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Parson Red Heads
(Arena Rock Recording) www.arenarock.com Somewhere in the rocky, desert scrub just outside Joshua Tree, the dry, powdery bone dust of Ingram Connor whip up briefly in a pass more...
Ollabelle
(Thirty Tigers) www.thirtytigers.com One of these days, Ollabelle is going to make the brilliant record that's seemed so likely since their strong 2004 self-titled debut. That r more...
Guy Clark
(Dualtone) www.dualtone.com Suffice it to say Guy Clark is one of the most revered writers in Nashville, a musician whose weathered tales and down home demeanor personify the ess more...
Fool's Gold
(IAMSOUND) www.iamsoundrecords.com Since the self-titled 2009 debut, polyglot multinational Fool's Gold has streamlined from a rough-dozen players to a core of five, shifted its more...
The War on Drugs
(Secretly Canadian) www.secretlycanadian.com On the new War on Drugs album, singer/songwriter/bandleader Adam Granduciel seems to be channeling a lot of things, all of them good. more...
Fonda
(Fonda Music) www.fondamusic.com It has been 8 long years since this Los Angeles band had released their last record, Catching Up to the Future. The band founders, David Klotz more...
Brian Eno and the words of Rick Holland
(Warp) www.warp.net Anyone who has followed the career trajectory of Brian Eno these last 40 years could have predicted that his productivity levels would increase vastly after s more...
Archers of Loaf
(Merge) www.mergerecords.com The suddenly seminal 1993 debut LP from Eric Bachmann and his scrappy, Carolina-bred bandmates in Archers of Loaf, was always one of indie/college ro more...
Headhunters
(Owl Studios) www.owlstudios.com Twenty eight years after the first of several legendary collaborations w/Herbie Hancock, Headhunters founder Bill Summers, long-time partner Mik more...
Collections of Colonies of Bees
(Hometapes) www.home-tapes.com Last year, Collections of Colonies of Bees joined with fellow Wisconsinite Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) in their Volcano Choir joint effort, an odd, more...











