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(Marion-Lorraine Records/Mercer Street Records)   www.fontanadistribution.com   When you've placed your songs on such shows as Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill and Smallville, people nat more...

([PIAS] America)   www.pias-america.com   Odd that two icons of dance music, Pet Shop Boys and Grace Jones, both had to wait years to get strong British albums released this year in more...

(Deutsche Grammophon)   www.deutschegrammophon.com   It's easy to dismiss Tori Amos' latest album without even hearing it.  Hasn't Amos spent enough time as a musical multiple p more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   Meg Baird always lent an ethereal warmth to Espers. Both her voice and her casually intricate picking are soft, assured and limned with sunshine. W more...

(Sunbeam Records)   www.sunbeamrecords.com   Before Flying Nun Records wasn't even yet a sparkle in the eye of Roger Shepherd and back when the Finn Brothers were still in short pant more...

(ElevenSeven)   www.blondie.net   One spin of Blondie's new album is all you need to underscore that this is a band that's never lost its edge, its spunk, its grit, its voice. Frontw more...

(Barsuk)   www.barsuk.com   It's hard to believe that it's been over decade since this fresh-faced duo - Kori Gardner on keyboards/vocals and Jason Hammel on drums/vocals - arrived i more...

(Merge)   www.mergerecords.com   Take two-thirds of Sleater-Kinney, add the helm of Helium and a key role player from the Minders and you have Wild Flag, a gyno-centric supergroup. I more...

 (Stax Remasters)   www.concordmusicgroup.com   The Concord Music Group's Stax Remasters series is cherry-picking selected classic releases from Stax/Volt Records' huge back cat more...

(True Panther Sounds)   www.truepanther.com   Written after frontman Christopher Owens had a tumultuous romantic breakup, Girls' stunning 2009 Album was propelled by manic energy and more...