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(Hip-O Select)   www.hip-oselect.com   Thinking back to the days of the late-but-great Rare Earth and - waitaminnit, you say you don't remember Rare Earth? Pull up a chair, kid: ext more...

(Merge Records)   www.mergerecords.com   If some small history emerges from this two-disc Portastatic compilation, it's the story of a restless spirit, Mac McCaughan of Superchunk fa more...

(Standard Recording Company)     www.standardrecording.com     A three-disc set of 43 songs about each of 43 presidents may sound like a gimmick worthy of They Might Be G more...

(Appleseed)   www.appleseedmusic.com   It seems only fitting that after contributing his ample talents to other people's albums - Steve Earle, Joan Baez, Guy Clark, the Dixie Chicks more...

(Polyvinyl)   www.polyvinylrecords.com   Of Montreal's latest opus is, at times, a tough nut to crack. Kevin Barnes' songwriting remains as surreal, scattered and frenetic as ever, more...

(Fat Possum)   www.fatpossum.com   Sometimes, a reissue doesn't have to be unearthed with bonus cuts and expanded liner notes - simply the fact that it is back in circulation, preci more...

(The Social Registry)   www.thesocialregistry.com On their 2005 album, God's Money, Gang Gang Dance showed a huge amount of potential with their avant-garde, tribal take on dance music a more...

(Shelterhouse/Suburban Home)   www.suburbanhomerecords.com/   Two Cow Garage hails from Columbus, Ohio, (Cow Town, USA). It, like Cincinnati and Athens, has a vibrant music scene; h more...

(Razor and Tie)   www.razorandtie.com   If album titles were indicative of an album's quality, then Dar Williams' Promised Land would mark a career-defining moment for the literate, more...

(Caroline/EMI)   www.carolinerecords.com   A diamond anniversary is fecund territory for a critical boner; after 10 years, a record's aging process is really just beginning, its his more...