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Barry Adamson, The Black Angels, Ghislain Poirier...

PopMatters Staff

01 Apr 2008

Barry Adamson

(all tracks from Back to the Cat released 31 March)

Spend a Little Time [MP3]

Shadow of Death Hotel [MP3]

Psycho_Sexual [MP3]

Buy at Rhapsody

The Black Angels

Doves [MP3] (from Directions to See a Ghost releasing 13 May)

Ghislain Poirier

Blazin [Video]

Kanye West

Homecoming [Video]

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Volatile [MP3]

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Oh, Deadly Nightshade [MP3] (from The Secret Life releasing 8 April)

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Mr. Lonely Viola [MP3]

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