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Low - Trust
When I first heard Low, I enjoyed their slow, minimal sound and pristine execution, but I wondered how long they could mine the same sonic territory without repeating themselves or painting themselves into a corner... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsDuncan Sheik - Daylight
You expect Duncan Sheik's music to drip with longing, to ooze the melancholy heard on his self-titled debut with his first (and biggest) hit, "Barely Breathing"... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsIron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
The best music often blends the old with the new to create something fresh and invigorating. The past becomes much more than some iconic, lifeless repository found on classic rock stations... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBlind Boys of Alabama - Higher Ground
My first exposure to the Blind Boys of Alabama was on a Richard Thompson tribute album from 1993, when they were still the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. I guess when you hit your seventies, you’re allowed to get a little fuzzy with the numbers... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBree Sharp - More B.S.
More B.S. includes plenty of the acerbic social commentary that propelled Bree Sharp's quirky breakout hit "David Duchovny." Sharp, whose distinct warble occasionally sounds like a funkier, smarter (and less drugged-out) Belinda Carlisle... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsRadney Foster - Another Way to Go
Hard to believe, but Radney Foster had a slew of top 10 hits in the pre-Garth era when acts like Steve Earle and Lyle Lovett still had a chance to get on country radio... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsRamsey Midwood
Ramsay Midwood’s debut album, Shootout at the OK Chinese Restaurant, has been available in Europe since 2000—but that doesn’t matter. The Virginia native’s take on the blues and folk is as timeless as the river delta that spawned this stuff in the first place... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsGarageland - Scorpio Rising
It must be something in the South Pacific water. How else can one explain the effortless melodic gift apparently bestowed on every musician who calls New Zealand home?... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsTori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
On the radio, "A Sorta Fairytale"—the first single off Tori Amos’s finest album in years—sounds overproduced and glossy , another too-well-fed visitor among all that overstuffed Top Forty fodder... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsThe Wallflowers - Red Letter Days
"Sometimes a good idea isn’t enough," sings Jakob Dylan on "Too Late To Quit," sounding as if he’s referring to his band’s up-and-down success... read more
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