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(Kingswood Records)     www.alanaamram.com  Vince Martin's status in folk music circles ranks well below the radar when compared to others of his generation, particularly more...

(Roar Scratch)   www.theicarusline.org   It's been four years since the Icarus Line released a record - in today's climate that's several lifetimes. But the iconoclastic L.A. quartet more...

(Anticon)   www.anticon.com   Alias' sixth full-length layers gauzy, rainbow colored psychedelia over hard beats, moving in dream-like lucidity over intricate, improbably pretty land more...

(Ye Olde Records)   www.julianahatfield.com   Here's a comparison that probably doesn't get made very often: Juliana Hatfield and Lou Reed. Certainly the '90s indie-popper and the & more...

(Second Motion)   www.secondmotionrecords.com   If you ever want to make an argument about an inverse relationship between popular success, with its attendant pressure and expectation more...

(Pompeii)   http://beirutband.com/   The fact that 25-year-old Zach Condon is so often dubbed a "virtuoso" or "wunderkind" is arguably more reflective of critic than subject. We all more...

(Lost and Lonesome Recording Co.)   www.lostandlonesome.com.au   After nearly a decade away from music Australian songwriter Bart Cummings returned in 2010 with the Make You Blush E more...

(XL Recordings)   www.xlrecordings.com   The once aptly named Horrors has returned with Skying, their third full length release. The UK quartet's 2007 debut was an eerie, garage roc more...

(The Rock Garage)   www.therockgarage.com   By 2011, only a music fan doing an ostrich imitation would still think of Austin, Texas as a music town devoted only to roots music - blue more...

(Vampisoul)   www.vampisoul.com   One of the nicer surprises of the Ponderosa Stomp-sponsored 2010 Detroit Breakdown concert at New York's Lincoln Center Out of Doors was the appea more...