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(American Beat)   www.myspace.com/americanbeat   My first introduction to new wave when I was a little kid was a poster of the cover of the Fabulous Poodles' Mirror Stars that hung i more...

(Water Music) www.watermusicrecords.com     While American folk singers were still trying to capture the spirit of Woody Guthrie in song with their battered Martin guitars, across the p more...

(Kemado)   www.kemado.com   The photos of Farmer Dave that are on the Kemado website look nothing like the long-haired guy who bent the pedal steel strings for Beachwood Sparks near more...

(Cuneiform)   www.cuneiformrecords.com   Don Van Vliet (better known as Captain Beefheart) and Frank Zappa were teenage friends, drawn together as oddballs even by the standards of more...

(429)   www.429records.com   Back in the earlier part of this decade, the Features were fated to be the "next big thing" in Nashville rock 'n' roll. Sure, they didn't have the curio more...

(Bar/None)   www.bar-none.com   The Feelies' 1980 debut had a wonderfully tightly-wound, tense sound to it. They powered through enigmatic lyrics and Velvets-inspired grooves, boos more...

  (Team Love) www.team-love.com   When music fans talk about bar bands, they usually point to groups with ringing power chords like the Hold Steady or R&B horn sections like Southsi more...

(Nettwerk)   www.nettwerk.com Chicago-based electro producer Felix Da Housecat describes his latest, He Was King, as his most pop-oriented album to date. This is an accurate assessment - more...

(VHF) www.vhfrecords.com       Cellist-singer-songwriter Margie Wienk's third album as Fern Knight has the same rich baroque drone, the same rupturing 1960s psychedelia as Music F more...

(ATO) www.atorecords.com As Starbucks stores keep closing and the dwindling economy continues to threaten the suburban lifestyle, music fans can hopefully rejoice over the inevitabl more...