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Ride

Nowhere: 25th Anniversary Edition

 (Rhino Handmade)   www.rhinohandmade.com; (dist) www.lightintheattic.net   With the benefit of hindsight, it's likely that Britain's Ride, though in the late ‘80s and earl more...

Lissie

Covered Up With Flowers

(Fat Possum)   www.fatpossum.com   With other artists assuming names like Lady Gaga, Adele and Florence and the Machine, a single moniker like Lissie seems relatively tame, at least b more...

The Fall

Ersatz G.B.

(Cherry Red)   www.cherryred.co.uk   Mark E. Smith has, perhaps, always been a mad old coot. Even in his 20s, he had a certain filthy-bathrobed menace, as he mouthed inscrutable thre more...

P. Hux

Tracks & Treasure Volume 1

(self-released)   www.parthenonhuxley.com   Tarheel ex-pat Parthenon Huxley, currently based in the D.C. area and a member of ELO (aka "The Orchestra"), has a sterling rock ‘n' more...

Various Artists

Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio

(The Numero Group)   www.numerogroup.com   The Numero Group have always been both admirably ambitious and obsessively completist with their archival compilations, resulting in a rem more...

McCrary Sisters

Our Journey

(McC Records)   www.mccrecords.com   Those of us spending our time in the secular world haven't kept up with the Gospel music of the last 30 years or so. Go back to the ‘50s an more...

Vex Ruffin

Crash Course EP

(Stones Throw)   www.stonesthrow.com   Vex Ruffin, who hails from Chino Hills, near L.A., isn't exactly a household name yet, although on the basis of this 7-song debut mini-album it more...

Fishbone

Crazy Glue EP

(DC-Jam)   www.fishbone.net   Fishbone has been around for a quarter century and the critics have consistently had a hard time slapping a label on the band. Crazy Glue will not help more...

Balam Acab

Wander/Wonder

(Tri Angle)   http://tri-anglerecords.com/   "When I listen to their music, I feel it in my entire body." So proclaims actress Ellen Page who, when she is not busy raising awareness more...

The Records featuring John Wicks

Rotate

(Fuel)   www.johnwicksandtherecords.com     For those who have forgotten or simply weren't around back in the day... John Wicks was the main singer and rhythm guitarist in The more...


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