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(Potomak)   www.neubauten.org   Considering the band's efforts in its earliest incarnation to challenge listener's stamina and safety through an abrasive and destructive presence on more...

(Decca)   www.deccarecords-us.com       Singer Alison Moyet was doing the harsh rush of blushing R&B, sassy jazz and coy belted blues long before Amy and Duffy were t more...

(Dead Oceans)   www.deadoceans.com The Donkeys are a band keen on continuing the tradition of lazy, country-tinged indie rock that has spawned so many excellent California bands over the more...

(Drag City)   www.dragcity.com   Folk music is normally shaped, even defined, by sense of place. So, what to make of this geographically indeterminant collaboration of Espers' Hel more...

(Bloodshot)   www.bloodshotrecords.com   While there are plenty of examples to back up the aphorism that most musicians want to be actors and most actors are simply frustrated music more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   Angela Desveaux's 2006 debut, Wandering Eyes, was a left-field surprise from practically every angle: a surprisingly mature twang rock record more...

(Geffen)   www.geffen.com   The state of Hawaii has what is called a Living Treasures Award. If B.B. King doesn't qualify for the national, heck, Planet Earth equivalent, then no on more...

(Gigantic Music)   www.giganticmusic.com   In Britain, where Dexy's Midnight Runners were epochal rather than ephemeral, the Rumble Strips are widely taken as Dexy's redux. But Yan more...

  (Dandelion Wine)   www.thebrotheregg.com   Give thebrotheregg leader Adam Goldman credit: he has been toiling away for nearly 15 years in near total obscurity and is still more...

(Polyvinyl)   www.polyvinylrecords.com     Opening with a droning pump organ and a gently strummed guitar, I feel like I've heard this Ida record before. Songs move slowly, wi more...