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(Awesome Tapes From Africa)   www.awesometapes.com     The debut release from the archivist blog and DJ collective Awesome Tapes From Africa is a full spectrum re-release (CD, L more...

(Vanguard)   www.vanguardrecords.com   From the opening track, "Gravity," on Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers' new album Gift Horse we know we are in for something special.  "Grav more...

(Asthmatic Kitty)   www.asthmatickitty.com   Bravery may be a recurring theme on My Brightest Diamond's newest release, All Things Will Unwind (see songs "She Does Not Brave the War," more...

(Overground)   www.overgroundrecords.co.uk   A prized collectible from this venerated Alabaman space-surf band loses eBay value but gains twice its weight on an outta-this-world reis more...

(Anti-)   www.anti.com   Joe Henry has really great hair. He's got the kind of natural locks that look sculpted from the pompadours of Presley and Morrissey, but with the product-fre more...

(Zip)   www.ziprecords.com   An English expatriate currently residing in New York, Edward Rogers has never lost his loyalty for the Bit rock sounds that nurtured his musical heritage more...

(Jocoserious)   www.jonathancoulton.com   Despite his relatively low profile with the public at large, Jonathan Coulton's successfully developed his own cottage industry through com more...

(Domino)     www.dominorecordco.us   Admittedly, Baltimore-based singer/songwriter Cass McCombs resides well below the surface as far as wider recognition is concerned. Howev more...

(Enchufada)   www.enchufada.com   The Angolan-born, Lisbon-based Afro-dance collective Buraka Som Sistema makes a "day of the dead" style offering of the year's spookiest, butt-shaki more...

(Light In The Attic)   www.lightintheattic.net   The saga of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun encapsulates both the ebbs and tides of global pop music culture over several decades and t more...