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(Cryptogramophone)   www.crypto.tv   The trio of Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Jim Black (drums, laptop) and Nels Cline (guitar, effects) might have been a relatively new group at the more...

(City Zen)   http://shop.miadoitodd.com/   Mia Doi Todd has a voice that flickers like flame, unfurling at the slightest breath of air into acrobatic plumes and flourishes, then drawi more...

(Alive Natural Sound Records)   www.alivenergy.com   Peter Case made a drastic shift in stance when he opted out of the power pop he purveyed initially with the Nerves and later via more...

(Luna Park)    www.garlandjeffreys.com   In a long career that so far has never quite jelled into all it could be, Garland Jeffreys has made some good records and one great one, more...

(Spooky)   www.spookyrecords.com   Let's face it: roots rock or alt.country or Americana or whatever the hell you want to call it has gotten way too...safe. Predictable. Cuddly, even. more...

(Caldo Verde)   www.caldoverderecords.com   Though they haven't issued a proper full-length since 2007's Conqueror, Justin Broadrick's Jesu has certainly harbored no loss of activity more...

(Box of Cedar)   www.marissanadler.com   What's really special about Marissa Nadler's spooky folk is how deeply internalized it seems to be. That's the quality typically separating c more...

(Eagle)   www.eaglerockent.com   Despite the fact that his career encompassed all or part of four decades, the late Willy DeVille never achieved more than second-string status as far more...

(Ruf)   www.rufrecords.de   The idea of combining two or three blues musicians into one big orgy isn't a new one - Alligator Records put itself on the map with a handful of these, an more...

(Graveface)   www.graveface.com   Hospital Ships is a band firmly entrenched in the school of thought that guitars needn't be the centerpiece for good, effective rock and roll. Think more...