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(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   Carlos Paredes was a master of the Coimbrian guitar, a shortened, rounded version of the instrument, strung with six sets of double wire that was dev more...

(Dirtnap)   www.dirtnaprecs.com   The firs thing that came to mind upon hearing this Montreal group's debut record (on the Going Gaga label) a few years back was, "Man, this band is more...

(Anti-)   www.epitaph.com   For much of his career, John K. Samson has been identified with the Weakerthans, a Canadian folk-punk combo whose own credentials have been sadly under-va more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   Cheyenne Marie Mize, out of Louisville, is nothing if not self-assured, taking up every inch of sonic space in her latest six-song EP, strutting and stom more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   The perfect music for science fiction fanatics comes from an artist out of Baltimore, Maryland, named Jason Urick. With a remarkable grasp more...

(Joyful Noise)   http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/     From the beginning, Jad Fair's nasal-tinged vocals, childish lyrics, and "The only chord I know is the one that connec more...

(Barsuk)   www.barsuk.com   Laura Gibson has a voice that flutters and trembles, hopping octave-length intervals weightlessly like a bird jumping from a low branch to a higher one. T more...

(Strut)   www.strut-records.com   Don't expect to find much Joy Division or New Order on the new Factory Records compilation, Fac. Dance. There is actually a song by the latter, the more...

(Daptone)   www.daptonerecords.com The recent trend in Afropop is to emphasize traditional styles and instruments, but when Benin's Theophile Do Rego (aka El Rego) started recording in t more...

(Vagrant)   www.vagrant.com   Scribes love Hold Steady frontman Finn - he's one of them, chronicling the rock lifestyle in song.  In solo mode, Finn cranks out a record that's more...