Out of the Box CD of the Week with Paul Shugrue
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Vampire Weekend
On their third album Modern Vampires of the City the band finds a unique and fun way to explore their quarter life crisis.
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Patty Griffin
American Kid is her first album of original songs in six years and perhaps because it is inspired by the death of her father, its her best album yet.
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Mike Aiken
Captains and Cowboys by one of Hampton Roads own, is recorded with a crack Nashville session band and has songs awash with daredevils and adventurers.
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Steve Earle
The Low Highway finds this verteran artist gazing out the window of his tour bus for inspiration, and what he sees isn't pretty.
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Dawes
Stories Don't End is the third album by this California band, honing the sound originated in the famed Laurel Canyon.
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Various Artists in a Tribute to John Denver
The Music is You pays gives us a new perspective on Denvers songs without the goody-goodiness of the originals.
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The Strokes
Comedown Machine is almost like a tribute to the new wave bands of the eighties, with updated music.
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Low
The understated veteran indie band works with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco to evolve their slow, quiet, melancholy sound.
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David Bowie
The Thin White Duke travels back in time to create an album as good as his seventies masterpieces. His first album is ten years is a spectacular comeback.
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The Last Bison
This Hampton Roads band has just released Inheritance, their major label debut of beautifully layered acoustic chamber pop.
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The Mavericks
This country rock band's first album is ten years has little to do with country or rock. Like their name implies, they have a unique style of music that has to be heard to be believed.
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Richard Thompson
Electric is the folk rock pioneer's 31st solo album skillfully balancing his english roots with Americana.
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Eels
Wonderful Glorious is the tenth album from songwriter and vocalist Mark Oliver Everett and his band and delivers an uplifting, rocking reason for living.
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Fiction Family
Fiction Family Reunion is the second album by former members of Switchfoot and Nickelcreek and is much more charismatic than their first.
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Camper Van Beethoven
La Costa Perdida is the first album in nine years and marks the thirtieth anniversary of the pioneering college rock band and on it they continue to combine wacky lyrics with top notch musicianship.
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Erin McKeown
Manifestra is a bold and challenging combination of original arrangements and politcally charged lyrics.
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Devotchka Live with the Colorado Symphony
Few bands are as perfect for the Orchestral setting as Devotchka and this impeccable live album sets a new standard for bridging classical and rock music.
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Gary Clark Jr.
To say the Texas blues guitarist's major label debut is explosive, is an understatement. It detonates.
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Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
Wreck and Ruin is a live from the back porch kind of album of duets that weds their stringband style with two voices that are made for each other.
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The Wallflowers
Glad All Over is their first album in seven years and picks up where the band left off before Jakob Dylan's two solo albums.
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Beth Orton
The Sugaring Season is the first album in six years from this unique vocalist and songwriter.
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Mumford and Sons
Babel is one of the most anticipated albums of the year after the sleeper success of their debut in 2009. The new album builds on that sound.
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Band of Horses
Mirage Rock has a much more acoustic vibe than previous albums and is produced by the legendary Glyn Johns.
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The Avett Brothers
The Carpenter is the follow up to their break through album and they rely on the same qualities that made that album work; earnestness and attention to musical detail.
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Cat Power
Sun is a stunning evolution of her sound, revealing how much has happened to her musically and personlly in the six years since her last album of original songs.
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Minus The Bear
The Fifth album by this Seattle Indie band combines anthemic rockers with slow, hypnotising musicianship for their most polished album to date.
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Various Artists
Just Tell Me That You Want Me, a Tribute to Fleetwood Mac uses mostly newer bands to represent Fleetwood Mac's influence over modern music.
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Various Artists
We Walk the Line a Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash is a live tribute album to the artist who would have turned eighty this year.
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Jesse Harris
The writer of Norah Jones first hit has released his eleventh solo album recorded mostly in Rio De Janeiro.
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Jimmy Cliff
Rebirth is the reggae legend's first album in eight years and is a return to form with the help of a younger, kindred spirit.
