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Bettye LaVette
The Scene of the Crime
September 25, 2007Bettye LaVette and The Drive By Truckers collaborate on this one-of-a-kind record filled with mini-dramas about life, love and survival. A blistering mix of anguished soul & greasy rock & roll, laced with the swampy guitars, Spooner Oldham's slippery Wurlitzer piano and Bettye's razor sharp voice in the forefront.
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The Weakerthans
Reunion Tour
September 25, 2007Reunion Tour is another superb tome from indie rock's most singular narrators, The Weakerthans. The new album was recorded after-hours above a closed factory in the cold Canadian spring, weaving the frontier loneliness of the environment into rich lyrical yarns four years in the making. Songs such as "Sun in …
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Joe Henry
Civilians
September 11, 2007With his grand musical scope and infamously wry-but-somber observations, esteemed singer/songwriter and producer Joe Henry has crafted Civilians, his second album for Anti-. Soulful and warm but sparse and direct, the sophisticated bard has designed a career-defining record.
Featuring special guests Van Dyke Parks & Bill Frissell
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Pete Philly & Perquisite
Mystery Repeats
September 10, 2007Pete Philly and Perquisite found each other in their quest to widen the boundaries of the hip hop genre, which is dominated by meaningless bling videos, lyrics about boobs and guns, and music deprived from any form of creativity. Pete and Perq phrased their mission "bringing analog sound back in …
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Galactic
From the Corner To the Block
August 21, 2007These New Orleans future-funk trailblazers take on Hip Hop and come up with their best album to date. Featuring a who's who of today's finest lyrical MCs, including Lyrics Born, Mr. Lif, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, Boots Riley, and Juvenile. Other guests include Z-Trip, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Soul …
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DeVotchKa
How It Ends
August 6, 2007The release of How It Ends introduced the country to what a burgeoning national audience had been following for four years. A staggeringly good record from far out of left field, How It Ends was met with nearly universal acclaim, the exposure turned the band into a growing underground phenomenon. …
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Galactic
From the Corner to the Block feat. Juvenile (Single)
July 17, 2007Galactic "From The Corner To The Block feat. Juvenile digital single
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Various Artists: HEALING THE DIVIDE
A Concert For Peace And Reconciliation
July 10, 2007Healing the Divide, A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation, is a once-in-a-lifetime event, a gathering of musicians from wildly different backgrounds in a benefit for Richard Gere's Healing The Divide Foundation.
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Spoon (Europe only)
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
July 9, 2007With a history of stellar records, Spoon has topped themselves with Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, a thrilling album recorded throughout 2006 in Austin by the band and Mike McCarthy (And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead) - except "The Underdog," recorded in Los Angeles with …
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Savath & Savalas
Golden Pollen
June 19, 2007Inherent to the tradition of his past and present influences, Guillermo Scott Herren has delivered Golden Pollen, an album that explores a wealth of history and exceeds all expectation. The songs featured on this album, some of the first Herren has written with only himself as the primary vocalist, …
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Xavier Rudd
White Moth
June 19, 2007White Moth charts the spiritual journey multi-instrumentalist Rudd has been on over the past few years, during which he's traveled the globe and built a devoted following drawn to his amalgamation of folk, reggae, rock and world music. Featuring guest vocals from Aboriginal singers, it finds him paying respect to …
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Porter Wagoner
Wagonmaster
June 5, 2007Porter Wagoner, with his trademark rhinestone Nudie suits, high-swept silver pompadour, rail-thin frame and spectacularly weathered face, is an instantly recognizable figure. However, as the striking new release Wagonmaster makes clear, he is, as always, far from predictable. A resolute tradition bearer and Grand Ole Opry star since 1957, Wagoner's …
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