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Rusted Root

Stereo Rodeo

 (Adrenaline)   www.rustedroot.com   I need to state up front my strong dislike for jam bands. I cheered the breakup of Phish and wept when they reunited. I'd take a public flo more...

Hush Arbors

Yankee Reality

(Ecstatic Peace!)   www.ecstaticpeace.com   Keith Woods, who records under the name Hush Arbors, has played with many of psychedelic folk's leading lights - Current 93, Six Organs o more...

Headlights

Wildlife

(Polyvinyl)   www.polyvinylrecords.com   After their terrific sophomore effort from 2008, Some Racing Some Stopping, it appeared that the band was ready for some kind of big breakt more...

Carley Wolf

Set Sail

(self-released)   www.carleywolf.com   Americana aficionados may find it faintly ludicrous, if not aggravating, that Norah Jones announces she's ditching MOR pop for roots music and more...

Hall and Oates

Do What You Want, Be What You Are [reissue]

(RCA/Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com   When Daryl Hall first broke into the R&B club in the mid-‘60s as the lead singer of the Temptones, the Philly boy was one of the more...

Cribs

Ignore the Ignorant

(Warner Bros.)   www.warnerbros.com   A push and a shove and the Cribs are Johnny Marr's: The layered rhythm guitars that announce Ignore the Ignorant are a heady flashback to The more...

Kid Sister

Ultraviolet

(Downtown)   www.downtownmusic.com   How many times has Kid Sister's debut album been delayed now? It sounds unbelievable, but it's been about a year since Ultraviolet was supposed t more...

Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures

(DGC)   www.dgcrecords.com   If you're like me, supergroupings of any sort give you a headache. In particular anything revolving around Led Zeppelin has been particularly dry, dumb more...

AC/DC

Backtracks

(Columbia)   www.columbiarecords.com   Billed as the "ultimate AC/DC collector's experience," Backtracks spans the length and breadth of AC/DC's staggering career, featuring rare so more...

Julian Casablancas

Phrazes for the Young

(RCA)   www.rcarecords.com   It's not unusual for a big band's lead singer on a solo jaunt to pull out the weird beats and move away from their ensemble's usual rockity rock. Maybe more...


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