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Callithumpian Consort / Stephen Drury
John Luther Adams: Songbirdsongs
The performances by the Callithumpian Consort, under the direction of Stephen Drury, are exquisite: delicate, unpredictable, evocative, and just plain lovely.
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The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes & Backsi…
The first in Light in the Attic Records' reissue series of rare Lee Hazlewood sides, this one covers 1968 to 1971.
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Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On: His Orig…
The first-ever comprehensive collection of one of the most underrated country singers of the '70s and '80s.
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Elemental Journey is Sonny Landreth's 11th solo album, and it's his first all-instrumental outing, and folks, this isn't a blues album.
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Mezzo-soprano Kozená's radiant recording of three very different song cycles showcases her warm, dark amber voice and her sensitive stylistic versatility.
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Andreas Staier samples a few of the less familiar published variations on Diabelli's waltz before presenting Beethoven's masterful Diabelli Variations.
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Harrison Birtwistle: Complete String Q…
The virtuoso Arditti Quartet performs the challenging music of Harrison Birtwistle with apparent ease on this 2012 Aeon release.
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Words and Music by Saint Etienne
As usual, Saint Etienne's eighth album is both drenched in nostalgia and ready for the dancefloor. This time, though, the nostalgia is personal.
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Royal Headache's debut is a short, energetic blast of classic '60s soul filtered through classic '70s punk and given a modern lo-fi anti-sheen.
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Four years and a dozen producers later, Santigold returns with an album that expands on the best parts of the debut.
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Still Flyin's second album is an '80s-influenced melancholy pop affair that is achingly serious but still fun to listen to.
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The Walkmen close their first decade of being a band with this surprisingly contented-sounding set of songs.
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With Sun Midnight Sun, Watkins adds quirky indie pop, West Coast folk-rock, and harmony-drenched Americana to her repertoire.
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The U.K. production duo team with Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan on this cinematic, rainy day soundtrack.
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Original Soundtrack
While Moonrise Kingdom features more classical music than most Wes Anderson soundtracks, it's just as vivid and poignant as his other films' music.
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After a decade, Daptone's Sugarman 3 are back with their soulful funk and groove on What the World Needs Now.
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Smile is Joakim of Teddybears and Björn of Peter Bjorn and John, and their first record is a nice combination of the two groups' styles.
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Ladyhawke's second album is a tightly constructed, hook-filled affair that takes inspiration from 90's alt-rock and delivers (should-be) hit after (should-be)…
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Cherri Bomb's full-length debut proves that the members of this all-girl band can rock just as hard as guys twice their age.
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In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
Raw but accomplished, tuneful yet noisy, the Cribs are more comfortable with their contradictions than ever on In the Belly of the Brazen Bull.
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On the spare solo instrumental Hambone's Meditations, guitarist and composer Luther Dickinson showcases his skills in a haunting, eerie whole.
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With plenty of diverse genres and thoughtful rhymes, this is another easy to recommend effort from the underground Canadian rapper.
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With Tempest, Broken Water mirror the hypnotic, magical atmosphere, and the motifs of the Shakespeare work it takes its name from.
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Drokk: Music Inspired by Mega-City One
Portishead's Geoff Barrow and composer Ben Salisbury deliver an authentically geeky "imaginary soundtrack" to cult comic Judge Dredd, channeling John Carpenter's…
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Beach House sound more aloof and heartbroken than ever on their icily gorgeous fourth album Bloom.
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After putting his beloved Def Jux label "on hiatus", the producer/rapper returns with proof positive that he's been focusing on his craft.
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Gravenhurst's fourth album is a seamless fusion of folk, shoegaze, and electronics, and possibly Nick Talbot's most intimate set of songs yet.
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Vital and exciting, R.A.P. Music finds the Atlanta rapper working exclusively with adventurous hip-hop producer El-P.
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On his second album, Trespassing, Adam Lambert dives into glammy disco-pop with often exhilarating results.
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Richard Hawley uses guitars, bass, drums, "rocket sounds," and psychedelia brilliantly on the urgent Standing at the Sky's Edge.
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World, You Need a Change of Mind
Kindness' debut is a downer dance party that synthesizes various forms of dance music past and present into a satisfying new sound.
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Scissor Sisters follow Night Work's dancefloor triumphs with a set of songs that seem more comfortable when they don't feel like dancing.
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Brackles strikes the balance between underground and commercial success with an album of classic future garage.
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