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Slivovitz - Hubris

Cover art Here’s one of those hard to classify albums that covers a lot of ground but is generally centered in a sort of ethnic area of the jazzosphere, with some nods to Zappa as well as middle-eastern...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

St Vincent - Actor

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Imagine if Enya and Adrian Belew had produced offspring. Annie Clark (St. Vincent is essentially Clark plus guest musicians) has the former’s angelic voice and mesmerizing vocal arrangements,...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2010-07-01)

Steve Roach - Destination Beyond, Afterlight, Immersion: Four

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Steve Roach released these three CDs as an individually numbered boxed set or as separate items. As with any minimalist music, you are not on the fence: as you either love it or loathe it. All...

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(Posted by Dan Marsh 2010-07-01)

Strawbs - Dancing to the Devil's Beat

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I’m not sure what the dog licking a red popsicle on the cover represents, but this latest release by the full five- piece Strawbs celebrates 40 years since the release of the band’s...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

Syzygy - Realms of Eternity

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There is definitely something going on with progressive music these days. As we near the end of the first decade of the 21st Century it appears that we are emerging from the doldrums with some...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2010-07-01)

Terra Ambient - Wanderlust

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“Ambient” gets thrown around quite a lot, and both understanding of the term and of the genre seem to have finally and completely dissipated into catch-all meaninglessness... an...

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(Posted by K. Leimer 2010-07-01)

The Black Angels - Directions to See a Ghost

Cover art It is always exciting to discover new bands that take interesting elements from the past, combine them with fresh new ideas, and create something entirely new. Cases in point are the neo-psych bands...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 2010-07-01)

The Black Noodle Project - Eleanore

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Sometimes I put the CD in the car stereo without looking at the titles, and that’s what I did with Eleonore. I like to keep my eyes on the traffic. As the disc played I found a lot...

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(Posted by Pam Thompson 2010-07-01)

The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band - Smorgasbord

Cover art Apparently this is the third recording by this excellent Norwegian quintet, although they are new to me. Where have I been? Like their countrymen Motorpsycho and The Last James / Haakon Ellingsen,...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2010-07-01)

The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

Cover art With each successive release, The Decemberists seem to get more proggy. Their brand of folk-oriented rock owes more to Jethro Tull and Strawbs than the Byrds and CSNY. Leader Colin Meloy’s stories...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2010-07-01)
 

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