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Old Crow Medicine Show
An old time string band that plays all new music, this is their fourth studio album and their best since their debut of 2004
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Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
Estrin continues on the legacy of this band that has also recorded as Little Charlie and the Nightcats, redefining the blues in the twenty first century.
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Eddie Shaw and The 757 Allstars
This first time collaboration between the legendary blues sax man and a group of all Hampton Roads blues musicians is proof that the blues are alive and well.
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Little Feat
on their sixteenth studio album and first with new material in nine years, the legendary band shows they still have the quirky vitality they've always been known for.
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Metric
Synthetica is the fifth album for this Canadian band and, as the title suggests, reaches a perfect blend of electronica and rock and roll.
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Brandi Carlile
Bear Creek, her fourth album captures the bucolic imagery of her songs with a more rustic and rootsy direction than previous albums.
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Regina Spektor
Eccentric, quirky, peculiar, she wears all of these descriptions well in her new album What We Saw from the Cheap Seats.
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John Mayer
With alot to apologize for, Mayer has chosen the sensitive singer songwriter approach on his new album Born and Raised, and he wears it well.
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Beach House
The fourth album for this Baltimore based dream pop duo is a totally modern take on summertime reverie.
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Norah Jones
Her fifth album fuses the tempo of her blockbuster debut album ten years ago with the modern approach of her producer, Dangermouse.
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Jack White
He forges a new link on his rock and roll family tree with his first solo album and one of his best.
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Bonnie Raitt
Her first album in seven years has some of her most fiery guitar playing ever and her voice hasn't aged one bit after all these years.
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Great Lake Swimmers
The fifth album by this Canadian band is their first in a proper studio, but their music still inspires a gentle bucolic feeling.
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Sons of Bill
The trio of brothers from Charlottesville, Va take a huge step forward with this David Lowery produced third album, and they were pretty good to begin with.
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The Shins
This is the first album in five years from one of Americas best loved bands who have lost their wild eyed innocence but not the earnestness they've been known for.
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The Decemberists
this live album perfectly captures their quirky nature and playful geekiness.
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Bruce Springsteen
Wrecking Ball is his most powerful album yet and that's saying alot after seventeen studio albums and countless blue collar anthems.
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Lyle Lovett
Release Me is his final album for his long time record label but even when he's only coasting, it's a heck of a fun ride.
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Galactic
Carivale Electricos boldy captures the unbridled celebration of the party that has become synonymous with the bands hometown of New Orleans.
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Heartless Bastards
The fourth album by this band from Ohio, Arrow, is a showcase for the vocals and guitarwork of their leader Erika Wennerstom.
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Dr. Dog
The seventh album from this indie band from Philly, called Be the Void is a set of weirdly addicting lo fi songs.
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Joe Louis Walker
Hellfire is this blues vets 21st album but his first for Alligator records and heralds his position as one of the great bluesrock artists of his generation.
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Chimes of Freedom
This four cd, 76 track Bob Dylan tribute album is a testament to the respect his songs command from so many different musical camps.
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Kathleen Edwards
Voyageur is this Canadian singer-songwriters fourth album and its a breakup record with a former musical collaborator, so its quite a change of direction.
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The Little Willies
Norah Jones and Richard Julian have gotten the band back together for another set of rousing country cover songs on For the Good Times.
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Laura Veirs
With an earnest approach much like other great folk artists, Veirs has put together a collection of some of the best lullabyes, ballads and campfire songs ever written on Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs for Children.
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Florence and the Machine
Ceremonials is one of the most confident sounding sophmore albums ever. It's lush and romantic with a bombastic aesthetic that goes beyond other ethereal artists.
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Tom Waits
Bad As Me is the first new album in seven years from Waits and is as brash, baudy and over the top as ever.
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Ryan Adams
Ashes and Fire is the first album of new songs since he got married and sober. Judging from this, domesticity agrees with him.
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Johnny Winter
Roots is a tribute album to the most influential Blues songs on Johnny Winter's career but also a chance for a host of collaborators to play with one of the original blues/rock guitarists.
