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Erin McKeown: Lafayette
The uneven live album of a singer-songwriter trying to find a place for her own brand of eclectic, swinging, personal pop.
27 Sep 2007
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Manchester Orchestra: Im Like A Virgin Losing A Child
The debut album from this young Atlanta band is an unfortunate piece of bland, derivative Emo Lite.
18 Sep 2007
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1990s: Cookies
Propelled by choppy guitars and a whole lot of charm, Cookies will make you get up and get your ass on the dance floor, provided no one slaps it first.
29 Jul 2007
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Marian McPartland: Marian McPartlands Piano Jazz: Brad Mehldau
McPartland and Mehldau offer up an easy, painless introduction into the world of piano jazz.
22 Jul 2007
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Marmoset: Florist Fired
Marmoset has created an album of Velvet Underground-inspired pop dirges for the ADD set.
16 Jul 2007
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Rays Vast Basement: Starvation Under Orange Trees
This musical treatment of John Steinbeck's canon has glimpses of the joy and empathy that made Steinbeck great, but the album as a whole is as poky and plodding as an old Model T.
04 Jul 2007
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The Teeth: You're My Lover Now
If the best parts of your record collection somehow got mashed up together by Morrissey, John Lennon, and Joe Strummer, You’re My Lover Now would be the end result.
27 Jun 2007
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Carrie: Honey Blue Star
A quiet girl singing in broken English about her cat's love for milk and tuna fish.
Stephanie Butler
12 Jun 2007
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Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love: Ends of June
The fragile bedroom pop on the band’s second album is relaxed, compelling, and down-to-earth -- no freak in this folk.
05 Jun 2007
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Willy Mason: If the Ocean Gets Rough
Willy Mason won’t change your life, but he won’t really bother you, either.
Stephanie Butler
23 May 2007
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Bright Eyes: Four Winds
“Restrained” is a word not often seen in Bright Eyes reviews, but it’s the best way to describe this new EP by Conor Oberst and friends.
Stephanie Butler
23 Apr 2007
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Au Revoir Simone: The Bird of Music
With The Bird of Music, Au Revoir Simone continue their quest to make the prettiest music you've ever heard.
Stephanie Butler
10 Apr 2007
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The Ditty Bops: Moon Over the Freeway
The Ditty Bops serve up a second helping of their sweetly anachronistic blend of old-time country and newfangled attitude.
Stephanie Butler
02 Apr 2007
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