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The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
Brett Milano  |  Apr 26, 2009
Capitol
Music •••• Sound ••••
It's no surprise that, after going semi-conceptual for The Crane Wife in 2006, the Decemberists have now gone al
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Mastodon: Crack the Skye; Lamb of God: Wrath
Jeff Perlah  |  Apr 22, 2009
Reprise
Music ••••½Sound ••••
Review
Epic
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The Tragically Hip: We Are the Same
Mike Mettler  |  Apr 19, 2009
Zoë/Rounder
Music •••• Sound ••••
Where there's smoke, there's fire.
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Buddy & Julie Miller: Written in Chalk
Billy Altman  |  Mar 11, 2009
New West
Music •••• Sound ••••
They've sung and played on each other's albums since the early 1990s, but Written in Chalk is only the seco
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From Boston with heartache
Brett Milano  |  Mar 10, 2009
Spill
Music ••• Sound •••
There's a certain kind of female singer/songwriter that seems to flourish in New England: thoughtful, emotionally intense, a
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Morrissey: Years of Refusal
Rob O'Connor  |  Mar 10, 2009
Attack/Lost Highway
Music •••• Sound ••••
Okay, one of the labels involved with releasing this new Morrissey album is the alt-country leader Lost Highway,
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Changing to a country horse . . .
Rob O'Connor  |  Mar 05, 2009
ATO
Music ••• Sound ••••
Let's hear it for Kitt Kitterman!

Who?

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U2: No Line on the Horizon
Brett Milano  |  Mar 03, 2009
Interscope
Music •••• Sound •••••
If you read the album title a certain way, No Line on the Horizon sounds pretty funny: Wouldn't that be the
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Jorma Kaukonen: River of Time
Brett Milano  |  Mar 02, 2009
Red House
Music ••• Sound ••••
Jorma Kaukonen as a grizzled old bluesman doesn't seem too far-fetched.
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Ruthie Foster: The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
Billy Altman  |  Feb 26, 2009
Blue Corn
Music •••• Sound ••••
She's been recording for a decade, but Texas singer/songwriter Ruthie Foster was a fairly well-kept secret on the folk/
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Franz Ferdinand: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Feb 26, 2009
Domino/Epic
Music •½Sound •••
Don't get me wrong: I have nothing against dance music, party tunes, or any other escapist entertainment.
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Lily Allen: It's Not Me, It's You
Jaan Uhelszki  |  Feb 26, 2009
Capitol
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Lily Allen gives bad girls a good name.

On her flashy debut, Alright, Still (

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Steven Wilson: Insurgentes
Mike Mettler  |  Feb 25, 2009
K-Scope
Music ••••½DVD-Audio Mix ••••• Extras ••••½
The once and future king of surround has done it again - or,
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Jazz trio revamps rock and more
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Feb 25, 2009
Do the Math/Heads Up/Concord
Music •• Sound •••½
The Bad Plus have made their first album that's, well, not so good.
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The Derek Trucks Band: Already Free
 |  Feb 24, 2009
Victor/Sony
Music •••• Sound ••••
Guitarist Derek Trucks has long felt suffocated by his Southern heritage and prodigious lineage - and of course, by all t
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