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Wilco
The Whole Love is the eighth album by one of the best bands in America and shows off their new found freedom and a lineup that has gelled over three albums.
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Laura Marling
A Creature I Don't Know is the third album by this twenty one year old British songwriter. It's her best album and one of the best of the year.
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Blitzen Trapper
the sixth album for this indie band from Portland, Oregon, it's a mostly acoustic oriented Americana travelogue.
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Robert Earl Keen
Ready for Confetti is one of the best of his sixteen albums further cementing his reputation as a great Americana storyteller.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
This is the tenth studio album by the notorious funk rockers and finds them making a smooth transition from their long time guitarist John Fruciante to newcomer Josh Klinghoffer.
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Moreland and Arbuckle
This is the fifth album by the Witchita, Kansas blues duo and takes them from being a great bar band to one of the best Blues bands in the world.
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Maria Taylor
This is the fourth solo album by the artist also known for Azure Ray and Now Its Overhead and with inspiration from her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama she has created her most satifying album to date.
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Fountains of Wayne
This is the fifth studio album by the band that mixes irony and wit with plenty of pop culture references.
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John Hiatt
This is the twentieth studio album by the veteran folk rocker, another rootsy affair of backwoods stories and beautiful love songs.
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Imelda May
This former Irish burlesque singer has perfected a unique hybrid of rock a billy, jazz and blues.
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Eleanor Friedberger
This is the solo debut album by the artist who is one half of the Fiery Furnaces, an avante garde indie band. But on Last Summer the music is more concise, friendly and streamlined.
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George Thorogood
This is George Thorogood's tribute to Chess Records, a label whose blues and early rock and roll recordings have been very good to him.
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Gillian Welch
This is the first album from the folk traditionalist and her husband and producer Dave Rawlings in eight years. The stark instrumentation and brilliant songwriting make it worth the wait.
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Bon Iver
This self titled second album expands the level of musicianship without compromising what appealed in the first place.
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Neil Young
"A Treasure" is a live archival release that shows off just how good "country Neil" was back in the eighties.
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Madeleine Peyroux
"Standing on the Rofftop" is the fifth album by this singer who is usually compared with Billie Holliday. On her new album she lessens the jazz influence and adds gospel, folk and blues.
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Death Cab For Cutie
"Codes and Keys" is the seventh album by this usually melancholy band from Washington, but Ben Gibbard's suddenly happy love life is reflected in the new album.
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My Morning Jacket
"Circuital" is the sixth studio album by this jam band that uses the studio as an experimental lab for the songs they play on stage.
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Thurston Moore
"Demolished Thoughts" is the third solo album by the leader of Sonic Youth and is produced by Beck.
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Sarah Jarosz
"Follow Me Down" is the sophmore album by this young americana multi intsrumentalist and on it, she shows how she is also a songwriter of uncommon wisdom.
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Fleet Foxes
"Helplessness Blues" is the sophmore album by a band with a compelling fusion of folk and progressive rock.
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Emmylou Harris
"Hard Bargain" is a showcase for the accomplished singer's song writing abilities as it is a straight forward and up front collection of mostly original songs.
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Tab Benoit
"Medicine" is the first album of new material in over four years for this cajun blues guitarist and is a collaboration with fellow New Orleanian Anders Osborne.
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The Strokes
"Angles" is their first album in five years and comes just about ten years after their debut so it's not surprising that time is the main theme on this great new comeback album.
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Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears
"Scandalous" is the second album from this Texas based party that is equal parts soul and garage rock.
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R.E.M
"Collapse into Now" is REM's 15th studio album and despite recent criticism, proves they are not ready to be put out to pasture yet.
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Lucinda Williams
"Blessed" is the tenth studio album for this renowned singer songwriter who focuses more on observational songs instead of her usual confessionals.
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Devotchka
"100 Lovers" is the fifth album from this gypsy rock band. Drawing on many different musical genres, they create mystery, romanticism and melodrama.
