The Ladykillers: V/A - The Lady Killers: Music From the Motion Picture

By Brian Quincy Newcomb at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Who says lightning doesn’t strike in the same place twice? Once again producer T Bone Burnett has collaborated with filmmakers Joel & Ethan Coen in an effort to invest contemporary cinema with the soulful roots music of a previous age...  read more

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Zero 7 - When It Falls

By Joel Hartse at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

If, like countless others who discovered Zero 7’s debut, Simple Things, you’ve been using it as mood music during “strategic moments” with the opposite sex...  read more

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Mascott - Dreamer's Book

By Matt Fink at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

On her third release, Mascott’s Kendall Jane Meade still sounds charmingly vulnerable, and still writes like she’s dotting her verse with unusually romantic British vernacular...  read more

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Raul Malo and Friends- The Nashville Acoustic Sessions

By Andy Whitman at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Mavericks frontman Raul Malo downshifts here into a subdued batch of acoustic covers recorded with Nashville session pros Pat Flynn, Rob Ickes and Dave Pomeroy...  read more

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Steve Forbert - Just Like There's Nothin' to It

By Bud Scoppa at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Building on 26 years and 10 studio albums since his 1978 debut, Alive on Arrival, Steve Forbert has matured into a canny observer of the human comedy...  read more

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Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly

By Thomas Bartlett at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Blonde Redhead has often been compared to Sonic Youth, but on Misery Is A Butterfly they’ve forged a new, darkly romantic sound...  read more

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Calexico - Convict Pool

By John Schacht at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Calexico’s new EP, Convict Pool, encompasses the band’s diverse songbook best as it can in 20 short minutes...  read more

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Yo-Yo Ma - Obrigado Brazil: Live in Concert

By Philip Christman at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

The road to Hell is paved with well-intentioned classical “crossover” albums. But here Yo-Yo Ma displays—in a well-paced live recording of material from his two earlier Latin-tinged records...  read more

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Radiohead - Com Lag

By Jeff Elbel at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Radiohead offered listeners a heap of worthy b-sides while releasing singles for its first few albums. Tasty leftovers like “Bishop’s Robes” and “Talk Show Host” continue to inspire audience frenzy at concerts...  read more

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At the Close of Every Day

By Matt Fink at 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

The debut of Dutch songwriters Axel Kabbord and Minco Eggersman, Zalig Zijn De Armen Van Geest (translated as “Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit”) is a luminescent collection of slowly awakening, soothing textures...  read more

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