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Editorial Review: Emotionally over-the-top pop extravaganzas like the string-swelling "Tonight Tonight," the Metallica-influenced alternative rock of "Zero," the techno via new wave of "1979"--the 28 songs on this swell two-disc album are as eclectic as their themes are epic and ambitious.

Milk-Eyed Mender
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by Drag City (Caroline)
Audio CD (23 March, 2004)
(17 reviews)

Customer Review: A real gem, if you're game: Joanna Newsom will never find a popular audience. The idea of a classically-trained singing harpist who plays American folk music would pretty much guarantee that,

Mmhmm
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by Capitol
Audio CD (02 November, 2004)

Moon Safari [US/UK]
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by Caroline
Audio CD (27 January, 1998)
(254 reviews)

Editorial Review: French duo Air's debut album is a superlatively happy collection of experimental disco-mood sound nestled between ambient soundscape and breathy pop. It's jazzy and melodic, and mostly laid-back, but not excessively so.

More Adventurous
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by Brute/Beaute
Audio CD (17 August, 2004)
Editorial Review: Are they alternative-country rockers or alternative rock crooners? That was the conundrum following Rilo Kileys 2002 release, The Execution of Things, and with More Adventurous, the bands first record with major label support,

Music From the O.C. Mix 1
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (30 March, 2004)
(60 reviews)

Editorial Review: Just like the Fox TV show it's taken from, Music from the O.C.: Mix 1 is studded with moments of subtle exceptionality until the end, when things get really good. Hard as it is to discount the haunting beauty of Joseph Arthur's "Honey and the Moon,"

Napoleon Dynamite
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by Lakeshore Records
Audio CD (05 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: In a promising filmmaking debut, young BYU grad Jared Hess informs this indie tale of an aggressively nerdy backwater teen's foibles with the bittersweet dimensions of the director's own small-town upbringing,

New Roman Times
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by Vanguard Records
Audio CD (12 October, 2004)

No Thanks: 70s Punk Rebellion
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD (28 October, 2003)
(27 reviews)

Customer Review: What are box sets for?: The point of box set compilations, like this one, is to provide the listener with an overview of a particular era or type of music.

Now Here Is Nowhere
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (18 May, 2004)
(20 reviews)

Customer Review: One of 2004's Very Best Albums!: The debut album from the Secret Machines is amazingly assured and confident. They do not fall into the trap of 2 minute 30 second rock songs.

Odelay
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by Geffen Records
Audio CD (18 June, 1996)
(144 reviews)

Editorial Review: Beck brags here that he's "got two turntables and a microphone." He also has a sweeping aesthetic that sees no reason why musical allusions to hip-hop, the Beatles, James Brown, punk, Gram Parsons, cool jazz,

Oh, Inverted World
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by Sub Pop
Audio CD (19 June, 2001)
(174 reviews)

Editorial Review: Something extraordinary is afoot in Albuquerque. The Shins' first big-timerecord, Oh, Inverted World combines mysterious narratives with golden songstructures, resulting in lavish and opulent indie pop.

On Avery Island
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by Merge Records
Audio CD (26 March, 1996)
(27 reviews)

Customer Review: Go to "Island": Though their sophomore album was a step up, "On Avery Island" is rough, ragged psychedelic rock that blasts you to the floor.

On My Way
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by Ato Records
Audio CD (06 April, 2004)
(44 reviews)

Editorial Review: Though still in his 20s, Ben Kweller has already kicked around the music business for a full decade. This energetic follow-up to Kweller's 2002 solo breakthrough Sha Sha finds the former Radish frontman/teen phenom boldly cutting through much of the previous album's precious,

One Plus One Is One
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by Astralwerks / Emd
Audio CD (27 July, 2004)
Editorial Review: With One Plus One Is One, lovable, romantic, woolly-hat-clad eccentric Damon Gough has produced his best album since his glorious debut (The Hour of Bewilderbeast). With Badly Drawn Boy shunning LA in favor of a Manchester studio and with Andy Votel back at the production helm One Plus One is a wry,

Our Endless Numbered Days
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by Sub Pop
Audio CD (23 March, 2004)
(48 reviews)

Editorial Review: Floridas brilliant singer-songwriter Sam Beam expands Iron & Wine from solo project to a gaggle of friends and family on slide guitar, percussion, and backing vocals on his second album. Fans need not worry--the hushed immediacy and rich melodies remain the focus--but new flavors abound.

Our Little Corner of the World: Music From Gilmore Girls
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by Rhino Records
Audio CD (01 October, 2002)
(34 reviews)

Customer Review: Great Television Soundtrack..: Out of all the other television soundtracks that I have and that I've listened to, I think this one is one of the best ones.

