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Ari Brown "Live at the Green Mill"

By Ron Netsky on May 7th, 2008

If you can't make it to Chicago to check out the thriving jazz scene, a new Delmark DVD can help transport you there. "Live At The Green Mill... Read More

Matana Roberts "The Chicago Project"

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni on April 30th, 2008

Full speed ahead. That's the rate at which alto saxophonist and Chicago native Matana Roberts, and the extraordinary band she's assembled for this ... Read More

Black Crowes "Warpaint"

By Brendan Giusti on April 30th, 2008

With all sorts of bands releasing albums after long breaks (Counting Crows, B52s, Lenny Kravitz), one band has finally taken its recording hiatus a... Read More

Madonna "Hard Candy"

By Todd Rezsnyak on May 7th, 2008

Madonna abandons the European discotheques and turns her attention back to the American dance floor with "Hard Candy," a highly danceable... Read More

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Flipper "Live -- Target Video: 1980-81"

By Kevin Wilcox on April 23rd, 2008

Oozed from the loaded vaults of Target Video, chaotic early footage of San Francisco's drug-damaged noise-freaks Flipper stumbles about the televis... Read More

Yoko Miwa Trio "Canopy of Stars"

By Ron Netsky on April 23rd, 2008

I had never heard of Yoko Miwa when I placed her album, "Canopy of Stars," into the CD player. Almost instantly this Japan-born, Boston-b... Read More

Snoop Dogg "Ego Trippin"

By Todd Rezsnyak on April 16th, 2008

Even though Snoop's been in the music business for almost two decades, he's never allowed himself to sound old or stale. "Ego Trippin'" c... Read More

North Mississippi Allstars "Hernando"

By Ryan Whirty on April 16th, 2008

The North Mississippi Allstars is one of the most courageous blues bands in history. During the band's career, it (along with fellow hardy souls li... Read More

Lionel Loueke "Karibul"

By Ron Netsky on April 9th, 2008

From the first beautiful incantation on the title tune, the new album by Lionel Loueke lets you know it offers something different. The title, ... Read More

Drive-By Truckers "Brighter than Creation's Dark"

By Ryan Whirty on April 9th, 2008

Many Drive-By Truckers fans feared the worst when longtime guitarist and key songwriter Jason Isbell left the band, with skeptics fretting that Isb... Read More

Counting Crows "Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings"

By Brendan Giusti on April 2nd, 2008

I don't think that anyone would ever describe the Counting Crows as groundbreaking or cutting-edge. Even a song like "Mr. Jones" was just... Read More

The B-52's "Funplex"

By Todd Rezsnyak on April 2nd, 2008

Sixteen years is a long time to wait for a new album, but B-fans can rejoice; the wait is over, and it was well worth it. "Funplex" not o... Read More

Roky Erickson and the Explosives "Halloween: Live 1979-1981"

By Kevin Wilcox on March 26th, 2008

These live recordings by psychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson capture this influential mental patient at his most demonically rockin'. Iniquitous... Read More

Walri "Paper Crane"

By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni on March 26th, 2008

Although Walri has been around since late 2006, this stunning debut album makes the Rochester quartet's entrance onto the local scene official in a... Read More

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