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(TeleSoul Records) www.bluerodeo.com     Blue Rodeo may very well be the best band yet to catch the attention of the wider populace. That's a bold statement perhaps, but devotees ca more...

(Vagrant)   www.vagrant.com   Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett, aka "E", is famously revered for the sadsack nature of his lyrical content, which is understandable given the extent more...

(Western Vinyl)   westernvinyl.com From the opening strings and airy snare drum cracks of the first instrumental track on Sleep Whale's new album, "Green Echo," to the entrance of reverb- more...

(self-released) www.myspace.com/boygeniusband   The inclusion of power pop maestro Mitch Easter on the credits of any new album all but assures the kind of endorsement that can elevate a more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   Calcination, if you're not a chemistry whiz, means heating substances to just below their melting point, in order to flush out impurities. It's hard more...

(North Street)   www.northstreetrecords.net     There's reasons to be both cheerful and apprehensive about TAB The Band's new long-player, and while lazy reviewers inevitably p more...

(Famous Class)   www.famousclass.com   Normally, there would be cause to chastise any outfit that dared tag themselves with a name like Darlings, but with the ebullient sounds exhib more...

(Second Motion)   www.secondmotionrecords.com   With a solo career as fruitful as his trajectory with his band The Church, Steve Kilbey's never been reticent about venturing into new more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Bob Dylan set the scene back when he stowed away at The Band's Big Pink in Saugerties following his infamous motorcycle wipeout and recorded some of the more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com When Alan Sparhawk switches between Low and Retribution Gospel Choir, does he have to change in a phone booth?  It's a fair question, because RGC's louder, more...