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Voxtrot CD Review
Voxtrot Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives (Cult Hero) Voxtrot’s second EP is a short blast of upright power pop, deceptively encased in blocky piano chords and lovelorn sincerity.
Pick A Better Weapon
The Coup Pick A Bigger Weapon (Epitaph) The inability to resist making a joke tarnishes an otherwise sharp fifth album from indier-than-thou rappers.
Kahoots CD Review
Kahoots Fourteen Ghosts (I & Ear) The spirit of The Feelies lives in these darling, jangling boys.
Gotan Project CD Review
Gotan Project Lunático (XL) Parisians Phillipe Cohen Solal, Christoph Müller, and Eduardo Makaroff continue making dub-based tango, but this time went to the home country to do it. Guests include Calexico and Juan Carlos Cáceres.
Push It Kinda Good!
Push To Talk Push To Talk (Doghouse) Is it a reaction to Raiders fans? Metallica? Someone put Push To Talk in Oakland, but they didn’t put Oakland in Push To Talk.
Eno Byrnes
Brian Eno + David Byrne My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Nonesuch) Pioneering ambient/world funk/sample jam gets reissued by Nonesuch Records with seven bonus outtakes from the ’79/’80 sessions.
I know this much is Trew
The Trews Den Of Thieves (Epic) They don’t come with much less pretense than The Trews, who have a love for Train and The Black Crowes to go with a furious desire to be onstage.
Rittersweet
Josh Ritter The Animal Years (V2) V2 isn’t the most likely home for Idahoan singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, but he certainly intends to make an impression.
Rye Bread
Rye Coalition Curses (Gern Blandsten) Dave Grohl-produced outing features the tireless Foo’s affinity for muscular man rock. Label home of Mooney Suzuki? You’re kidding!
B see, B.G.
B.G. The Heart Of Tha Streetz: Vol.2 – I Am What I Am (Koch) Slowly maturing MC has some ideas about how we should view him.
On your marks, Presets, go!
The Presets Beams (Modular/Fontana) The latest wave of Australian imports beckons, and The Presets long to knock you about the head with their keyboards. Crikey!
Les Habitantes
The Sainte Catherines Dancing For Decadence (Fat Wreck) Montreal has been in the spotlight too long to still be the latest hotspot, though it sure gave the indie world a brilliant run. Tottering out at the end of the bar is The Sainte Catherines, who’ll have none of that arty pandering. Three chords and a […]
Hans, not Franz
Hans York Inside Out (Hazzazar) German folkie Hans York lends a distinctly continental flavor to the staid realm of singer-songwriters.
Candi Staton CD Review
Candi Staton His Hands (Astralwerks) Beyond cottage industry at this point, the return-to-recording phenomenon brings us back to soul veteran Candi Staton.
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