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(Ramseur)   www.ramseurrecords.net   The Confiscation could only be considered Samantha Crain's debut EP from a literal label affiliation perspective, having already self-released a more...

(Kill Rock Stars)   www.killrockstars.com   Justin Ringle isn't trying to break your heart-at least, not actively. The Portland-based, Idaho-raised artist initially kept his music u more...

(SYR)   www.sonicyouth.com     Back in 1997, Sonic Youth released Anagrama on their own SYR imprint.   The release, and indeed the imprint itself, was the culmination more...

(American Beat)   www.myspace.com/americanbeat   As guitarist for the notorious distaff cowpunk band Screamin' Sirens, many overlooked Rosie Flores' obvious talents, distracted, perh more...

(Devil's Ruin)   www.devilsruinrecords.com          Berlin's Hank Ray is a roots man.  The extremely prolific Mr. Ray, aka the Godfather of Death Co more...

(Matador)   www.matadorrecords.com   Jennifer O'Connor's third album, 2006's Over The Mountain, Across The Valley And Back To The Stars dealt with mortality and loss with unvarnished more...

(Womanly Hips/Plum)   www.saguaroroad.com   Ironically, Little Wild One suggests Joan Osborne is anything but.  Reunited with the writing and production team that helped craft more...

(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com Expectations are usually (understandably) low when a band goes on hiatus and one of its members releases an album of four-track demo recordings. All too more...

(Konkurrent)   www.konkurrent.nl   Paramount Styles is Scott McCloud of Girls Against Boys, checking in with a solo debut five years after the breakup of the post-punk band whose le more...

(We Are Free)   www.nowwearefree.com       The music of Indian Jewelry feels like the Burroughs/Gysin cut-up method of poetry and sound collage applied to the song form more...