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Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong

Fri, 2010-08-20 00:00
Regularly takes flight and carries your heart heavenwards with it.
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Deer Tick - The Black Dirt Sessions

Fri, 2010-08-20 00:00
The best set yet from this still-rising Rhode Island quintet.
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The Goo Goo Dolls - Something for the Rest of Us

Fri, 2010-08-20 00:00
New York rockers’ ninth album finds the trio playing to established strengths.
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Various Artists - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Fri, 2010-08-20 00:00
A wild yet charming soundtrack to one of this summer’s best, and weirdest, blockbusters.
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Mogwai - Special Moves / Burning

Fri, 2010-08-20 00:00
The mighty Scottish instrumentalists recorded live in Brooklyn.
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S. Carey - All We Grow

Fri, 2010-08-20 00:00
This is intimacy on a purely aural level, the ultimate headphones album.
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Phil Selway - Familial

Fri, 2010-08-20 00:00
Unpretentious, delicate tunes from Radiohead’s sticksman.
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Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

Wed, 2010-08-18 00:00
A remarkable achievement from the metal titans.
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The Staple Singers - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

Wed, 2010-08-18 00:00
One of the Stax label’s greatest triumphs.
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Tyshawn Sorey - Koan

Wed, 2010-08-18 00:00
An artfully executed study in composition and improvisation.
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Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Rivers

Wed, 2010-08-18 00:00
Two EPs combine to make a single, beguiling long-player.
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Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost

Wed, 2010-08-18 00:00
Winston Rodney’s first album to attract acclaim beyond Jamaica reissued with bonus dubs.
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Gonzales - Ivory Tower

Wed, 2010-08-18 00:00
The consummate entertainer shows he can still bring the funnies.
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Venetian Snares - My So-Called Life

Wed, 2010-08-18 00:00
A hit and miss album, but its high points salvage it from inconsequentiality.
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Everything Everything - Man Alive

Tue, 2010-08-17 00:00
Wilfully eccentric and endlessly entertaining debut from the Manchester quartet.
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Gallops - Gallops EP

Tue, 2010-08-17 00:00
Battles-indebted Wrexham quartet delivers an enticing introductory EP.
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Dylan LeBlanc - Paupers Field

Tue, 2010-08-17 00:00
Louisiana singer taps into Gram Parsons and Neil Young on a smooth debut LP.
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Freelance Whales - Weathervanes

Tue, 2010-08-17 00:00
An unremarkable debut that simply imitates the innovators.
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Richard Thompson - Dream Attic

Tue, 2010-08-17 00:00
Deft flourishes and considered wordplay that Thompson fans will be familiar with.
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Rose Elinor Dougall - Without Why

Tue, 2010-08-17 00:00
Former Pipette’s solo debut is a beguiling portrait of an artist unbound.
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