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Bill Bruford / Tim Garland - Earthworks Underground Orchestra

The peers of drummer/composer Bill Bruford are few and far between; only Jack DeJohnette, Billy Cobham, Will Calhoun, and Claudia Quartet mastermind John Hollenbeck spring to mind as drummers who...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2007-03-01)

Birke / Leykam / Panasenko - Bewitched Revelations

Bewitched Revelations is the first album I am aware of from the American trio of Martin Birke, Roman Leykam, and Daniel Panasenko. It features thirteen instrumentals, mostly improvs,...

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(Posted by Sean McFee 2007-03-01)

Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out

Perhaps one day this classic by the Jethro Tull offshoot led by original guitarist Mick Abrahams will get a proper reissue, but until then this latest remastered version from EMI will have to do...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

Bobby Previte - The Coalition of the Willing

Powerhouse drummer Bobby Previte picks up his songwriting pen again for his new all-star combo album. Tagging along again is close friend Charlie Hunter, coerced into playing Telecaster leads on...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2007-03-01)

Bone Daddy - What You Wanted

This Idaho band has been working the jam band circuit for a few years now, and this is their fourth full-length album. They play a moderately rootsy brand of rock, comparable to Big Head Todd and...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)

Born Again Floozies - Novelties, Addenda & Ephemera

Clever britches with tap steps to replace the skittering of a drum kit flittering. High-spirited hijinx abound throughout. A sideshow demeanor springs forth for busting chuckles to as bobbling neck...

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(Posted by Cesar Montesano 2007-03-01)

Box of Frogs - Box of Frogs / Strange Land

The Box of Frogs project reunited 3/5 of the original Yardbirds: bassist Paul Samwell-Smith, rhythm guitarist Chris Dreja, and drummer Jim McCarty. They took as their model The Traveling Willburys,...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2007-03-01)

Brannan Lane - Answer the Sky

It’s been a while since we’ve heard something new from Brannan Lane, maybe a year or more, which is a change from his 2+ release per year schedule from before; but Answer the Sky has...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

Bruce Main - Layers

Layers is the second album by Bruce Main, a mostly DIY one-man-album type thing that Main wrote, recorded, and has made available on CD Baby. Brian Phraner from Phreeworld, for those who...  » Read more
(Posted by Sean McFee 2007-03-01)

Bruce Palmer - The Cycle Is Complete

Bruce Palmer is part of one of rock's most famous stories. He and Neil Young, fresh out of the Mynah Birds, drove a hearse to Los Angeles looking for Stephen Stills to found Buffalo Springfield....  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)

Cabezas de Cera - Fractal Sónico

I’m really late onto the CdC bandwagon. I’m sure most Exposé readers already know how wonderful this Mexican band is, but somehow I missed out till now. I must be the perfect audience...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)

Calhoun - Native Lands

Drummer Will Calhoun is best known for his work in Living Colour with guitarist Vernon Reid. Native Lands is a release showcasing the influences of jazz, rap, and world music on Calhoun's...  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton, Scott Steele 2007-03-01)

Canned Heat / John Lee Hooker - Hooker 'n' Heat, Historical Figures, Ancient Heads, & The New Age

If you don't dig the blues and you don't boogie, skip this review. Canned Heat's stock in trade was merging classic blues with rock, and in the late 60s nobody did it better, due in...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

Canvas Solaris - Penumbra Diffuse

Canvas Solaris is another gifted prog metal trio for the Laser’s Edge offshoot label Sensory who combine the proficiency of well thought out technical chops with clever execution. The...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2007-03-01)

Cardboard Amanda - Cardboard Amanda

Lip snack-smack chimp chimney. Purple-brown roasted retroflex. Gargled gaggle troll cushion flow tickle ping-pong lollipops. Eke a freak dash jumbo strum throe, go grab a packed Peak Freen, these...

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(Posted by Cesar Montesano 2007-03-01)

Carmen - Fandangos in Space & Dancing on a Cold Wind

It's about time that these albums received a proper re-release after the butcher job the German Line label did with them in the late 80s (large parts of tracks missing, track indexes in the wrong...  » Read more
(Posted by Peter Thelen 2007-03-01)

Cast - Mosaïque

I’ll admit to a certain amount of suspicion of artists who seem overly prolific. It’s not that I believe they’ve made a deal with Beelzebub, I just worry that they can’t...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)

Cathedral & Rum - American Gothic

The follow up to Cathedral & Rum’s 2000 debut finds Chris Hartford and friends on familiar ground. The dreamy, country and western tinged alternative pop sound is intact, all wrapped...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2007-03-01)

Caveman Shoestore - Super Sale

Caveman Shoestore is back and ready to take on the modern indie rock and roll jungle. The basic trio structure is intact driven by Elaine Falco’s obtuse songwriting and lead vocal, Fred...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2007-03-01)

Charles Kaczynski - Lumière de la Nuit

Canadian violinist Charles Kaczynski produced one of the most heavily orchestrated one-man efforts I’ve ever heard. In addition to violin, he covers viola, cello, acoustic guitars, various...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2007-03-01)