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THE MAGNETIC FIELDS + Realism
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS Realism [Nonesuch] After swathing their songs in bristling feedback for 2008’s Distortion, the Magnetic Fields take the opposite approach on their latest. Leader Stephin Merritt...
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NATALIE MERCHANT + Leave Your Sleep
NATALIE MERCHANT Leave Your Sleep [Nonesuch] It’s been seven years since the last Natalie Merchant album, and the wait for completely original material continues with no end in sight. Though she’s back...
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BRAD MEHLDAU
BRAD MEHLDAU Live in Marciac [Nonesuch] Brad Mehldau’s restlessness is as much a force of nature as his musicianship, so it comes as no great shock that the master jazz pianist follows last year’s...
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K.D. LANG AND THE SISS BOOM BANG
K.D. LANG AND THE SISS BOOM BANG Sing It Loud [Nonesuch] This is the first release that comes with an “and” after k.d. lang’s name since the Reclines shared billing on her first three records. The last...
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BJÖRK
BJÖRK Biophilia [Nonesuch] Björk’s eighth solo release is not so much an album as the foundation of an ambitious multimedia project. Partly recorded on an iPad and released (in addition to traditional...
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SHAWN COLVIN
SHAWN COLVIN All Fall Down [Nonesuch] Procuring master guitarist and Nashville alt-country staple Buddy Miller as producer ensures authenticity in the Americana world—just ask Robert Plant, who tapped...
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RY COODER
RY COODER Election Special [Nonesuch] Ry Cooder has played so many roles—go-to guitarist, in-demand soundtrack composer, booster of World Music and Americana—that one almost forgets his sizable and...
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EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL
EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL Old Yellow Moon [Nonesuch] Thankfully, the second posthumous Winehouse release isn’t filled with scraps that didn’t make last year’s Lioness. Drawn from BBC...
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THE MAGNETIC FIELDS + Realism
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS Realism [Nonesuch] After swathing their songs in bristling feedback for 2008’s Distortion, the Magnetic Fields take the opposite approach on their latest. Leader Stephin Merritt...
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NATALIE MERCHANT + Leave Your Sleep
NATALIE MERCHANT Leave Your Sleep [Nonesuch] It’s been seven years since the last Natalie Merchant album, and the wait for completely original material continues with no end in sight. Though she’s back...
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BRAD MEHLDAU
BRAD MEHLDAU Live in Marciac [Nonesuch] Brad Mehldau’s restlessness is as much a force of nature as his musicianship, so it comes as no great shock that the master jazz pianist follows last year’s...
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K.D. LANG AND THE SISS BOOM BANG
K.D. LANG AND THE SISS BOOM BANG Sing It Loud [Nonesuch] This is the first release that comes with an “and” after k.d. lang’s name since the Reclines shared billing on her first three records. The last...
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BJÖRK
BJÖRK Biophilia [Nonesuch] Björk’s eighth solo release is not so much an album as the foundation of an ambitious multimedia project. Partly recorded on an iPad and released (in addition to traditional...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SHAWN COLVIN
SHAWN COLVIN All Fall Down [Nonesuch] Procuring master guitarist and Nashville alt-country staple Buddy Miller as producer ensures authenticity in the Americana world—just ask Robert Plant, who tapped...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RY COODER
RY COODER Election Special [Nonesuch] Ry Cooder has played so many roles—go-to guitarist, in-demand soundtrack composer, booster of World Music and Americana—that one almost forgets his sizable and...
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EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL
EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL Old Yellow Moon [Nonesuch] Thankfully, the second posthumous Winehouse release isn’t filled with scraps that didn’t make last year’s Lioness. Drawn from BBC...
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