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(Ox-Op/Amphetamine Reptile)   www.ox-op.com ; www.amphetaminereptile.com     Sweet dreams are made of this: I can still recall with vivid clarity the moment I "got" the Birthda more...

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com   Ha Ha Tonka, meet Kings of Leon. Kings of Leon, meet your competition. While the latter band's Southern-rock mix has helped them break big af more...

(Alive Naturalsound Records)   www.alive-totalenergy.com       Alright, so there's nothing terribly subtle about Hacienda. The Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)-produced grou more...

(Self-released)   www.haciendabrothers.com       This album comes weighted with a significance that surely was the last thing the Hacienda Brothers intended when they were more...

(Asthmatic Kitty) www.asthmatickitty.com   Being bizarre isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can produce quite a jolt. Take, for example, the one-man amalgam known as Half-handed Cloud more...

(RCA/Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com   When Daryl Hall first broke into the R&B club in the mid-‘60s as the lead singer of the Temptones, the Philly boy was one of the more...

(Misra)   www.misrarecords.com   Hallelujah the Hills, out of Boston, build rough symphonies out of homespun materials and  shouted choruses out of existential crisis. With the more...

(East Side Digital)   www.noside.com/esd   It would be incredibly easy to dismiss Halloween, Alaska, as another conveyor-belt, lite-rock outfit with hipster points (drummer David Kin more...

(Carrot Top)    www.carrottoprecords.com   Since the release of their debut record in 1995 (Odessa) the Handsome Family (married couple Brett and Rennie Sparks) have explored more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   From the moment the glitchy synths begin popping on opening track "Legal Tender," the Handsome Furs start writing the most idiosyncratic 8-bit love note more...