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(Woodsist)   www.woodsist.com   Nodzzz, out of San Francisco, makes jangly, joyful one- and two-minute songs about any damned thing, evoking the jittery propulsion of early Feelies more...

(Dirtnap)   www.dirtnaprecs.com   Thus Houston trio has been hard at work for the better part of this decade. Their 2nd record from 2009 (reissued on Dirtnap) entitled There Are No more...

(Sundazed)   www.sundazed.com   Early rock ‘n' roll is littered with larger-than-life personalities whose flamboyance heightened rather than hindered their music. There's Littl more...

(Easy Action)   http://www.easyaction.co.uk   Phil Shoenfelt's history stretches back to the early ‘80s and the postpunk act Khmer Rouge. But the British-born/Prague-based sing more...

(Diesel Only)   www.lauracantrell.com   Laura Cantrell's come a long way since she first befriended John Flansburgh, co-leader of the band They Must Be Giants, over a decade ago and m more...

  (Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   An editor I wrote for years ago told me he didn't like Bill Callahan because he thought he was "trying too hard to sound like somebody else." I more...

(Vanguard)   www.vanguardrecords.com   To the causal observer, Vanguard's psychedelic legacy might seem far less apparent than the label's storied folk imprint, and yet even such ico more...

(Merge)   www.mergerecords.com   Last year when a Merge album discussed the Suburbs, it was a grandiose rumination on lost youth, identity and not losing sight of your roots - or tho more...

(self-released)   http://www.facebook.com/theblessings   It could be argued that the true genius of the Rolling Stones was creating a style of rootsy, sexy rock ‘n' roll that's more...

(Thirty Tigers)   www.thirtytigers.com   It took Ben Sollee a little time to find his footing after transitioning from the classical environs where he was nurtured. The Kentucky nati more...