‘The Best American Mystery Stories 2014’ Delivers a Short Sharp Stab Into Many Different Lives
These stories pulsate with the everyday wrongs and trivial annoyances and tragedies with which each and every one of us is only too familiar.
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What really happens when you hit rock bottom?
Various Artists: XL Records – Pay Close Attention
A concise, pure and punchy pop history lesson.
Rachel Taylor Brown: Falimy
A razor-sharp look at life through a young lady's eyes.
Marvin Gaye: The Soul Legend
A few sweet lessons in life and love from a soul legend.
Moby: Almost Home – Live at the Fonda, L.A.
Proof that Natural Blues, sweaty funk, and tender balladry can go together
The Trouble with Templeton: Rookie
Wise words welded to ecstatic energy, often all in the space of one song.
Paolo Nutini: Iron Sky EP
Scotland's boy-wonder gets all chest-beating and angst-filled.
LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye – LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden
A final raucous farewell to electro's best ever behemoths.