of course, certain staples in pop music, blueprints that transcend each and every era. Zach Williams and the Reformation base th more...

Zee Avi

Zee Avi

(Brushfire)   www.brushfirerecords.com   It takes an extremely talented songwriter to create visions of beaches and sunsets through sound but still manage to deliver a deep and haunt more...

Zero Boys

Vicious Circle [reissue]

(Secretly Canadian) www.secretlycanadian.com The cusp of the 1980s was not a good time to be a punk in Indiana, but when was? Both coasts were raging - with the Minutemen, Black Flag an more...

Zeroville

Couldn’t Get a Gig at the Pep

(Popover Corps)   www.popovercorps.com   The record label (operated by singer/songwriter John Wesley Harding, no less) bills this hi-octane quartet as a "legendary first-wave NY pun more...

Zeus

Say Us

(Arts & Crafts) www.arts-crafts.ca When a lead singer opts to forsake his band in order to go the solo route, most fans will barely raise an eyebrow. But when a band breaks out on their ow more...

Zola Jesus

Conatus

(Sacred Bones)   www.sacredbonesrecords.com   You can take the farm out of the girl - but why would you want to? Born and raised on a 100 acre homestead in the middle of Wisconsin, Ni more...

Zuzu's Petals

Kicking Our Own Asses [reissue]

(Twin-Tone/Ryko/Rhino Handmade)   www.rhinohandmade.com   A band gets a close friend to write liner notes for their compilation CD because usually the writer "was there," and knows t more...

ZZ Top

Eliminator [reissue]

(Warner Bros.)   www.warnerbrosrecords.com   Even the liner notes reference the infamous "paradigm shift" that led so many rockists of the '80s to dismiss this Texas trio's multi-pl more...


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