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Bottle Rockets

Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening with the Bottle Rockets

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotreceords.com   Not So Loud constitutes a rare unplugged offering from a band that's always favored up-tempo tunes and a persistent penchant for veracity. H more...

Hotel Lights

Girl Graffiti

(Bar/None)   www.bar-none.com   When Ben Folds Five split, the media spotlight followed its namesake on his solo journey, relegating drummer Darren Jessee and bassist Robert Sledge, more...

Parson Red Heads

Yearling

(Arena Rock Recording)    www.arenarock.com   Somewhere in the rocky, desert scrub just outside Joshua Tree, the dry, powdery bone dust of Ingram Connor whip up briefly in a pass more...

Ollabelle

Neon Blue Bird

(Thirty Tigers)   www.thirtytigers.com   One of these days, Ollabelle is going to make the brilliant record that's seemed so likely since their strong 2004 self-titled debut. That r more...

Guy Clark

Songs And Stories

(Dualtone)   www.dualtone.com   Suffice it to say Guy Clark is one of the most revered writers in Nashville, a musician whose weathered tales and down home demeanor personify the ess more...

Fool's Gold

Leave No Trace

(IAMSOUND)   www.iamsoundrecords.com   Since the self-titled 2009 debut, polyglot multinational Fool's Gold has streamlined from a rough-dozen players to a core of five, shifted its more...

The War on Drugs

Slave Ambient

(Secretly Canadian)   www.secretlycanadian.com   On the new War on Drugs album, singer/songwriter/bandleader Adam Granduciel seems to be channeling a lot of things, all of them good. more...

Fonda

Better Days

(Fonda Music)   www.fondamusic.com   It has been 8 long years since this Los Angeles band had released their last record, Catching Up to the Future. The band founders, David Klotz more...

Brian Eno and the words of Rick Holland

Drums Between The Bells

(Warp)   www.warp.net   Anyone who has followed the career trajectory of Brian Eno these last 40 years could have predicted that his productivity levels would increase vastly after s more...

Archers of Loaf

Icky Mettle (2CD Remastered)

(Merge)   www.mergerecords.com   The suddenly seminal 1993 debut LP from Eric Bachmann and his scrappy, Carolina-bred bandmates in Archers of Loaf, was always one of indie/college ro more...


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