I'd like to add my two cents on Doveman, which you may have seen around the block on some of the other music blogs the past week. Look for my review of The Acrobat in the next week, but in the meantime do check out some of the tunes up on their Web site available for download that I have linked below. Doveman work the quiet . . .

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Alejandro is the man. Sometimes -- after many beers and tequila -- I like to ponder moving to Austin so I could hear more of his music Live, well that...and the barbeque. California's 'Que is a joke. He's on the mend, and back on the road, so go see him and eat BBQ.Fri 01.27.06 Birmingham, AL Workplay TheaterSat 01.28.06 Birmingham, AL Workplay TheaterSun become a member or log in.

The Sparks family's 2003 album Singing Bones features their usual heady brew of black humor, death, revenge, murder, insanity, white trash, etc., all wrapped up in the guise of dark, sparse alt. country. Spook city.DOWNLOAD:MP3: The Handsome Family . . .

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I typically let the music speak for it's self in this series, but the soundtrack to The Squid and the Whale has been one of my favorite compilations in the past few years. As carefully crafted as your favorite mix-tape. Here are the three Bert Jansch downbeat-folk selections off the OST.

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MP3: Bert Jansch - Courting Blues
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When The Brokedown give you a heads up on rising new artists, you best take notice. Such is the case with Los Angeles based singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Scott Claassen. Embracing both the quirkiness of early Tom Waits, and songrwritng prowess of Warren Zevon, this guy is one to watch. Like Athens, GA's HAM1, Claassen is offering up his debut album, Monterey, for

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File under: Country & Western heartbreak.

Gustavo Santaolalla's instrumental score to Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain frames the film as much as Lee's sweeping Wyoming cinematography. Much like his work on 2004's The Motorcycle Diaries,

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After a long hiatus, Idaho's Built To Spill are back April 11th with the release of their fourth Warner Brothers album You In Reverse. Their MySpace page features a new song...I ripped the stream using Audacity -- listen below. "When Built To Spill wanted to find out what their music sounded like they locked themselves in Doug Martsch’s garage. Without . . .