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(Opal Records/DGM)   www.dgmlive.com     At the time, it seemed to be an intriguing collaboration between two of rock music's most interesting "artistes." The reality of 1973' more...

(Sire)   www.sirerecords.com   Against Me!'s last record was called New Wave, but "Random Hearts," the opening track from lead singer Tom Gabel's new solo EP, really fits that part more...

 (Parasol)   www.parasol.com     Over the course of more than a dozen years and various releases under different monikers, Unbunny's rambling trajectory has proven as odd more...

(Team Love)   www.team-love.com   Listening to McCarthy Trenching, it is easy to see why Conor Oberst snapped this Omaha band up for his label, Team Love. The band's loose-limbed co more...

(Domino)   www.dominorecordco.us   When it comes to England's Wild Beasts, file under "eccentric." That's the operative descriptor for this quartet of early-20s Lake District Brits, more...

(Collectors' Choice Music)   www.ccmusic.com   Long before CBS Records tried to remake him into the next Bruce Springsteen (no, I dunno why...maybe one wasn't enough?), Bill Chinnock more...

(Slanty Shanty)   www.slantyshantyrecords.com   The latest band to emerge from LA's over-hyped but legitimately fertile scene, based around the all-ages downtown venue, The Smell, i more...

(S-Curve)   www.s-curverecords.com     An improvement over 2002's sub-par Mr. Jones, but nowhere near as good as the rock-fuelled collaborations of 1999's Reload, 24 Hours is more...

(Matador)   www.matadorrecords.com   It's surprising how good all these expanded editions of the Pavement albums have been. For a "slacker" band as fond of the half-assed and tossed more...

(MVD Audio)   www.mvdb2b.com Nowadays, Ween is a serious touring band, a perfectly epic rock ‘n' roll juggernaut of druggy jams and weird funk. But they didn't start out that way. more...