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The Blakhiv reviewed
The Blakhiv Any Way She Wants It (Lucid) Icelandic assailants The Blakhiv blast through five songs in little more than 10 minutes on their debut EP.
Hello Stranger reviewed
Hello Stranger Hello Stranger (Aeronaut) Just think: Instead of Paris Hilton, you could have had Juliette Commagere.
Anthony David reviewed
Anthony David The Red Clay Chronicles (Brash) Atlanta-based loverman Anthony David digs into the neo-soul crates for his aroused second album.
Rodney Atkins Reviewed
Rodney Atkins If You’re Going Through Hell (Curb) The title track to this collection has been inescapable on country radio all summer, but what about the rest of Rodney Atkins’ game?
Shaman’s Harvest Reviewed
Shaman’s Harvest March Of The Bastards (Tribal) Talk about book covers: The front artwork, band name, and label apellation all give the hint Shaman’s Harvest are another run-of-the-mill metal act.
Asobi Seksu Reviewed
Asobi Seksu Citrus (Friendly Fire) Japan, colorful as the media make it out to be, can be a pretty fucked-up place. That’s why you have to begrudgingly accept the name Asobi Seksu. It roughly means “playful sex”; there’s nothing sexy about them.
Nitzer Ebb Reviewed
Nitzer Ebb Body Of Work/Body Rework: Remixes (Mute) Personal note where one doesn’t belong: Nitzer Ebb have scared me since I really knew I liked music. I played guitar, put “More Than Words” on tapes for 8th-grade make-out parties, but the yells of “Guns! Guns! Fire! Fire!” genuinely frightened me.
Arling & Cameron Reviewed
Arling & Cameron Hi-Fi Underground (Challenge) Hup Holland, hup. Dutch electro duo Arling & Cameron roll a 12-sided die.
Bettie Serveert go acoustic
Bettie Serveert Bare Stripped Naked (Minty Fresh) Still toiling 14 years after creative peak *Palomine, Bettie Serveert scale down and go acoustic.
Mark Mallman reviewed
Mark Mallman Between The Devil And Middle C (Badman) If we can substitute “the devil” with “Elton John” and “Middle C” with “The Minus 5,” this is a fabulous title.
Helvetia reviewed
Helvetia The Clver North Wind (Static Cult) Purposely unfocused, Helvetia’s debut album wanders within the vast indie rock spectrum, never stopping anywhere for long.
Christine Fellows reviewed
Christine Fellows Paper Anniversary (Six Shooter) On her third album, Winnepegian songwriter Christine Fellows elevates above her homespun surroundings.
Peter Walker reviewed
Peter Walker Young Gravity (Dangerbird) Starsailor, wimpy already, have a knack for picking opening acts who seem to underscore that liability.
Bebek come to town
Bebek Open Eyes (Bebek Music) Funky, organic trip-hop quintet put a new twist on Philly soul.
Ho-Ag Go To Pluto
Ho-Ag The Word From Pluto (Hello Sir) The backlash to the backlash against demoting Pluto challenged the idea anyone really cares about there being only eight planets. Nine-year olds learning the solar system will be happier to do without one more. The only people who care are former third graders. Them and Ho-Ag.
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