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Filled with intelligent pop music that could nestle up pretty comfortably with the likes of Lisa Loeb.

Timesbold’s take on Americana-influenced music is as creepy as it is captivating.

You can’t accuse Guitar Wolf of being unenthusiastic, of plying their punk rock trade half-heartedly.

A stripped down album that reveals the honesty and beauty at the core of Ester Drang’s music.

Recent days have seen the release of a trio of Caul titles (one of which is a three disc collection itself), with more on the way.

Osito has done the hard task of balancing variety with quality, and somehow manages to excel at both.

Though the Sinners are certainly far from being country in the traditional sense, they’re certainly not alt-country in the accepted sense.

This CD is actually a collection of demos that The Action were shopping to labels in the zeitgeist of 1967.

It could be that Victory at Sea’s music simply doesn’t lend it itself well to being timeless or inventive enough to make a person want to buy all of their albums.

The EP is short and rightly so as the songs are not meant to be delved into and dissected with further listens.

Good stuff, but it just doesn’t reach the dizzying heights attained by Everett’s own work with The Lassie Foundation.

A heartfelt honesty pervades this album and these songs leave an impression that belies their delicate nature.

Knife in the Water’s rare gift for blending the grotesque and the lovely makes their music worth tracking down.

An excuse for the filmmakers to whip around some esoteric math concepts with little regard for plot, continuity, or logic.

Of the series’ strengths, the one I love the most is how well it’s able to juggle humor and drama.

I was fully unprepared for just how powerful and moving this DVD would be.

I have no idea how this movie got made, and there’s a good chance that it’s very existence might negate one or two fundamental laws of nature.

At its best, the album offers seductive, enticing glimpses into another world of sound.

The Forms new full-length/half-length/EP or whatever the stink it is, is not for you to spend your cash on.

There’s some considerable promise contained within these five songs.