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A voice only a mother could love (and thousands of underground music fans.) Whimsical and experimental, Danielson's latest full-length is also the collective's strongest and arguably Daniel Smith's most inviting work to date. Aided by the likes of Sereena-Maneesh, Sufjan Stevens, Deerhoof and other like-minded folk bandits, Ships pushes it . . .

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"Johnny Cash's voice was so big, it made the world grow small... When I first heard 'I Walk the Line' so many years earlier, it sounded like a voice calling out 'What are you doing there, boy?' I was trying to keep my eyes wide opened, too." -- Bob Dylan, Chronicles Vol. IIn 2006 the final volume of the American Recordings was released effectively closing the . . .

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This month the man formerly known as Robert Zimmerman will release his forty-fourth album entitled Modern Times. News of the release led to asking myself the question: "do I hold Bob Dylan on a pedestal?" I like to think not, but at the same time I don't actually picture him doing everyday things either. Such as mowing the lawn, taking out the trash, or say . . .

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The influence of Glascow's The Jesus & Mary Chain cannot be denied -- their distinct brand of lush, thick feedback and distorted noise can be found on half of the albums you purchased the past decade. But that's not why you should listen to them. While ultimately commercially ignored, the JAMC burned bright on the underground and stayed lit well past the demise of the majority of their peers. Listening to the band is no history lesson in posterity, as the music is as . . .

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Admission: I'm no soccer-jock, so the constant references to one of Noir's tunes being in the World Cup commercial are meaningless to me. But what I do know is that "Eanie Meany" is one of the finest sunshine/pop songs of the Summer. Nothing dark here. Instant pop goodness that sounds as if it could have been a long lost Kinks b-side. Barsuk had apparently . . .

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An Aquarium Drunkard holds anything released by Charlottesville, VA's Yer Bird Records in high esteem, but this, the label's fourth release, is by far it's strongest. Yer Bird's latest find, Philadelphia based Hezekiah Jones, weaves his musical quilt out of the same soft, acoustic cloth most recently and elegantly spun by the likes of Sam Beam and . . .

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It's been a little over a week and a half now, and I still can't get the sound-memory of Elvis Costello's "I Don't Want To Go To (Chelsea)" (backed and arranged by the masterful Allen Toussaint) out of my head. And that, dear reader, is good thing. The re-worked track I heard live in New Orleans is unfortunately absent from the artist's joint effort, become a member or log in.