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(What’s Your Rupture?)   www.whatsyourrupture.com    On the cusp of their 20th anniversary, London’s beloved Comet Gain still resides on the outer perimeter of Engli more...

(Mute)   www.mute.com   It's hard to know where to begin when trying to describe the 22-song cinematic electro-opus that is French prodigy M83's new double-disc set. It's not so much more...

(Scion AV)   www.scionav.com   A digital-only mini album from the Asheville, NC, garage kings, who for this particular recording comprise founder Cartwright (vocals/guitars), Benny T more...

(Schoolhouse Records)   www.grushecky.com   It must suck to be you, because if you've never witnessed the power and the glory that is a live performance by Joe Grushecky and the Hou more...

(Tender Loving Empire)   www.tenderlovingempire.com The core of this band,  Lizzy Ellison and Cameron Spies , formed the cassette label Apes Tapes sometime in the 2000's before for more...

(King Outlaw)   www.justanenglishoutlaw.com   Having already dropped a remake of his band's classic album In the Dynamite Jet Saloon earlier this year, former Dogs D'amour leader Tyla more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   "One time...I spit and hit a dime," Luke Roberts' growls over a spare, rough-hewn scrim of picking. His "Dime Song" sounds as if it were recor more...

(Warp)   www.warp.net   If you think the massive imbalance of wealth is bad in the USA, the way things are in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes the situation here seem like the more...

(DECON)   www.projectblowed.com   Comparing Freestyle Fellowship to just about any hip-hop act on the radio today is akin to squaring up the skills of Kenny G. with that of John Colt more...

(Signature Sounds)   www.signaturesounds.com   Crooked Still is a Boston-based, Alt-Bluegrass (or "Newgrass") group. It lost the pungent counterpoint that cellist Rushad Eggleston ad more...