Jill LaBrack

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Shearwater: Palo Santo

[1.Jun.06] :. Bravely challenging, this is a haunting, exceptional record.

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Villalobos, Ricardo: Salvador

[26.May.06] :. Bringing 'dance' to the physically inept, with an eye on Art.

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Eleventh Dream Day: Zeroes and Ones

[25.May.06] :. One of the most consistent of rock bands offers a profound questioning of life on their latest.

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Hudson Bell: When the Sun is the Moon

[23.May.06] :. 1990s guitar-rock made a decade later, managing to be compelling if not wholly original.

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Kate Rusby: The Girl Who Couldn't Fly

[17.Mar.06] :. Beautiful and precise, Rusby's latest shows her growing again.

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Sleater-Kinney: The Woods

[1.Jun.05] :. Consistently challenging and absolutely thrilling, S-K's seventh release is a renewal of the word 'loyalty': to a band, and to rock 'n' roll.

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Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy

[8.Apr.05] :. This reviewer's early, although confident, pick for Album of the Year.

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50 Foot Wave: Golden Ocean

[7.Mar.05] :. As vital a punk rock record as you could hope for, 50 Foot Wave's Golden Ocean is as vast and powerful as the title would suggest.

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