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 Indie Section |
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Here's some music we like from our Indie section. They're Indietastic. |
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Super Furry Animals There are also two videos on the bonus disc. One shows the Animals having fun in the studio laying down some tracks (Sweet Soundboard Batman!). The other is a video for the song Run-Away. Overall, Hey Venus! is a worthy SFA album, with some minor niggles. ListSale $12.99 |
Vampire Weekend Ear tingles! Vampire Weekend has successfully created a unique sound that, let's face it, has been long awaited for. The up-beat/crunching tunes, along with the scaling vocals, will complete your music hunger pain! Stop what you're doing and get your copy today. ListSale $9.99 |
LCD Soundsystem 45:33 is a refreshing audio creation, complete and fulfilling, moving through a dynamic range of tempos and rhythms, all the while maintaining the essence of an LCD Soundsystem recording. ListSale $12.99 |
Catpower Chan's vocals are so seductive. Billie Holiday would be proud. "I Believe In You" is a standout track. This classic song by Bob Dylan sounds better in Chan's vocal register. The guitar playing by Judah Bauer gives this track an energetic kick. ListIn Store $14.99 |
Bippp This compilation presents a rare glimpse into a parallel universe that eschews English for français, and guitars for monochrome synth stabs and robotic vocals, offering cool, Kraftwerkian homages to the mechanics of movement ListSale $12.99 |
Rock/POP Section |
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Here's some music we like from our Rock/POP section. They're Rock/POP-alicious. |
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The Devil Makes Three This Santa Cruz trio blend classic country, ragtime, bluegrass, and folk with their own fiery attitude and a sincere approach that create the sound and feel of a dusty old 78, but with an immediacy that's unforgettable. ListSale $12.99 |
Toolin' Around Woodstock (with bonus DVD) Guitarist extraordinaire and Master of the Telecaster Arlen Roth teams up with music legend Levon Helm on this instant roots/rock classic recorded at Helm s studio in Woodstock, NY. ListIn Store $14.99 |
Drive By Truckers Drive-By Truckers are one of the most unique recording artists and live bands in popular music today. DBT s brand new album is a Southern gothic rock n' roll masterpiece with 19 songs adding up to over 75 minutes of pure rock n roll. ListIn Store $14.99 |
Joe Jackson With its adventurous spirit and piano-based sound, Rain boasts plenty of humor, swing and sophistication among barbed social commentary and even some punk-like rocking out.Deluxe CD digipack includes 40-min DVD of live performances, interview and a rare look behind-the-scenes. ListIn Store $14.99 |
Sal Valentino Featured Artist! Come in and see Sal Valentino live at R5 Sunday Feb., 14th at 1:00pm. Pick up your copy of "Every Now and Then" today. ListIn Store $14.99 |
Jazz/Blues Section |
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Here's some music we like from our Jazz/Blues section. Come get Bluesified. |
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Stanley Clarke It's very very impressive. It's astounding. It's brilliant. It marks Stanley's return to his trademark slapping bass chops and to his legendary recordings' standard. Album's highlights : the bluesy two-minutes "Hmm Hmm" and the adventurous "El Bajo Negro". ListIn Store $14.99 |
Steve Reid Ensemble Great grooves, recorded in Dakar, seasoned with Fela-ish flavorings and just the right touch of Kieran (Four Tet) Hebden's electronica. ListSale $12.99 |
Jon Larsen A must listen. The smooth tunes of progressive jazz is something well known to Jon Larsen and his group of friends who literally travel the world to share their sound. Check it out today! ListIn Store $14.99 |
Oscar Peterson There will never be a more tight, swinging trio in jazz history than Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Ed Thigpen.This release is drenched in blues and consistently swinging. ListSale $12.99 |
Joe Zawinul While this hour and a half of music draws from Zawinul's past, it is never dependent upon nostalgia. Rather, the bold new settings show how vibrant the writing remains. |
Country/Americana/Folk/Bluegrass Section |
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Here's some music we like from our Country/Americana/Folk/Bluegrass section. Sink your ears into these. |
