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(Secretly Canadian)   www.secretlycanadian.com   Ten records into an impressive but often-overlooked solo career, Seattle's Damien Jurado continues to turn out compelling narrative more...

(Hydra Head)   www.hydrahead.com   My Love is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be, the 1994 debut album from Harvey Milk - undoubtedly the heaviest, most uncomprom more...

(Yep Roc) www.yeproc.com   It's been several years since the Sadies' last studio album, 2007's New Seasons. Prior to that they released a career-defining live record that found them in the more...

(4 AD)   www.4ad.com   Like the Avett Brothers without the high lonesome vocal mien and absolute contagion, brother acts Scott (guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums), and Aaron (bass) more...

(Chess/Hip-O-Select)   www.hip-oselect.com   This set covers Chuck Berry's second go-round at Chess records, from 1969 to 1974. By that time Buddy Holly was dead, Elvis Presley was more...

(Summer Secret)   www.summersecretrecords.com   This Tar Heel trio seem to be making waves in their home state and if you like your rock heavy, well, they've got it in spades. Lead more...

(7Even Records)   www.myspace.com/7evenrecordings   Florent Aupetit shortens his name to what's essentially Google kryptonite for his outings as a dubstep producer. Energy Distortio more...

(Cryptogramophone)   www.cryptogramophone.com   Over the course of the recent Easter weekend, I was lucky enough to have caught Wilco perform at the recently restored Wellmont Theat more...

(20/20/20)   www.20-20-20.com   Bon Iver. Deerhunter. The Shins. My Morning Jacket. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. These are just a small selection of choice acts of the modern d more...

(No Idea)     www.noidearecords.com     True believers don't come much truer than British punks Leatherface. Despite a half-decade break during the last part of the &lsq more...