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(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com   Even long-time Oneida fans, trained over multiple albums to expect the unexpected, may balk at the radical minimalism of this album.  Put it more...

(Constellation)   www.ctrecords.com   With its elegiac third full-length, Montreal's Esmerine makes the leap from intriguing offshoot to compelling full-time entity. La Lechuza, the more...

(Columbia/Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com   As the musician was a staunch advocate of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (aka NORML) and the total decrimina more...

(self-released)   www.youdirtyrats.net   Tarheel rockers You Dirty Rats - Templeton, Remy and Jeffe Rat on guitar, guitar and bass, respectively, plus Senor Cats on drums - hail from more...

(Alligator)   www.alligator.com   Back in the 1950's the "revue" was common in R&B music. To save money, several artists would join together, hire a bus and drive across the coun more...

(Yep Roc)   www.yeproc.com   Being the offspring of a famous artist rarely assures of success, although the name recognition it affords obviously doesn't hurt either. And yet, when more...

(Trouble in Mind)   www.troubleinmindrecs.com   The Wax Museums write fast, sloppy punk songs about any damned thing, chronicling summer's highs ("Breakfast for Dinner") and lows ("Mo more...

(J-Woo Records)   www.aaronwoodmusic.com   Aaron Wood - that's "Woody" Wood to pretty much anyone who knows the gent - has been a mainstay of the western N.C. independent scene for y more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   Brooklyn-based duo Mountains continue to take drone music to new peaks of creativity on their second Thrill Jockey album, Air Museum.   more...

(Raisin'Music)   www.raisinmusic.com   In 2009 Chicago Blues: A Living History was nominated for a Grammy. The idea behind the two CD project was to take aging Chicago blues artists more...