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Alejandro Escovedo :: Bourbonitis Blues

"Bourbonitis Blues was recorded straight up, no chaser, (in Chicago, Austin, and Chapel Hill) in down home style -- this is Alejandro and his "classical glam" Orchestra at their finest: off the cuff, loose and tight, and reflective of their incredible live shows. The covers range from the achingly languid "Pale Blue Eyes", featuring Kelly Hogan (ex-Jody Grind, ex . . .

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Neal Casal :: Leaving Traces

With music, often times, one good thing leads to another. This was the case with how I came to discover Neal Casal's music via Ryan Adams. Presently living in New York City filling in on guitar duties for Adams' band The Cardinals, I was initially surprised to learn Casal had a good 6+ solo albums under his belt and a super-devoted fan base. After listening to his career retrospective

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Nic Garcia :: The Desperate Ones

Opening with the atmospheric "Song One," Nic Garcia's The Desperate Ones builds like a slow burn. Twenty-first century folk tales of the slo-core variety, Garcia walks in stride with Conor Oberst in his folkier moments, bar Oberst's acquired-taste vocal stylings. The album immediately strikes a . . .

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Now Read These :: Blogs This Weekend

CYSTSFTS has a couple of Jenny lewis and Watson Twins tunes up. Head over to You Ain't No Picasso asap as Matt has uploaded the nine Page France tracks that were featured for a limited time on MySpace over the past week. All tracks feature commentary via Michael Nau. Scenestars lists some of their favorite records in '05.Over at I Guess I . . .

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MP3 Blogs :: On The Funk – Soul – R&B Tip

There are so many good - great even - music blogs out there I can't keep track of all of them. It is hard enough keeping up with the folks of my blogroll, let alone all the ones I try and visit on an irregular basis. Below are some blogs I need to work into my life on the: funk, soul and r&b tip. Feel free to let me know some others I am missing out on in this department.* become a member or log in.

Sixteen Horsepower :: Folklore – Genre Classic

The past six months have found me listening to Castanets a lot at night. As great as Castanets are, I don't know if they would exist (at least in the same manner) without Sixteen Horsepower. Folklore's haunted . . .

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds :: The Mercy Seat

This live version of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' "The Mercy Seat" builds like a powder keg explosion. Acoustic rarity. DOWNLOAD:MP3: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat ----------www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com

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Fugazi :: In On The Kill Taker (Steve Albini Demos)

Funtime Ok is a blog I read almost daily, but hadn't checked since returning to Los Angeles last week. Well I checked last night, and came away frothing at the mouth. On Wednesday Brian posted the Fugazi "Steve Albini In On The Kill Taker demos" that were scrapped . . .

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Mi And Lau :: Self Titled Wood Folk

Mi And Lau's Young God Records bio reads like musical star-crossed fairy tale. Their music: picture Julee Cruise and Angelo Badalamenti fronting a folk group and you're about there. Dig what Young God's Michael Gira wrote about them here:"Mi and Lau met in Paris a few years back. Mi is Finnish and was working as a . . .

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