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Goose Creek Symphony

The Same Thing Again

(Bo Records)   www.goosecreeksymphony.com     If you've never heard of the Goose Creek Symphony - and most folks haven't - well, here's the truth. While Jeff Tweedy and Jay Far more...

Taj Mahal

Maestro

(Heads Up International)   www.headsup.com   If any other artist were to dub his new album Maestro, critics would certainly find cause to condemn it for sheer cockiness.  But T more...

Passenger

Wicked Man's Rest

(Cooking Vinyl)   www.cookinvinylusa.com     Although Mike Rosenberg shares a similar aesthetic approach with fellow Brits James Blunt and David Gray (particularly the latter w more...

Subways

All Or Nothing

(Warner Bros.)   www.warnerbrosrecords.com/     "You're the brass key hole I fit into/ You're the wind and I am the weather vane/ You're the strawberry blonde and I'm the gray" more...

Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby

Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby

(Stiff)   www.stiff-records.com   Mickey and Sylvia. Paul & Paula. Peaches & Herb. Add to the list - too short a list, really - of great singing couples Wreckless Eric & more...

Das Llamas

Class Wars (K-12)

(Aviation Records)   www.aviationrecords.us     Officially released June 24, 2008, Class Wars¸ Das Llamas' sophomore release, was accompanied by the announcement from th more...

Plastilina Mosh

All U Need is Mosh

(Nacional)   www.nacionalrecords.com   There aren't many artists alive who could bring the electro-rock party-funk jams the way these Mexican iconoclasts do here. Maybe Beck on a go more...

Van Morrison

Catalog Reissues

(Universal)   www.umusic.com   Enlightenment The Healing Game Live At the Grand Opera House Belfast A Night in San Francisco No Guru, No Method, No Teacher Veedon Fleece   more...

Sonya Kitchell

Sonya Kitchell

(Velour Music Group)   (www.velourmusic.com)   When you've got a voice as sultry and silky as Sonya Kitchell, it's hard to get away from the jazz-tinged-soul stereotype. But like on more...

The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event

(Major Domo)   www.majordomorecords.com   The dramatic sweep of "Wishing Well," the opening track on the Airborne Toxic Event's self-titled debut, announces the five L.A. musicians more...


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