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Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson Live From Austin TX (New West) Drafted from a full “Austin City Limits” concert that was edited into a half-hour TV program in 1981, Live From Austin TX compiles mainly unreleased performances.
DeVotchKa
DeVotchKa Curse Your Little Heart (Ace Fu) A covers EP with an LP’s heart, DeVotchKa’s cinematic treatises recall both Calexico and The Arcade Fire.
Scott Solter
Scott Solter One River (Tell All) John Vanderslice’s aide-de-camp in the studio pours forth his second ambient work.
Space Needle
Space Needle Recordings 1994-1997 (Eenie Meenie) Ignored Rhode Island indie rockers finally get their due on this selective reissue.
Going To Waste(land)
Paul Simon Surprise (Warner Bros.) Former white worldbeat ringleader Paul Simon teams with Afro-Talking Heads svengali Brian Eno.
Original Losing Losers
Losers Beat Winners Losers Beat Winners (Spat) Former Chicagoan and bandmates admit to SST love, and aren’t kidding either.
Sun Tshild
Amalea Tshilds Painted Tiles (Fallen Fan) Tallulah and Paulina Hollers alum gathers Chicago’s indie elite for languid debut. Appearing: May 30th at Empty Bottle in Chicago.
Sweeping The Nation
Sensations Listen To My Shapes (Camera) Former Mother Hips and Cake members gang up on psych rock floater.
Bless you.
Serena-Maneesh Serena-Maneesh (PlayLouderecordings/Beggars) Debut album from this populous Norwegian noise outfit makes its official U.S. appearance.
Guacamolina
Juana Molina Son (Domino) Former Argentine comedienne pixie’s third proper LP relies less on loops yet meanders all the same.
Pass This Way, Talk This Way
Bedroom Walls All Good Dreamers Pass This Way (Baria) This West Coast pop band is neither West Coast nor pop: discuss.
Quoth the raven, ‘Evermore’
Evermore Dreams (Zealous) While we await the predicted bubbling over from down under, Evermore’s two-year-old debut gains Stateside release.
Parle vous Anglais?
Phoenix It’s Never Been Like That (Astralwerks) Commercially borne of the surge of French pop in Air’s wake, Phoenix’s latest is easily their best.
This one Goes To 11
Pearl Jam Pearl Jam (J) All this time, and Eddie Vedder still hasn’t learned how to sing.
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