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t’s difficult to find the notable stand-out of the band, though ironically,
that’s Lotus’ greatest strength – playing as equals. Together, Nomad
exhibits Lotus’ tight ability to blend shades of organic groove with elements of urban house, quite a laudable feat considering the band was born within the sunny festival circuit.

Watch out! Perpetual Groove is attempting to invade the deepest crannies of your already sparse attention span. I

The Thrills top criticism to date was they sounded too much like their idols: Neil Young, The Beach Boys, Beatles. Lets Bottle Bohemia sounds almost entirely familiar again, so the mix of these influences are now welcomed at the real Thrills, even with all the ooohs and ahhs.

With the third installment in the tech trilogy, Matters & Dunaway have finally risen to respected LP status, and deservedly so. A richly delivered work, Hightech is yet another instrumental album, full of textured soundscapes and patient breath.

Having recorded Attention Dimension as a five-year project, while healing from anxiety disorders, Jack Irons’ solo album has an obvious new-age feel, sounding like a yoga/meditation soundtrack in between guest spots from Eddie Vedder, Flea, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Les Claypool.

Deb Talan is definitely in the mold of Shawn Colvin and Dar Williams, and is something of a mix of the two vocally. She tells her stories well on A Bird Flies Out, and uses her unique voice to give her characters some substance. Her voice is steady and welcoming throughout; the flow and inflection of some notes providing a rich backdrop for the lyrics to paint their pictures in your mind.

Halcyon may mean being “at peace,” but Bruce Hornsby’s lates is more a reflection of comfort in one

Come See Me: The Very Best Of The Pretty Things features 25 songs garnered from the band

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Benefiting the Alejandro Escovedo Medical and Living Expense Fund, an all-star cast including Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Los Lonely Boys, Cowboy Junkies, Jayhawks, and a reformed SonVolt has come to the rescue to deliver their interpretations of Escovedo

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No one in The Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra served as keynote speaker at the recent RNC in the group

Blazing back with a new album, The Old 97

Critters Buggin may very well be the most heard about band you haven

Keller Williams is often described as a one-man jam-band. While at times that title has been used as something of a tongue-in-cheek tag, Williams truly possesses an incredibly layered sound. So on Stage, the first live offering to truly document the guitarist

i]The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads reveals the group at their most
new-wave, experimental and funkiest, covering three distinct creative
periods of their career. A classic already in the making, the album covers
live hidden gems in the early years which produced their first four albums – 77, More Songs About Buildings And Food, Fear Of Music, and Remain In Light.

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