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Meat the Figurinesnew
When the Deer Wore Blue has an eerie yet upbeat, cinematic feel to it, and could serve as an alternate to Air's The Virgin Suicides soundtrack, if the movie had a different ending in which the sisters didn't kill themselves but instead moved to Denmark to shack up with an indie band -- and then killed themselves.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Duncan Scott Davidson |
10-10-2007 |
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Tags: Figurines, When the Deer Wore Blue
'Magic' in a Time of Disbeliefnew
Bruce Springsteen's latest album offers new and subversive sounds.
Birmingham Weekly |
Courtney Haden |
10-09-2007 |
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Tags: magic, Bruce Springsteen
The Milwaukees Deliver Sounds of the Midwest, via Jerseynew
Oddly enough, the Milwaukees aren't from Milwaukee -- but it makes sense that this Jersey City quartet still chose our fine city as its namesake.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Popke |
10-05-2007 |
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Bettye LaVette Powers into the Futurenew
She may be gazing in a rear-view mirror on the cover of The Scene of the Crime, but LaVette is not looking back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Chris Morris |
10-05-2007 |
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Southern Dabblernew
Clement's colorful story is presented in a crazy folk-art quilt of excerpts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
10-04-2007 |
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A Tasty Treatnew
Testify culls an animated selection of 41 fun songs and skits from the previous nine years of the popular comedy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
10-04-2007 |
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Tags: the simpsons, Testify
Genial Southern Charmnew
New collection preserves archival performances from the turbulent years 1965-1967.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
10-04-2007 |
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KT Tunstall Strikes a Posenew
Tunstall continues to expand her craft on Drastic Fantastic.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Lee Valentine Smith |
10-04-2007 |
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Tags: KT Tunstall, Drastic Fantastic
Sweet Poisonsnew
The Verbena frontman has abandoned his amplifiers and stepped into the spotlight.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
10-04-2007 |
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Tags: A.A. Bondy, American Hearts
Recording Rawnew
Holly Golightly took a mere four days to produce her latest, different-sounding album.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
10-04-2007 |
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Red Stick Ramblers Bring the Joyeux Vibenew
Listening to Made In the Shade, you may get the feeling you're at a shade-tree party in their native Southern Louisiana, which is no accident.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Tom Geddie |
10-04-2007 |
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Nick Drake Bears More 'Fruit'new
The box set Fruit Tree will be reissued by UME/Fontana in a limited edition with a new 108-page booklet. It also contains a DVD of a new documentary, Jeroen Berkvens' A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kirk Silsbee |
10-03-2007 |
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Tags: Fruit Tree, Nick Drake
Love Like Fire Aims For the Massesnew
Sounding like equal parts Muse and the Cure, Love Like Fire represents San Francisco's pop-obsessed shoegazer aesthetic.
The Recording History of Loch Lomond is a Curious Thingnew
Listening to Paper the Walls is like watching a season go by in a Disney-esque time lapse.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
10-03-2007 |
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Tags: Loch Lomond, Paper The Walls
Sandpeople Finally Kills 'Em ... With Kindnessnew
My expectations for the Portland hip-hop crew's long-awaited second album were impossibly high; I expected an album that would get the U.S. out of Iraq and reverse global warming. Well, kids are still dying and ice is still melting, but Honest Racket is really good.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
10-03-2007 |
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Tags: Honest Racket, Sandpeople