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Shelby Lynne The planets aligned for this one! Wonderful production, tasteful accompaniment, nice natural sound for a cd. Shelby's intimate, soulful, sensual vocals will warn your heart. ListSale $11.99 |
Nina Gerber Gerber's sensitive, yet powerful, guitar playing, whether on one of her acoustic or electric instruments, typically made the perfect ensemble of sounds. Get your copy today! ListIn Store $15.99 |
Ricky Skaggs Finally, after years of blending their voices from the living room to the stage, Ricky Skaggs and The Whites have teamed up on their first collaborative album, Salt of the Earth a gospel masterpiece that promises to be worth the wait. ListSale $12.99 |
Vashti Bunyan This complete collection of Bunyan's 25 existing early recordings is a young London girl's series of beautiful love songs that resonate profoundly via an almost brutal efficiency and honesty. Grab your copy today! ListSale $12.99 |
The Louvin Brothers As the liner notes will attest, the Louvins concieved & built this cover it themselves, risking serious injury when the kerosene coated rocks began to explode behind them. The contents are truely as haunting, campy, beautiful & passionate as that manic expression on Brother Ira's face. ListSale $9.99 |
Soul/RnB/Funk Section |
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Here's some music we like from our Soul/RnB/Funk section. Soul/RnB/Funk your mind. |
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Maceo Parker Parker attempts another fun experiment with history and sound. There’s the muscular bebop of Charlie Parker, the angular soul of Ray Charles, the playful R&B of Julian “Cannonball†Adderly. Sometimes all in one cut! ListSale $17.99 |
Various Artists In 1993 Munich's Into Somethin' crew started a club night entitled 'Maiden Voyage', dedicated strictly to the classics - soul, brasil, boogie, jazz and jazz. Compiled by Rainer Tr by, Theo Thoenessen & Roland Appel, featuring handpicked classics played at the club. ListIn Store $14.99 |
Chi-Lites Includes all of the band's first four albums, 'Give It Away', 'I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Me)', '(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People', & 'A Lonely Man', along with side one of their fifth, 'A Letter To Myself', & five non-LP early single sides for the legendary Chicago-based label. ListIn Store $14.99 |
Chris Clark Chris Clark, along with Bobby Darin, Rare Earth and Tommy Good, was among a handful of white music artists signed to the legendary Motown Records, the country's top, independent black owned record company in the 1960s and 1970s. ListIn Store $35.99 |
James Brown Some of the best sounds that Mr. Get Up Off Of That Thang has to offer! Feed your ears and groove to the funky sound of James Brown! LisSale $7.99 |
World/ Hawiian/ Reggae/ Native-American Section |
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Here's some music we like from our World/Hawiian/Reggae/Native-American section. Let it process. |
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Ernie Smith Ernie Smith is the iconic singer & songwriter who ruled Jamaican mid-70s charts with multiple #1 hits, balancing the downtown, rebel voice of Bob Marley with the humorous, folksy side of Jamaican life! 'After 31 Years Life Is Just For Living' comes as a deluxe VP double cd package with linernotes and photos. ListSale $17.99 |
Abyssinians Satta Massagana is one of reggae's greatest albums by the most inspired of Jamaica's vocal groups, the Abyssinians. This album is filled with great performances, as well as two of reggae's most legendary songs, "Declaration of Rights" and "Satta Massagana." listIn Store $14.99 |
Saba Jidka (The Line) is the debut of Somalian Saba.Saba sings about young women who leave their villages for the big city, the separation of fathers from their families, fear of change in a diverse world and the suffering of nations at the hands of others. ListSale $12.99 |
Various Unlike other modern hybrids, such as Ska or Brazillian Tropicalia, this music never crossed international borders. This is the first ever Chicha compilation to be released outside of Peru. ListSale $12.99 |
Various Although it is home to Recife, a coastal city in Brazil, the eastern state of Permambuco has, until recent years, been overlooked as a source of musical innovation. A forward-thinking musician who took the region's traditional maracatu, mixed it up with rock, reggae, hip-hop, funk, modern sampling and other electronics, and created something he called mangue beat. ListSale $12.99 |