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(Wichita Recordings)   www.wichita-recordings.com   It's a shame Daydreams and Nightmares isn't better. On its debut, Those Dancing Days made a strong case for the throne of Swedish more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com/   The Sub Pop babe band return with a bento box of four sunny, pop-punk-garage tunes (including a Smiths cover) produced with a Spector-tacular Wall of So more...

(Nonesuch)   www.nonesuch.com   Jessica Lea Mayfield's roots may be in Americana, but her current stance reflects the nocturnal instincts of an alt chanteuse. Her willowy vocals and a more...

(Lost Highway)   www.losthighwayrecords.com   It used to be a part of the job description for rock critics to claim they'd found "the next Dylan" every once in a while. If that were s more...

(Columbia/Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com   Bitches Brew Live isn't the first Miles Davis concert disk to surface that features music from that landmark LP performed on stage righ more...

(Self-released)   www.susanjamesmusic.com     The American music scene has rootsy singer/songwriters coming out of its proverbial ears, and it can be difficult to stand out from more...

(Yellow Bear Records)   www.myspace.com/rachelgoodrich   If Rachel Goodrich was from, say, Seattle, as opposed to Miami, she might be a star by now. Indeed the hipness factor suffers more...

(Tender Loving Empire)   www.tenderlovingempire.com   Lots of chamber pop bands talk the chamber talk without really walking it, their strings mere accents glued onto pop ditties. But more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   Rick Rizzo and Tara Key, two veterans of Louisville, Kentucky's early 1990s punk scene, join together for a decidedly unpunk collection of more...

(Rock Candy Records)   www.rockcandyrecords.com   If their self-titled 1989 album had proven to be a difficult birth, with Badlands' manager usurping the producer's chair, and with more...