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Radiohead
"The King of Limbs" is the surprise new release from the band that continues to innovate on their eighth album.
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Drive By Truckers
"Go Go Boots" is another collection of songs capturing the southern gothic character of life in the South.
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The Civil Wars
"Barton Hollow" is the debut album by this indie folk duo whose haunting and delicate songs make them stand out among many similar bands.
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Amos Lee
"Mission Bell" is the fourth album from this Philadelphia singer songwriter and finds him adding a touch of Americana to his soulful crooning.
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Iron and Wine
"Kiss Each Other Clean" is the fourth album from Sam Beam and with each new release he adds more players and instruments to the mix. He's got it just right on this one.
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The Decemberists
"The King is Dead" is a musical immigration to a more Americana style for the band previously known for their English folk prog rock.
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Over The Rhine
"The Long Surrender" marks the 20th anniversary that this married duo from Ohio has been recording. It's produced by Joe Henry and continues the ongoing chronicle of their partnership.
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Bruce Springsteen
"The Promise" is a two cd set of songs recorded for his "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album which didn't make the cut. It is his great lost album.
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Ceelo Green
Gnarls Barkley's lead singer Ceelo Green's third solo album defines his own sort of cool that's impossible not to smile at.
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A Bad Think
This Hampton Roads act is actually studio wizard Michael Marquart and his latest recording is a concept album about a waitress and her customer.
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Bryan Ferry
The first album of new material in eight years from this former Roxy Music leader has him reclaiming his title: Godfather of Cool.
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Guster
The first album in four years from this critic's darling is an album with some of the catchiest songs of the year.
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Pete Yorn
Yorn's self-titled sixth studio album is his hardest edged recording yet due in no small part to producer Black Francis of the Pixies.
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Neil Young
"Le Noise" is Neil Young's unique new way of communicating his music, just him, his electric guitar and whatever studio trickery veteran producer Daniel Lanois can come up with.
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Robert Plant
"Band of Joy" the golden god ages gracefully with this stunning followup to his grammy award winning last album.
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Junip
"Fields" is the long awaited debut by this Swedish band fronted by Jose Gonzales, already a well established solo artist.
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The Weepies
"Be My Thrill" is this married duo's third album and their first since their now two year old son was born and their joy as new parents is named evident throughout.
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JJ Grey and Mofro
"Georgia Warhorse" is named after a tenacious kind of grasshopper in Grey's native nNoprthern Florida that, like this neo southern rock band, has a resiliancy that makes it keep coming back.
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Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs
"God Willin and the Creek Don't Rise" is the fourth cd by Lamontagne and has the lived in feel of a man in the comfort of his home.
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Albert Castiglia
"Keepin On" is by the former Junior Wells guitarist who balances traditional standards with his own contemporary songwriting to keep The Blues rocketing into the future.
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Los Lobos
"Tin Can Trust" is the thirteenth studio album for this highly original Chicano based roots rock band. They've put out some great albums and this is one of their best.
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Arcade Fire
"The Suburbs" is the third, highly anticipated new album the the canadian art-rock collective with themes of home, childhood memories and middle-class suburbia as its themes.
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Mike and Ruthy
"Million to One" is the third cd as a duo by the former nucleus of the folk rock boundary busters, The Mammals.
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Tim Obrien
"Chicken and Egg" features a lot of music parables from the veteran folk and bluegrass player.
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Ann Savoy and Her Sleepless Knights
"Black Coffee" is a tribute to the music pioneered in the 30s and 40s by The Hot Club of France, with spot on instrumental chops and even a sultry babe singing in French.
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Alejandro Escovedo
His tenth album, "Street Songs of Love" continues Escovedo's razor sharp focus on poetic Rock and Roll that can change the world, or at least help us survive in it.
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first album of new material in eight years is more rugged and bluesy and we've ever heard them sound before.
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The Twilight Saga:Eclipse
The soundtrack to the third installment in the vampire movie series is made up of some of the best indie rockers today doing songs specifically written for the film.
