Ashley Monroe: Like A Rose

By Holly Gleason at 5:14 PM on March 12, 2013

To look at the pretty girl in the sundress under the parasol, Ashley Monroe could be one more Southern belle looking for her place in the Easter Parade. So placid and pastoral, this girl from East Tennessee who likes her girlie hippie things—just don’t judge the recording by its cover.  read more

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Caitlin Rose: The Stand-In

By Justin Cober-Lake at 4:42 PM on March 12, 2013

Caitlin Rose immediately proved she was someone to pay attention to with her debut EP in 2008.  read more

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Hammett Unwritten by Gordon McAlpine (as Owen Fitzstephen)

By Steve Nathans-Kelly at 3:22 PM on March 12, 2013

Before this book, the cleverest take on the amorphous affliction known as "writer’s block" came from the movies.   read more

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Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt

By Dan Weiss at 3:12 PM on March 12, 2013

The should-be legendary P.S. Eliot had one of those oil-and-water breakups like At the Drive-In splitting into prog-rollercoaster Mars Volta and radio-combed Sparta.  read more

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Red Doc> by Anne Carson

By Nathan Huffstutter at 1:20 PM on March 12, 2013

There’s an Anne Carson story winding through Anne Carson’s life.  read more

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David Bowie: The Next Day

By Douglas Heselgrave at 1:17 PM on March 12, 2013

For the first time in a long time—exactly how long is a matter of debate—one can say with complete honesty that every song on the newest Bowie album is worthy of a concentrated listen and a deeper look.  read more

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Chelsea Light Moving: Chelsea Light Moving

By Dan Weiss at 12:35 PM on March 12, 2013

Not a Sonic Youth record, but let’s say someone unfamiliar asks you anyway: Nirvana or no Nirvana, Sonic Youth might’ve flirted with grunge, but Chelsea Light Moving gives doom metal a sloppy kiss.  read more

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Devendra Banhart: Mala

By Ryan Reed at 10:01 AM on March 12, 2013

Over the past decade, the original inhabitants of the freak-folk forest have mostly broken free of those tired genre confines: Animal Collective venturing into left-field electro-psych, Grizzly Bear blooming into a legitimate art-rock band, Joanna Newsom shacking up with the guy who wrote "Dick in a Box." Devendra Banhart is the exception.  read more

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Couldn’t You Wait?: The Story of Silkworm

By Scott Wold at 9:10 PM on March 11, 2013

It’s practically a sub-genre unto itself at this point: Don’t-Call-Them-Indie Rock Docs Featuring Artists Whose Body of Work Remains Virtually Unknown to Mainstream Audiences. (The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Scott Walker: 30th Century Man, Dig! are just a few recent entries.) Seth Pomeroy’s Couldn’t You Wait?: The Story of Silkworm is the newest offering sure to confuse Netflix’s categorizing algorithm....  read more

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The Good Wife Review: "Runnin' With The Devil" (Episode 4.15)

By Amy Amatangelo at 2:40 PM on March 11, 2013

Except for the occasional missteps, The Good Wife makes wonderful use of its guest stars—often having its actors turn in surprising, unexpected performances.  read more

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