Shelby Lynne: Just a Little Lovin’ (Review)

This is interesting:
From the delicate opening cymbal tap of the title track onward, it’s obvious that Lynne remembers what made Dusty Springfield so great in the first place: she poured her soul into each song..

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Ofori Amponsah: Odwo (Review)

Interesting:
Amponsah’s tenth record since 1999, is the duo’s most consistent, economical and exciting to date. To Western ears, it’s motion music, the soundtrack to an open-air road trip, full of promise and novelty.

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/iJonny Greenwood: There Will Be Blood (Review)

Heather wrote to us about:
Radiohead’s sonic wizard mines his favorite composers to get to the heart of P.T. Anderson’s brilliant oil epic.

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Thao: We Brave Bee Stings and All (Review)

Came across this today:
The Kill Rock Stars label proves itself a viable force in discovering new talent in the singer-songwriter field as well as noise. Meet Thao, Virginia’s newest beatboxing folk goddess.

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Charlemagne: We Can Build an Island (Review)

Sam wrote to us about:
The word “boring” seems like such a harsh way to describe a band.

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Natasha Bedingfield: Pocketful of Sunshine (Review)

Here’s a great post:
Pocketful of Sunshine is the type of music for which God made butterflies.

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The Dig: Good Luck and Games EP (Review)

Melissa sends us:
Promising six-song EP from a Brooklyn-based band weds twitch power pop to abrasive guitar murk.

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Windimoto: The Travels of Windimoto (Review)

Found this:
The name Windimoto conjures a dance fan’s fantasy: the meeting of the two meccas, Chicago and Detroit. However, Windy City-born DJ Sean Haley and Motor City-born producer Scorpio (a.k.a. Scorpeze)…

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Nadja: Guilted By the Sun (Review)

Mel sent us a link to this:
Prolific to the point of becoming perilously close to ridiculously so, Toronto duo Nadja has followed the examples of Sunn O))), Khanate, and Boris, in combining doom metal, ambient drone, and…

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Boy/Girl: Secret Secret Secret Singles (Review)

Found this:
The feeling of having a trash-compacted indie-rock epic is surprisingly thrilling: all the thrills and none of the spills.

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