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Heroin Hellnew

After five years lost in the wilds of addiction, Chamber Strings front man Kevin Junior tries to pick up where he left off.

Chicago Reader | Bob Mehr | 01-22-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Chamber Strings

A Challenger Appearsnew

Sony BMG wades into podcasting's indie free-for-all.

Chicago Reader | Miles Raymer | 01-22-2007 | Music

Ridiculed and Belittlednew

Is contemporary R & B the best American music ever made?

Chicago Reader | Noah Berlatsky | 01-22-2007 | Music

This One Goes to Elevennew

Bobby Bare Jr. releases The Longest Meow.

Birmingham Weekly | Brent Thompson | 01-22-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Bobby Bare Jr.

Fearless Freaksnew

In Stormy Nights improves on 2004's Hypnotic Underworld, a successful melange of traditional Japanese instrumentation, Dutch prog, and Celtic psych-folk.

Washington City Paper | David Dunlap Jr. | 01-19-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Ghost, In Stormy Nights

Totally Committednew

Jay Reatard turns a sappy breakup into a berserk masterpiece.

SF Weekly | Jennifer Maerz | 01-19-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Jay Reatard

Ghost in the Machinenew

Ghost in Light changes its stage dynamic -- and rocks harder than ever.

Riverfront Times | Annie Zaleski | 01-19-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ghost in Light

Whose Limbs Shatter Mountainsnew

The marvelous, harder-than-fiction decade of Fin Fang Foom.

INDY Week | Brian Howe | 01-19-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Fin Fang Foom

Limited By Source Materialnew

A merciful god would have quit with frogs and locusts.

Illinois Times | Rene Spencer Saller | 01-19-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Various Artists, Plague Songs

A Playa, Not a Haternew

R.A. The Rugged Man channels his rage

Missoula Independent | Skylar Browning | 01-18-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: hip hop, Jive Records, R.A. the Rugged Man

Faccini spent the summer touring through Europe opening for Ben Harper (occasionally sharing the stage with him) and just released his second solo album, a beautiful collection of songs titled Tearing Sky.

Boise Weekly | Amy Atkins | 01-18-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Piers Faccini

Tantric Teachernew

Sting has always sought to educate -- despite his occasional superficial pursuits -- and Songs From the Labyrinth does just that, illuminating a forgotten mode of songwriting.

Tucson Weekly | Jarret Keene | 01-18-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Songs From the Labyrinth, Sting