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Skysaw

Great Civilizations

(Dangerbird) www.dangerbirdrecords.com   Expectations run high when a band boldly names itself after the lead-off track from, of all things, an album by Eno, in this case, Another Green Wor more...

Christine Owman

Throwing Knives

(Revolving)   www.revolvingrecords.com   "Spelling Words," the first song on this third full-length from the Swedish singer/songwriter, begins in a tipsy saw of cello, a regular plink more...

Stephen Warwick

Talking Machine

 (self-released)   www.stephenwarwickmusic.com   Some might say that taking five years to record an album is folly. Of course, if you're a perfectionist, five years might seem an more...

Dex Romweber Duo

Is That You in the Blue?

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com   Dex Romweber's work with the Flat Duo Jets has been cited by no less than erstwhile White Stripes frontman Jack White as a huge influence on more...

Amy LaVere

Stranger Me

(Archer Records)   www.archer-records.com   Three albums into her career, Amy LaVere continues to define and refine her musical voice with Stranger Me, an album of intoxication and e more...

Sole and the Skyrider Band

Hello Cruel World

(Fake Four)   www.fakefourinc.com   Hello Cruel World  is Tim Holland's third album as Sole and the Skyrider band, but  his first after ending an 11 year association with A more...

DELS

GOB

(Big Dada)   www.bigdada.com   From Slick Rick to The Streets, the British have been an established part of the hip-hop conversation for nearly 25 years. But not since the heyday of more...

Old 97's

The Grand Theatre, Volume Two

(New West Records)   www.newwestrecords.com   Those who believe the adage that "a sequel is never as good as the original" should take a listen to the latest release from Old 97's, more...

Pet Shop Boys

Concrete + Battleship Potemkin

(Astralwerks)   www.astralwerks.com   In the better-late-than-never department, a double-live Pet Shop Boys album, Concrete (7 stars out of 10), first released in England in 2006 is g more...

Meredith Bragg

Nest

(The Kora)   www.thekorarecords.com   Oscillating between his stark folk-tinged past and a new, electronica- and orchestral-spiked direction, Meredith Bragg's sophomore effort reads l more...


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