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»Album Reviews For Release Date: 08.17.10
by Joshua Krage
This week marks the anniversary of my arrival on this spinning (mostly-)blue ball, so it’s good that one of my favorite artists chose to drop his new, self-produced work of down-home vocal gold so close to my special day. Thanks Ray! There’s other stuff, too– check it out:
Trace [...]

»Album Reviews: The Oops-We-Took-A-Vacation-But-Now-We’re-Back Rundown
by Joshua Krage
Here’s the best stuff from the past four weeks, some reviewed and some merely mentioned, but all noteworthy. Enjoy:
7/20:
Big Head Todd
The Books
Marc Cohn
Sheryl Crow
Brian Culbertson
Ry Cuming
Frazey Ford, Obadiah – 1/3 of the Be Good Tanyas
David Garrett, Rock Symphonies – new-school classical violinist who’s fashioned a bit of a rock [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 06.08.10
by Joshua Krage
So much summer out this week, it’s glorious, but there’s a big lack of major label releases and only one culprit: vampires. The Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack is a behemoth I would not wish upon any competitor entering the ring this week, but for any of you looking beyond [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 05.25.10
by Joshua Krage
Lackluster list last week, so skim over these and skip down to the meat of this week’s releases.
Cam’ron
Common – best of
David Cross
Crystal Castles
The Cure – Disintegration 20th anniv
Fyfe Dangerfield
Karen Elson
Far
Fennesz
Leela James
Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden
Damien Jurado
Krokus
Bettye Lavette
Marina / Diamonds
OST – Prince of Persia
OST – Sex and the City [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 05.18.10
by Joshua Krage
Some familiar returns this week and many of them are in top form, but the real gravy is to be found in the grooves, especially the sampled vinyl. Read on to find your own gravy:
Mindi Abair
Timothy Andres
Band of Horses, Infinite Arms – there’s something strangely therapeutic about BoH [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 05.11.10
by Joshua Krage
Whole lotta head-scratching to be done this week, with the strange concoctions from the likes of Cocorosie and Gayngs to established acts like Keane and U.N.K.L.E. changing up their winning formulas for art’s sake and beyond. You’ll see what I mean…
As I Lay Dying
Marco Benevento, Between the Needles [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 05.04.10
by Joshua Krage
Lots of live albums out this week, but we’ll summarily ignore those and get right to the really good stuff, starting with one of the biggest bands (literally, at +/-18 members) in indie rock and continuing on through a carnival of various beats, fiddles, remakes and Italian operas. [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 04.27.10
by Joshua Krage
I’ll call this week for the imported releases. Every domestic band out this week just isn’t doing anything for me, but the world beat and UK rock releases on the roster have serious promise and surprising versatility. Don’t just take my word for it, check it for yourself:
Avi Buffalo
Balkan [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 04.20.10
by Joshua Krage
It’s a large list this week, but for some reason not many of these releases tickled my fancy. They’re plenty good, just not my cup of tea, I guess. However some of my favorite artists managed to stack their latest releases pretty high on the quality scale, so you’re [...]

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 04.13.10
by Joshua Krage
This week is all about voice, from radiant solo artists to large vocal ensembles to six string vocals to the strange voices that can be found from whatever instruments happen to be inhabiting your garage. Wonderful innovations await on this week’s list, look closely:
Amber Pacific
Jeff Beck, Emotion & [...]