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Caves — Get on With It

Q: What do you get when you put The Police, Franz Ferdinand, and Corey Hart in a blender and hit pulse?

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Monday, February 2, 2009
by Imaginary Mimi
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The Bird and the Bee — Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future

Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future is a perfect title for the new record from the LA duo The Bird and the Bee. It is also the first truly great pop album of 2009.

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Thursday, January 29, 2009
by ChrisB
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Latest comment by: portable storage: "Awesome review. Love the bird and the bee, but haven't gotten around to listening to the new album. Now I have to! Thanks for the tip. Paul shipping containers"

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Matt & Kim — Grand

Matt & Kim - Grand
Grand expands the duo's sound while keeping everything uber-happy.

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Sunday, January 25, 2009
by Cory Banks
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Hey Marseilles — To Travels and Trunks

Ooh-la-la! Hey, music lovers. Hey Marseilles is my favorite album of 2008.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
by Bacon Master
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Sleepy Eyes of Death — Dark Signals

The brilliance of “Crushed By Stars” and “Final Heart Beats Black” with its haunting vocals and drums that seem to stall time make them my favorites, but every track holds wonderful conflict and beautifully contained chaos.

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Monday, January 19, 2009
by Amelia Gydé
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Wovenhand — Ten Stones

This is a storming collection of gothic, rootsy brilliance.

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Thursday, January 15, 2009
by Andrew Boe
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Conrad Ford — Secret Army

Conrad Ford's latest will make you a bit melancholy, but in a good way.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
by Bacon Master
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William F. Gibbs — My Fellow Sophisticates

A sophisticated collection of songs that harken back to days of yore.

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Monday, January 12, 2009
by Bacon Master
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Alias — Resurgam

Alias returns to the solid brick foundation of his skill, crafting smoothelectro and acoustic beats so good he doesn't need any lyrics.

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Friday, January 9, 2009
by Imaginary Shrie
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Transient Songs — Plantation To Your Youth

Transient Songs
There is a combination of raucousness and gentleness in the songs that is mastered quite well by the two core members of the group.

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
by Andrew Boe
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Paul Turner — Clear Blue

Clear Blue SEEMS perfect – Turner’s John Denver voice, guitars that sound like the pluckings of angel wings, violins that sound like a frolicsome unicorn under a warm sunrise, drums that sound like the thump of a warm warm heart.

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Monday, January 5, 2009
by Bacon Master
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Jared Mees and the Grown Children — Caffeine, Alcohol, Sunshine, Money

Not yet wired with coffee and sweets? You will be once you put Mees in your CD player.

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Sunday, January 4, 2009
by Bacon Master
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Latest comment by: imaginary liz: "I love this album -- it holds a secure place on my top 10 of 2008. And the cover art? Screenprinted, ltd ed? So pretty. Now if we could ever get Jared to Seattle for a show... "

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Frank Turner — Love Ire & Song

Love Ire & Song is for those who like to sing along while listening alone.

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Friday, January 2, 2009
by Andrew Boe
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Fleet Foxes, Pela, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, The Hold Steady, Vampire Weekend — Live At KEXP Volume Four

Live at KEXP, Vol 4
Very tight and exciting mix of some of the best on KEXP.

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Sunday, December 21, 2008
by Chris Estey
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Latest comment by: Snow: "Arthur & Yu have the best track!"

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The Limbs — Drunk Tooth and the Bedroom Eye

The Limbs -- Drunk Tooth and the Bedroom Eye
Aptly named Seattle band the Limbs are like body parts you'd find next to the highway. They may have been on someone cute once, but now are all over the place.

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Friday, December 19, 2008
by Chris Estey
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Latest comment by: Jessie: "Playing tonight at Skylark..."