• Keane

    Perfect Symmetry
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    Wimpy balladeers experience a rush of blood to the head.
  • Todd Snider

    Peace Queer
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    Resilient roots rocker rages (subtly) against the machine.
  • The Secret Machines

    The Secret Machines
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    Former Next Big Things offer the newest new wave of metal.
  • The Mighty Underdogs

    Droppin' Science Fiction
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    Lords of the underground settle in for a B-boy bull session.
  • Ray LaMontagne

    Gossip in the Grain
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    Acoustic chronicler of dark side cracks the window a tad.
  • I'm From Barcelona

    Who Killed Harry Houdini?
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    Formerly sunny Swedes share anxieties on shaky second album.
  • Lucinda Williams

    Little Honey
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    Lovestruck alt-country queen comes roaring back in black.
  • Dillinger Four

    C I V I L W A R
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    Midwestern lifers step up to flog this year’s American idiots.
  • Ane Brun

    Changing of the Seasons
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    Scandinavian songbird dazzles with unnerving vocal verve.
  • Nikka Costa

    Pebble to a Pearl
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    Los Angeles soul sprite gives fresh kick to tired r&b tropes.