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The Sadies in Touch with Their Inner Cowboysnew

Their latest album, New Seasons, continues the country-rock winning streak they've been racking up, both on their own and with friends like Neko Case and Jon Langford.
Shepherd Express  |  Jon Gilbertson  |  11-05-2007  |  Reviews

'Interplay' Captures Coltrane in a Collaborative Rolenew

While this new box set doesn't contain any previously unreleased tracks or outtakes, it does present a wide selection of lesser-known material in one lavish package.
Shepherd Express  |  Saby Reyes-Kulkarni  |  10-29-2007  |  Reviews

Radiohead Embraces the Invisible Electro-Music Agenew

With an introspective web of humming sound that ranges from heaving convulsive rock to softly layered dreamscapes, Thom Yorke leads a more personal campaign on this outing, apparently nearing exhaustion with the pointed social cynicism of recent releases.
Shepherd Express  |  John Figlesthaler  |  10-29-2007  |  Reviews

Chicago's Bloodshot Records Diversifiesnew

The label's next step comes in the form of two recent releases: a barroom rumble from Deadstring Brothers, the other a fey tumble from The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir.
Shepherd Express  |  Jon Gilbertson  |  10-22-2007  |  Reviews

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  |  Reviews

Whatever Name He Chooses, Black Francis Rocksnew

On Bluefinger, Francis is channeling faraway echoes of classic, mid-'60s Kinks and early-'70s Lou Reed and New York Dolls
Shepherd Express  |  David Luhrssen  |  09-24-2007  |  Reviews

Save the Toddler-sized Wilco T-shirtsnew

Ronnie McCoury creates a bluegrass CD for kids that parents can listen to. Better yet, McCoury doesn't try to be cool while doing it.
Shepherd Express  |  Jon Gilbertson  |  09-24-2007  |  Reviews

Soulive in Decline?new

Both 2005's Breakout and their latest, No Place Like Soul, find the once groove-solo-vamp focus replaced by a soul and R&B sound more akin to the modern-day handle of slow jams.
Shepherd Express  |  Todd Lazarski  |  09-10-2007  |  Reviews

Under-rated: Paul Butterfield and Michael Bloomfieldnew

Drummer Patrick Ford hopes to raise a the recognition of the late blues musicians through this live tribute album.
Shepherd Express  |  Sonia Khatchadourian  |  09-10-2007  |  Reviews

Maybe 2007 will be Better for Film Schoolnew

Inside the downward-cast glances of Film School's music -- the term "shoegaze" doesn't quite capture the tone -- are a great deal of sidelong resentments and gritted teeth.
Shepherd Express  |  Jon Gilbertson  |  09-10-2007  |  Reviews

Chemical Brothers Keep it Piecemealnew

Taken cumulatively, We Are the Night is more a playlist of potential iPod moods than it is an old-fashioned album.
Shepherd Express  |  Jon Gilbertson  |  08-14-2007  |  Reviews

Mavis Staples' Voice Leads the Way to Redemptionnew

On We'll Never Turn Back, she reinterprets freedom songs of African-American civil rights struggles and sings some new ones too.
Shepherd Express  |  Jamie Lee Rake  |  05-24-2007  |  Reviews

Fountains of Wayne's 'Traffic and Weather'new

The latest record increases the quartet’s streak of near-perfect LPs to four.
Shepherd Express  |  Jon Gilbertson  |  05-11-2007  |  Reviews

Not Groundbreaking, but a Reminder of Her Potencynew

Smith the fan and Smith the artist aren't always reconciled, but even when they are, Twelve starts arguments.
Shepherd Express  |  Jon Gilbertson  |  05-04-2007  |  Reviews

Arcade Fire's 'Neon Bible'new

The Montreal indie-rock collective has created a sophomore surge rather than a sophomore slump.
Shepherd Express  |  Jon Gilbertson  |  04-03-2007  |  Reviews

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