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(Pravda)   www.pravdamusic.com   Lord, what a sweet way to start one's weekend off (or any day, for that matter): sleek but gritty instro soul ‘n' funk just the way your mama u more...

(Appleseed) http://www.appleseedmusic.com/   Never one to over indulge his fans as far as album output is concerned, Jonathan Edwards makes a belated return with a new studio set that retai more...

(Captured Tracks)   www.capturedtracks.com   Portland duo of Patricia Hall and Ian Hicks offer up 10 songs of drawn-out electro, synth-pop tunes. I say "drawn-out " because several more...

(Stax Remastered)   www.concordmusicgroup.com   From Memphis to London may be quite a distance on the map, but Booker T. & The MGs made it look like a quick and easy jump back more...

(Secretly Canadian) www.secretlycanadian.com A Santa Barbara quintet that features flute, lyrics about "marmalade skies" and occasional outbursts of "tribal" percussion, Gardens & Villa c more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Wolf Parade may continue to be on indefinite hiatus. But pack leader Dan Boeckner remains as busy as ever on his critically acclaimed side project, Hands more...

(Caterina Sounds)   www.cheeksters.com   The last time we checked in with the Cheeksters - their Movers and Shakers album (reviewed here) was released in the fall of 2008 - the Ashevi more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   To understand Carol Kleyn, go no further than a concert review from the early '70s when she toured with the Allman Brothers: "Ms. Kleyn's voice immed more...

(Fire)   www.firerecords.com   Las Kellies' cover of ESG's "Erase You," slinks and struts with an animal grace, its spiky minimalism grounded in grunting, primitive bass and embellis more...

(Recreation Ltd.)   www.crystalantlers.com/recreationltd.php   Let's be clear right up front: Crystal Antlers is a psych-rock outfit from California; not to be mistaken for noise-pop more...