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Jack Johnson
"To the Sea" is the fifth studio album for one of the most successful songwriters of the last ten years, adding a little more guitar to the mix.
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Widespread Panic
"Dirty Side Down" the eleventh studio album from this veteran touring band succeeds in bringing their on stage excitement to the studio.
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The Black Keys
"Brothers" is a back to the basics garage rock milestone for the guitar and drums duo who make much more music than two musicians should be able to.
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The National
"High Violet" is the followup to their higly acclaimed last cd and has the makings of a true break through for this band of post punk survivors.
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Josh Ritter
"So Runs the World Away" secure's Josh Ritter's place as one of America's most expressive singer-songwriters.
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Anders Osborne
"American Patchwork" is the most profound statement yet from one of New Orleans' edgiest guitarists.
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Gogol Bordello
"Transcontinental Hustle" is the self described gypsy punk band's major label debut. It's an explosion of rhythms from three continents and their best album yet.
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Natalie Merchant
"Leave Your Sleep" is the first album in seven years from the former leader of 10,000 Maniacs. It is a collection of childhood poems set to music.
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David Byrne and Fat Boy Slim
"Here Lies Love" is a collaboration between the former head Talking Head, Fatboy Slim and some of the hippest young mostly female singers in a song cycle about Imelda Marcos.
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The Living Sisters
"Love to Live" is the debut album from a trio of indie rock pals; Eleni Mandell, Inara George and Becky Stark whose harmonizing on this debut album is hard to resist.
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The Whigs
"In The Dark" is the third album from this Georgia rock trio and gives us hope for straight ahead rock and roll bands.
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Drive By Truckers
"The Big To Do" is the eighth studio album from this neo-southern rock band and offers another glimpse at southern culture in the 21st century.
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Broken Bells
"Broken Bells" is the self titled debut album by Dangermouse of Gnarls Barkley and James Mercer of the Shins.
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John Hiatt
"The Open Road" is Hiatt's 19th studio album and his homage to life on the road.
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Carolina Chocolate Drops
"Genuine Negro Jig" is an album by a trio of young, African-Americans playing old time string band music.
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Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore
"Dear Companion" is a loving tribute to the artists' home State of Kentucky and a concept album deriding the mountaintop removal coal mining there.
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Massive Attack
"Heligoland" is the trip hop pioneers' first album in seven years and they stay true to the original concept of the band while making a stylistically different album.
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Duke Robillard and Sunny Crownover
"Tales from the Tiki Lounge" is the first of what will probably be many tribute albums to the late Les Paul who passed away last summer and set a standard that artists like Robillard are living up to.
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Patty Griffin
"Downtown Church" is Patty Griffin's tribute to gospel music, giving over her voice to mostly traditional devotional songs.
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Spoon
"Transference" is a seemingly flawed self produced album that uses those imperfections to make a bigger point.
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Ray Wylie Hubbard
"A. Enlightenment B. Endarkment (Hint There is no C)" continues the veteran Gonzo musician's string of gritty, yet meticulously produced Americana albums
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Vampire Weekend
"Contra" lives up to the hype of being one of the most anticipated new releases of 2010
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Norah Jones
"The Fall" Norah's "rock experiment" turns out to sound more like a natural evolutionary step for her music.
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Weezer
"Raditude" is Weezer's attempt to come to terms with their own aging while remaining true to their slacker lifestyle. It works
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Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard
"One Fast Move or I'm Gone" is a musical transcription of the Jack Kerouac novel "Big Sur" by the frontmen of Death Cab For Cutie and Son Volt.
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The Swell Season
"Strict Joy" is the first album under that group name for the duo who won the Oscar for Best Song in the Movie "Once."
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Erin McKeown
"Hundreds of Lions" is Erin McKeown's first album of original material in nearly five years and is as quirky, challenging and inventive as ever.
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Rosanne Cash
"The List" is taken from a list of songs Rosanne's father, Johnny Cash made up for her when she was 18, it was called "100 Essential Country Songs."
