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Earl Greyhound reviewed
Earl Greyhound Soft Targets (Some) Interracial/co-ed New Yawk power trio conjure Zeppelin fire and T. Rex swagger on their debut full-length.
Eric Matthews reviewed
Eric Matthews Foundation Sounds (Empyrean) On the second album after his self-imposed hiatus, Eric Matthews plays the whole thing.
Roman Numerals Counted
The Roman Numerals The Roman Numerals (Anodyne) Kansas City was once the wildest town in the Midwest, specifically a jazz epicenter where “songs” typically lasted hours.
De Rosa Reviewed
De Rosa Mend (Chemikal Underground) Arab Strap having quit, there’s room for a new Glasgow band.
Strike Anywhere Reviewed
Strike Anywhere Dead FM (Fat Wreck Chords) Richmond, Virginia’s Strike Anywhere aren’t a “do what I say, not what I do” gang of kids: The name is a warning.
Dirty Pretty Things Reviewed
Dirty Pretty Things Waterloo To Anywhere (Interscope) The other Libertine, the one who was able to manage his indulgences and ended up being literally robbed by Pete Doherty, moves on.
Christina Aguilera Reviewed
Christina Aguilera Back To Basics (RCA) It would take an artist as complex as Christina Aguilera to record a double album and call it Back To Basics.
Voicst Reviewed
Voicst 11:11 (Intrigue) Taking their name from South African slang for “manic energy,” Holland’s Voicst release their Stateside debut.
Goat Reviewed
Goat Twisted Heart (Engine Room) Still early in his career, Goat, aka Anthony Rosen, is on the slow track to becoming a Bruce Cockburn.
Broadcast Reviewed
Broadcast Future Crayon (Warp) B-sides and rarities compilatiton from underrated, cinematic electronic quintet.
Liam Singer Reviewed
Liam Singer Our Secret Lies Beneath The Creek (Tell-All) While this collection would surely be more intriguing had The Creek meant the actor, Liam Singer’s post rocking of classical music will do.
The Colour Reviewed
The Colour Devil’s Got A Holda Me (Rethink) The British spelling “colour” has occupied more bandnames than merits mention, and this Los Angeles band don’t clarify the matter.
Björk boxed!
Björk Surrounded (Rhino) When Rhino released the Talking Heads “brick” late last year, they created a format for catalog-reissue box sets — meaning a set of all the albums — by including DVD 5.1 sound and a crop of videos. With the Heads, that stuff was nice though the vids were primitive and some purists […]
Against Me! reviewed
Against Me! Americans Abroad: Live In London (Fat Wreck Chords) Gravel-pit-voiced Florida punk rockers write a new song, wrap a foreign-based concert around it.
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