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The National
Boxer [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 29/May/2007 ] "A band on top of its game, resulting in a startling masterpiece on par with 'Turn On The Bright Lights', 'Bows and Arrows', or any other austere tribute to urban alienation you care to name."- Stylus Magazine (10/10). |
Earlimart
Mentor Tormentor [ Shout Factory Records / CD - released 21/Aug/2007 ] From countless songs and takes, this record began to take form in late 2006. The final 15-track line-up of songs is the band's strongest and most collaborative work to date. |
Modest Mouse
The Moon and Antarctica - 10th Anniversary Edition [ Epic Records / CD - released 30/Mar/2004 ] Modest Mouse's Epic debut, The Moon & Antarctica, finds them strangely subdued, focusing on mortality as well as the moody, acoustic side of their music and downplaying the edgy rock that helped make them indie stars. Not that their first major-label... |
Rilo Kiley
More Adventurous [ Warner Music / CD - released 17/Aug/2004 ] Rilo Kiley are an ALT / Country / rock 4-piece band from Los Angeles and 'More Adventurous' is their debut album for Warner Music. |
Iron and Wine
The Shepherd's Dog [ Sub Pop / CD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] "Soothing and sinister at the same time, 'The Shepherd's Dog' deserves to sit sweetly in the year end polls. Deeply sensual, richly pastoral… a slow burning, late summer treat... |
John Vanderslice
Emerald City [ Inertia Music / CD - released 15/Oct/2007 ] "Both on a song-for-song basis and as singular cohesive work, 'Emerald City' demonstrates Vanderslice's masterful control of craft at every structural level and his unrivalled ability to make the political personal."-Slant Magazine. |