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Avett Brothers
This trio from North Carolina prove they are ready for the big time with their major label debut album.
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Monsters of Folk
If supergroup is the name given to a band that is greater than the sum of it's parts, then this collaboration between Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis fits the bill.
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Bruce Hornsby
"Levitate" is the first rock album in five years from the Williamsburg native and displays the same fierce independance he has shown on other recent releases.
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Tom Russell
"Blood and Candle Smoke" finds the iconic folk singer following a new direction on this collaboration with the Southwestern band Calexico.
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Phish
The first album in five years by Phish was recorded live in the studio to bring phish-heads the closest thing to a live performance and it's their best studio album ever.
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Dolores O'Rioradan
The second solo album by the Cranberries lead singer finds her hitting a real comfort zone as a solo artist.
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Delbert McClinton
This Texas roadhouse singer touches on many different styles on his 19th studio album and proves he's still got it.
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Bottle Rockets
This dixie fried rock band from Missouri channels their frustrations into songs about surviving and moving forward.
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Imelda May
Imelda May's debut album is a collection of retro blues, rockabilly, and vocal jazz and is quite simply the best debut so far of 2009.
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The Gurleys
The Gurleys are Hampton Roads folk music veterans and with the addition of their daughter Macon, their new cd is a true family affair.
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Sons of Bill
Charlottesville, Virginia's Sons of Bill are a neo-southern rock band of brothers who sing "the lovesick, hungover, hillbilly blues."
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Son Volt
Jay Farrar ressurected the Son Volt Brand in 2005 and the music he's made since has been the most compelling of his career including the latest, "American Central Dust."
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Levon Helm
The singer and drummer for The Band has released the follow up to his grammy winning last cd and it is a rollicking, barrel house blues and folk workout
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Wilco
Wilco (the album) is the first cd in the band's history to be recorded by the same personnel lineup as their previous album and the consistency pays off.
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AMong the Oak and Ash
The self-titled debut by AMong the Oak and Ash is a partnership between solo artists Garrison Starr and Josh Joplin covering mostly tradional folk songs in a sometimes untraditional way.
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Nanci Griffith
"The Loving Kind" finds Nanci Griffith in a mood for social commentary on this first set of new songs in five years.
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Elvis Costello
"Secret Profane and Sugarcane" is Elvis Costello's rootiest album yet in a long line of chameleon-like recordings.
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Dave Matthews Band
"Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King" is The Dave Matthews Band's upbeat, charging tribute to one of their founding members, sax player Leroi Moore who died while the album was being recorded.
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Iron and Wine
"Around the Well" is a musical history of Iron and Wine through a sterling compilation of rareties and unreleased songs by neo-folkie Sam Beam.
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Steve Earle
"Townes" is Steve Earle's tribute to his friend and mentor Townes Van Zandt, the legendary Texas folk troubador.
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Conor Oberst and the Mystic VAlley Band
"Outer South" is the second solo album in a row for the leader of Bright Eyes and he's making such great music with his new band he may never go back.
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Bob Dylan
"Together Through Life" shows that 68 year old Bob Dylan still has that late career hot hand going.
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Eilen Jewell
"Sea of Tears" is the thrid solo album by the Eilen Jewell, known as an earnest folkie, a honky tonk chanteuse and now a roots rocker.
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Cyril Neville
"Brand New Blues" is by the youngest of the Neville Brothers and represents his interpretation of the blues in the 21st Century.
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Gomez
The cd "A New Tide" is the sixth album for Gomez who continue to experiment with their complex textures and folkie rhythms.
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Indigo Girls
The new Indigo Girls' cd "Poseidon and the Bitter Bug" is a full circle return to indie status, with their first independent release since their debut album
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The Decists
"On The Decist's fifth album "The Hazards of Love", they have put together powerful concept album that follows the travails of a woman named Margaret and her experiences with, aMong other things, a shapeshifter, a forest queen and a lecherous, cold hearted rake.
