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The Feelies' Side-Project Yung Wu Now Has a CD Release for 'Shore Leave'

A gift for Feelies fans, this 1987 side project from Yung Wu, Shore Leave, is finally available on CD.

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The Jazz Butcher's Dance with Creation Records Gathered on 'The Violent Years' Box

It can get loud, it can get weird and even downright sad. It all adds up to lovely mini-oeuvre.

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The Jazz Butcher's 'The Violent Years' Covers One of the Best Periods in British Pop

The career retrospective of the veritable Pat Fish, aka the Jazz Butcher, continues with four (more) albums of crazy/beautiful indie pop. Not your typical Creation Records fare.

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The Searchers: Another Night: The Sire Recordings

Merseybeat survivors, the Searchers made two new-wave styled, pop rock albums in 1979 and 1981. They covered Big Star, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. What could possibly go wrong?

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R.E.M.: Automatic For the People (25th Anniversary Special Edition)

Every streetlight a reminder: a quarter-century after its initial release, R.E.M.'s crowning achievement is available as a deluxe set.

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The Orchids: Who Needs Tomorrow... a 30 Year Retrospective

Their influences were out in the open for all to see, but this Orchids retrospective sums up the sweet joy of these jangle pop stalwarts.

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Chris Bell: I Am the Cosmos (Deluxe Edition)

With Big Star, Chris Bell helped invent power pop as we know it. I Am the Cosmos is his brilliant posthumous solo masterpiece, and the definitive edition is out now.

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Chook Race: Around the House

Australian bedroom-pop outfit Chook Race put together a vibrant and hopeful breakthrough record.

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The Chills: Kaleidoscope World

The latest reissue of the Chills' landmark 1986 release is a touchstone of the kaleidoscope of diverse and dynamic songs the band has been responsible for.

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The Bangles: Ladies and Gentleman... the Bangles!

These earliest recordings of the Bangles showcase their chops as a live group and an excellent grasp of songwriting and melody writing. It's a must-have for die-hards and those wishing to delve deeper into the group's discography.

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Velvet Crush: Pre-Teen Symphonies

Pre-Teen Symphonies offers a fascinating snapshot into the life of a song, from its most embryonic stages to the shape it takes post-release as a piece of a band's live act.

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Real Estate: Atlas

Without a doubt, this is another Real Estate album.

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Phil Wilson: God Bless Jim Kennedy

God Bless Jim Kennedy will be a Godsend to long-time devotees who have been patiently to hear something new out of Phil Wilson for a period spanning roughly two decades.

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A gift for Feelies fans, this 1987 side project from Yung Wu, Shore Leave, is finally available on CD.

In our latest artist list, we pay tribute to power pop legends Teenage Fanclub. Here are their 25 best songs.

It can get loud, it can get weird and even downright sad. It all adds up to lovely mini-oeuvre.

The career retrospective of the veritable Pat Fish, aka the Jazz Butcher, continues with four (more) albums of crazy/beautiful indie pop. Not your typical Creation Records fare.

Merseybeat survivors, the Searchers made two new-wave styled, pop rock albums in 1979 and 1981. They covered Big Star, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. What could possibly go wrong?

Every streetlight a reminder: a quarter-century after its initial release, R.E.M.'s crowning achievement is available as a deluxe set.

Their influences were out in the open for all to see, but this Orchids retrospective sums up the sweet joy of these jangle pop stalwarts.

With Big Star, Chris Bell helped invent power pop as we know it. I Am the Cosmos is his brilliant posthumous solo masterpiece, and the definitive edition is out now.

Australian bedroom-pop outfit Chook Race put together a vibrant and hopeful breakthrough record.

The latest reissue of the Chills' landmark 1986 release is a touchstone of the kaleidoscope of diverse and dynamic songs the band has been responsible for.

These earliest recordings of the Bangles showcase their chops as a live group and an excellent grasp of songwriting and melody writing. It's a must-have for die-hards and those wishing to delve deeper into the group's discography.

Pre-Teen Symphonies offers a fascinating snapshot into the life of a song, from its most embryonic stages to the shape it takes post-release as a piece of a band's live act.

Without a doubt, this is another Real Estate album.

One author's farewell ranking of the top 10 R.E.M. LPs illustrates that some albums that were monster hits have not aged especially well, while another album entitled Monster has, and that the usual suspects remain indelible after all these years.

God Bless Jim Kennedy will be a Godsend to long-time devotees who have been patiently to hear something new out of Phil Wilson for a period spanning roughly two decades.