Our Shadows Will Remain
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by Vector Records
Audio CD (12 October, 2004)

Out of Time
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (12 March, 1991)
(135 reviews)

Editorial Review: Though R.E.M. titled a later album Monster, this 1991 smash was the true monster, with the little Athens, Georgia, quartet graduating once and for all from its jangling independent-rock roots. The confusion Michael Stipe communicates in the catchy "Losing My Religion" and the dark-and-dreamy "Low" hit the mainstream-rock audience when it was most primed for uneasy angst.

Pawn Shoppe Heart
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (09 March, 2004)
(26 reviews)

Editorial Review: Detroit's Von Bondies may never be able to successfully disentangle themselves from the shadow of the White Stripes, not so much because Jack White produced the band's first album and took them around the world,

Point #1
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by Squint Entertainment
Audio CD (04 May, 1999)
(111 reviews)

Editorial Review: The 11 tracks of Chevelle's Point #1 pour out more passion in 42 minutes than most people will experience in an entire year.It is an album that will brand you.Not because of offense or unashamed shock tactics,

Poses [Bonus Track]
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by Dreamworks
Audio CD (05 February, 2002)
(55 reviews)

Editorial Review: The scrutiny of success that came early on--being named Best New Artist by Rolling Stonein 1998, the year of his debut album, for example--would have smothered many another emerging talent. But itfailed to stopper the singular,

Psycho Candy
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by Wea International
Audio CD (24 May, 1999)
(51 reviews)

Editorial Review: Sounding like a collision between the 1965 Beach Boys' tour bus and a truckload of malfunctioning vacuum cleaners, the Jesus and Mary Chain found something new to do with the old rock & roll verities.

Quiet Is the New Loud
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by Astralwerks
Audio CD (06 March, 2001)
(42 reviews)

Editorial Review: Although Kings of Convenience are keen to play down any blatantly self-evident similarities to Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, and Belle and Sebastian, the winsome and placidity-favoring Norwegian duo of Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe have probably already got the subway buskers of tomorrow lining up to lend an ear.

Rejoicing in the Hands
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by Young God Records
Audio CD (04 May, 2004)
(6 reviews)

Customer Review: Music for a Country Porch: Despite their disdain for the mainstream media's tendency to hype up young bands as 'the saviours of rock &

Rendezvous
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by Jet Set Records
Audio CD (26 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: Lunas allegedly last studio album is astonishing, their best since 1995s Penthouse. The band has arrived at a pleasant, Television-on-xanax variant of indie-rock thats so smart,

Riot on an Empty Street
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by Astralwerks
Audio CD (27 July, 2004)
(3 reviews)

Customer Review: Riot on an Empty Street: Okay, let us get real people, the only similiarities between Simon and Garfunkle and the Kings of Convenience are that they both use acoustic guitars and sing in triads.

Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1
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by Fat Wreck Chords
Audio CD (20 April, 2004)
(55 reviews)

Customer Review: Rock the Vote!: Magnificent album. The 17 new unreleased tracks by huge punk artists like A New Found Glory, the Ataris, Sum 41,

Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 (Bonus DVD)
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by Fat Wreck Chords
Audio CD (10 August, 2004)

Rock Spectacle
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by Warner Brothers
Audio CD (19 November, 1996)
(124 reviews)

Editorial Review: The band's goofy charm and sure-footed melodic sense is in full flower here, and the singalongs on "Brian Wilson" and "If I Had $1000000" are proof of the bond between band and audience. A hidden rap tribute to Ed Robertson's "Uncle Elwyn" is vintage Bill Cosby.

Roman Candle
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by Cavity Search
Audio CD (14 July, 1995)
(30 reviews)

Editorial Review: A member of the band Heatmiser, Elliot Smith recorded home demos on any equipment he could get his hands on. His first "solo" album is a cheap four-track home recording that hints at the melodic possibilities Smith would explore in greater detail on subsequent releases.

Room on Fire
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Audio CD (28 October, 2003)
(337 reviews)

Editorial Review: An acclaimed debut prompts one of two kinds of follow-ups: either the band strives to broaden their palate or they attempt to deepen the colors they splashed all over that heralded first effort. The Strokes' second outing falls in the latter camp.

Rooney
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by Geffen Records
Audio CD (20 May, 2003)
(249 reviews)

Editorial Review: The young Los Angeles band Rooney draws on some obvious influences--the Beach Boys, Weezer--to craft its own promising sound. This catchy debut makes a strong case for the group's smarts by updating its tales of teen life with knowing details (side-by-side references to cell phones and Shirley Temples,

Rubber Factory
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by Fat Possum
Audio CD (07 September, 2004)
Editorial Review: The third low-tech, high-impact recording from the Akron, Ohio, duo is once again a loud and lively confirmation that passion, not precision, is what the blues is all about. With Dan Auerbach's insistent,

Rufus Wainwright
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by Dreamworks
Audio CD (19 May, 1998)
(156 reviews)

Editorial Review: The singer/songwriters working today who point to Tin Pan Alley and Broadway musicals as central inspirations can be counted on an index finger. Rufus Wainwright is quite an anomaly--but, then again, he's the son of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle.

Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah
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by Fat Wreck Chords
Audio CD (19 October, 2004)
Editorial Review: Whether or not Me First and the Gimme Gimmes were successful in their attempt to Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah depends, naturally, on Jonny. If he's a fan of pop (and circumstance) classics reconfigured as punk,

Sad Sappy Sucker
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by K Records
Audio CD (24 April, 2001)
(23 reviews)

Editorial Review: After stepping up to the major-label plate with The Moon and Antarctica, Modest Mouse reach back to their roots with Sad Sappy Sucker. Sucker is actually the band's first recording, released in 2001 but created back in 1994.

Scrubs
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by Hollywood Records
Audio CD (24 September, 2002)
(27 reviews)

Editorial Review: The medically minded Scrubs is an eccentric affair, populated by a zany cast of residents saving lives while learning life's little lessons in the process. Though lacking the show's oddball humor, its soundtrack is undeniably earnest,

Seven Swans
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by Sounds Familyre
Audio CD (16 March, 2004)
(16 reviews)

Customer Review: The Anti-Christ of Christian Pop: While it be too early to call Sufjan Stevens 'the next Nick Drake', 'Seven Swans', his stripped down follow-up to 2003's excellent 'Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State',

Shake the Sheets
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by Lookout Records
Audio CD (19 October, 2004)

She Loves You
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by One Little Indian Us
Audio CD (24 August, 2004)
Editorial Review: Afghan Whigs singer Greg Dulli has always had a soft spot for karaoke. Many of the highlights of his former band's live shows involved staggering covers of songs by unlikely sources like Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder.

Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
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by Matador Records
Audio CD (22 October, 2002)
(43 reviews)

Customer Review: Great re-issue!: Pavement's seminal debut has been re-released in one of the best moves in Matador Records history. A sixty-page booklet packed with photos,

Slow Wonder
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by Matador Records
Audio CD (08 June, 2004)
(7 reviews)

Customer Review: sweet sweet pop: If you like The Shins, Spoon, Ben Folds, you will like this too.

Smile
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by Nonesuch
Audio CD (28 September, 2004)
Editorial Review: The Greatest Album That Never Was finally is. The Beach Boys' uncompleted 1967 album Smile has remained the elusive touchstone of Brian Wilson's brilliant, star-crossed career for decades. Artistic Holy Grail and troubling professional Waterloo for Wilson,

So Much for the City
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by Virgin
Audio CD (04 November, 2003)
(56 reviews)

Editorial Review: One might assume that a band from Dublin called the Thrills would sound a certain way. And one might well be wrong. If northern garage grit is what you're looking for, skip So Much for the City, because this quartet sounds owes less to Northern Ireland forbearers such as Stiff Little Fingers,

So Tonight That I Might See
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by Capitol
Audio CD (05 October, 1993)
(74 reviews)

Editorial Review: People tend to confuse the band Mazzy Star with it's singer Hope Sandoval. Truth be told, they've been right all along. Sandoval's languid, weeping willow voice is Mazzy Star; the name is a mere formality.

Songs for Polar Bears
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by Jeepster Records
Audio CD (08 September, 1998)
(2 reviews)

Customer Review: Snow Patrol - shows promise: I have had this album for a bit over a year now and I still listen to it a lot. Snow Patrol are a indie/grunge/pop band.

Southern Rock Opera
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by Lost Highway
Audio CD (16 July, 2002)
(34 reviews)

Editorial Review: You don't need a bottle of Jack or even a trace of Southern lineage to appreciate the genius of Drive-By Truckers' Southern Rock Opera. Without a hint of irony, the Athens, Georgia, quintet creates a fast-driving,

Spike [US Bonus Tracks]
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by Sony Int'l
Audio CD (01 May, 2000)
(12 reviews)

Customer Review: Puffy can do no wrong: I don't care what Sean Combs has to say about this wonderful Japanese pop duo, Ami and Yumi will always be known to me as simply "Puffy".

Staring at the Sea: The Singles
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by Elektra
Audio CD (25 October, 1990)
(53 reviews)

Editorial Review: Big and moody, Staring at the Sea compiles some hits and near misses of these excavators of the dark soul.Beginning with their earliest hits--the sparse "Killing an Arab," the aptly tedious "10:15 Saturday Night,"

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