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Madeleine Peyroux
"Bare Bones" is Madeleine Peyroux's fourth cd but her first with all original songs. It's sultry, seductive and she is definitely in her comfort zone.
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U2
"No Line on the Horizon" is U2's 11th studio album and cements their image as the biggest band in the world.
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Saffire The Uppity Blues Women
"Havin the Last Word" is the farewell album by this trio of Blues women from Fredricksburg, VA after ten albums and twenty years together.
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The Pawn Shop Lifters
"Rifle and Flask" is the debut album by this Hampton Roads band. They have found the sweet spot between 10 and 11 on the Spinal Tap amplifier.
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Lily Allen
"It's Not Me It's You" is Lily Allen's second cd as she continues her spunky social commentary as tries to graduate from pop star to artist.
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Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel
"Willie and the Wheel" is a collaboration between the two Texas institutions on an album of Western Swing standards
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Bruce Springsteen
"Working on a Dream" is the 16th studio album for Bruce Springsteen and on it he revisits a time when music was positive, symphonic and utterly romantic.
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Mark Olson and Gary Louris
The Former nucleus of the Jayhawks get together as an acoustic duo for an album called "Ready for the Flood"
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The Derek Trucks Band
The seventh solo album from Derek Trucks finds him laying claim to being one of the best contemporary blues players in the world.
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Cadillac Records Soundtrack
The film Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Chess Records and the actors who portray the blues legends who recorded for that label sing their songs on the soundtrack
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Neil Young
"Sugar Mountain Live at Cantebury House 1968" is an archival release recorded at one of Young's first solo acoustic shows
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Julie Clark
"Change Your Mind" is the second album for Hampton Roads singer-songwriter Julie Clark. It sets a new high water mark for the local recordings
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Snow Patrol
"A Hundred Million Suns" is Snow Patrol's third major label album and will go a long way toward making this band more of a household name than they already are
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Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
"Cardinology" is Ryan Adams' first recording since his well publicized re-hab and sobriety sounds good on him.
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Lucinda Williams
"Little Honey" is a lusty celebration of Lucinda's new love.
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Jolie Holland
""The Living and the Dead" finds Holland's songwriting catching up with the unique quality of her voice for her best album yet.
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Bob Dylan
"The eighth in a series of double cds of rare and unreleased material, "Tell Tale Signs" focuses on Bob Dylan's most recent recordings, from 1989 to 2006
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Ben Folds
"Way To Normal is Ben Folds third solo album and chronicles the break up of his marriage...in a lighthearted way
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Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show's third album, "Tennessee Pusher" continues to drag string band music kicking and screaming into 21st century.
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M.S.G. The Acoustic Blues Trio
"The Hampton Roads band has just released their second album of traditional and original blues called "Done Spke My Mind"
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Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
"Rattlin' Bones" is the first collaboration between these Australian singer songwriters who have been married since 2005.
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Michael Franti and Spearhead
"All Rebel Rockers" brings together Michael Franti's gift for rock, reggae and soul for his best album yet
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The Duhks
"Fast Paced World" is The Duhks's fourth album but they have a new singer and principal songwriter since being awarded and Juno trophy and a Grammy Nomination.
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Randy Newman
"Harps and Angels" is Randy Newman's first album of new material in nine years
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Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst is the leader of Bright Eyes and this is his first solo album since the begining of that band.
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Mike Aiken
Mike Aiken is Hampton Roads' own sea-faring musical troubadour and "Hula Girl Highway" is his fourth album. Listen at the end of the podcast for exclusive acoustic versions of three songs from the album recorded live on Out of the Box.
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The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady's fourth album, "Stay Positive" is so full of nods to other rock and roll bands that it's like a ride at that new Hard Rock Amusement park.
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Beck
Beck's tenth album, "Modern Guilt" is a collaboration with producer Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley and presents apocalyptic lyrics with beat heavy instrumentation.
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Sigur Ros
"Sigur Ros is an Icelandic band and their fourth album "Meo Suo Ee Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust" continues their unique approach to music.
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