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Great Lake Swimmers: "Your Rocky Spine"

With every release, Great Lake Swimmers get less lo-fi and nudge a little closer to the mic. The upcoming Ongiara... Jan 29, 2008

Cold winter evenings never sit with the stereotypical ideal. There're no muffled shoppers slipping home to tonal, amber fires and... Jan 29, 2008

I only came around to Cloud Cult with their sadly under-recognized Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus (2005). I should have... Jan 29, 2008

Barely available in 2003 as a vinyl-only German import, J. Dilla's Ruff Draft album gets the deluxe red carpet nod... Jan 29, 2008

Ladies and gentlemen of the court of public opinion,
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While much of Texas post-rock quartet Explosions in the Sky’s latest full-length harks back to the more aggressive sounds of... Jan 29, 2008

Marissa Nadler has a timeless voice, or at least one that stretches back forty-some years. High praise, to be sure, but... Jan 29, 2008

The synth that opens this is harsh and awkwardly angled (similar to what Single Frame’s doing these days) so that... Jan 29, 2008

Falling firmly in the Chan Marshall school of quiet, powerful covers of classic rock songs, Calexico’s take on the Clash’s... Jan 29, 2008