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(Oh Boy)   www.ohboy.com   A two-disc set documenting archival demos and an early live recording, The Singing Postman Delivers demonstrates that for the most part, John Prine's musica more...

(Fire)   www.firerecords.com   Originally released in 2000, Chore of Enchantment, Giant Sand's 11th studio album, comes with quite a back story. A confluence of events behind the scen more...

(Fake Four Inc.)   www.fakefourinc.com   Minneapolis rapper Charles Bothwell, aka Astronautalis, returns with his 4th LP This Is Our Science. Astronautalis unveils the many faces to h more...

(Alien8)   www.alien8records.com   Sparks fly when Annie-Claude Deschênes lights into "Antepoc," an industrial strength, punk-speed, strobe-lit track just a little too ferocio more...

(Nonesuch)   www.nonesuch.com     If Muddy Waters was correct in assuming that the blues' offspring was a baby named "Rock n' Roll," there had to be an evil twin bastard in t more...

(ugEXPLODE)   www.ugexplode.com   Tracing the lineage of the birthing of 70's New York punk rock and later the no wave movement leads to the usual suspects, respectively: The Velvet more...

(Smalltown Superjazzz)   www.smalltownsupersound.com   He was the grizzled veteran of jazz drumming who has worked sessions with everyone from Dionne Warwick to Sun Ra. He is the wide more...

(Nat Geo Music)   www.natgeomusic.net   E.L.S. is a moniker for "Electric Latin Soul," and Rene Lopez more than meets that head-on on his groove-happy new CD. Over eleven tracks he more...

(Studio K7)   www.k7.com   K7's DJ-Kicks series has been around for a long time now. It's not much of an exaggeration to refer to it as "venerable" at this point, considering the art more...

(Shelflife)   www.shelflife.com   The Swedish pop scene has had their share of praise during this past decade and now it's time for Denmark to get some due.  Northern Portrait more...