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Music recommendations for music snobs and general fans alike.

Butch Walker releases his fifth LP, I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart and highlights his eclectic tastes and unmistakable ability to remain accessible without sounding pre-packaged or mass produced.

You could almost call Strict Joy, the new LP from the Swell Season, an album out of time, dwelling in steep ’70s soul while sounding thoroughly modern in production and songcraft.

After months of lyric deciphering through various YouTube videos and the occasional unveiling of a demo (beginning with a sorta-muffled version of “Benson Hedges”) on their MySpace page, the anticipation of fun.’s debut album has mounted and paid off in the form of Aim & Ignite.

Adam Young has done it again. Ocean Eyes is that carefree album that you can play throughout your day. This Owl City album is full of the beats you originally fell in love with and also manages to sneak in some pleasant surprises.

At first listen, their music hit me like a Fellini film– I didn’t really know what was going on overall, but it was so deliberate and well-orchestrated from moment-to-moment that I was ensnared and enchanted by its beauty.

Anathallo release, Canopy Glowing, an album that incorporates an array of instruments, vocals, and a combination of instruments and vocals that would make your head float. The calming and melodic sounds of Canopy Glowing make this album a very interesting one to add to your collection.

Ed Harcourt is hardly an amateur when it comes to this singer-songwriter thing he’s got going for himself. His most recent collection of music comes in the form of Russian Roulette, a six-song EP which carries the weight of a full-length album and proves just how comfortable he is with taking risks.

On the eve of the digital release of Elizabeth and the Catapult’s fantastic new Taller Children album, singer and multi-talented chief songwriter Elizabeth Ziman was kind enough to let us tickle her brain and even cause her to geek out a bit with some of our curious queries.

If you decided to up your dose of Zoloft this week, I recommend that you hold out and try this alternate treatment. Just hit “play,” then hit “repeat,” and enjoy Let Live and Let Ghosts by Jukebox the Ghost.

If you generally associate folk music with sweet lyrics about lost love, new love, and puppy love, then you may not be ready for Emmy the Great or her really, um, great debut album, First Love.