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Jelly Roll Morton

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Holy Soul Jelly Roll

Now that the House of Representatives has excised Arctic drilling from the budget bill, we can stop worrying…

M83 take a break from cloudgazing to stare at their shoes.

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My Buddy Valentine

M83, Ulrich Schnauss, and Mono take their laptops and guitars cloudgazing.

A gardener of lyrics.

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Gems From the North Country

Destroyer's Dan Bejar makes language bloom.

Greg Saunier, deep background; Satomi Matsuzaki, deep foreground.

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Kid Stuff

San Francisco's Deerhoof make punk into a plaything.

Rufus Wainwright and his amazing polka dots.

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Follow the Lieder

On his third album, Rufus Wainwright gets personal.

Beat This

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Beat This

A brief history of odd percussion.

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What Is the RIAA Thinking?

A fantasy: Cmdr. Bainwol snakes through the maze of agents poring over the shabby apartment that, until a…

Neko Case

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Taking Tiger Mountain

Neko Case roams the country.

The Fever, from left: Geremy Jasper, J, Pony, Sanchez Esquire, and Achilles.

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Building a Mystery

The Fever: a detective story.

Himsa, from left: Derek Harn, Sammi Curr, Johnny Pettibone, Chad Davis, and Kirby Johnson.

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It’s Hailing Horror

Seattle metal mainstays Himsa take their hardcore-inflected roar to the masses.

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The Party at Pou Corner

New York's Animal Collective are judged by a group of their peers.

Omar Sosa

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The Ballad of Omar Sosa

Omar Sosa is unmellowing with age, or so Ballads 1997–2000 (Ota) suggests. The newly released collection finds the…

Made to Be Broken

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Made to Be Broken

Westerberg replaces himself.

Black Dice

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Noodle Soup

Black Dice and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

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Weapons of Mass Distraction

How the military uses music and sound.

Technicolor Jesus

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Technicolor Jesus

Daniel Smith's eccentric celebrations.

Four discrete aesthetic objects taking the place of a press photo because Lansing-Dreiden, who desighted them, are mysterious like that.

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Art for Art’s Sake

New Yorkers Lansing-Dreiden triangulate rock, visual art, and the fine art of anonymity.

Dont call him a jukebox: DJ /rupture.

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Transglobal Underground

DJ /rupture splices the world together on his turntables.

Cooper Temple Clause

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Fire Kickers

Cooper Temple Clause and Muse put the 'bomb' in bombast.

Hella

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A Swarm of Drones

Seven new albums of varying frequencies— some ancient, some new and metallic.