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Ima Robot

Monument To The Masses | Virgin
With the Killers gone arena-roots and the Bravery recording with Pearl Jam/Springsteen producer Brendan O’Brien, somebody’s gotta keep the dance-rock-circa-2004 flame alive.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  October 17, 2006

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Lindsey Buckingham

Under The Skin | Reprise
Much of the critical reaction to the first solo album by Lindsey Buckingham in more than a decade has been prompted by the sense that Under the Skin could’ve been made by one of today’s overabundant indie-folk acts.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  October 10, 2006

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Mammoth metal

Mastodon and Lamb of God define a genre
The big story in heavy music right now is mammal metal, a blood-and-guts strain of post-thrash brutality lorded over at the moment by Lamb of God and Mastodon, two loud-and-proud Southern bands with new major-label discs out.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  October 03, 2006

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Watson Twins

Southern Manners | www.thewatsontwins.com  
The Watson Twins are Chandra and Leigh, two Kentucky-raised, LA-based sisters who’ve spent the past year doing a heck of a job singing back-up in Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis’s country-pop solo act.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  October 02, 2006

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Freedom songs

The sonic growth of the Mars Volta
The Mars Volta’s new Amputechture (Universal) is the first album the Los Angeles–based prog-punk ensemble have made that doesn’t have a unifying story line.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 26, 2006

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Wolf Eyes

Human Animals | Sub
In 2004, these Michigan-based noise terrorists got as close to the indie-rock mainstream as any of their niche-market peers when Sub Pop unleashed Burned Mind , Wolf Eyes’ 869th release, on the unsuspecting ears of Iron and Wine fans throughout North America.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 26, 2006

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Lambchop

Damaged | Merge
Lambchop are the band playing in the bar of Nashville’s nicest hotel as the world collapses around them. Lambchop, “Paperback Bible”  
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 18, 2006

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Kasabian

Empire | RCA
Last week the second CD by this English dance-rock act debuted atop the British albums chart, and Kasabian’s notoriously loudmouthed members weren’t exactly gracious about it. Kasabian,"Empire"  (windows media) Kasabian, "Me Plus One"  (windows media)
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 11, 2006

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Man Man: Six Demon Bag

Ace Fu
As the blogosphere’s embrace of recent releases by DeVotchka, Beirut, and Gogol Bordello demonstrates, the American indie scene is experiencing an unlikely craze for Eastern European Gypsy music. Man Man, "Van Helsing Boombox"   (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 05, 2006

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G. Love

Lemonade | Brushfire/Universal
When in 1994 G. Love emerged as a rapping white-boy Boston transplant from Philadelphia’s old-school blues scene, the temptation was to write him off as a one-shot, “Cold Beverage” curio — a left-field indulgence of the alt-rock era. G Love, "Rhyme for the Summer Time" (mp3) G Love, "Blues Music" (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 15, 2006

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The Format

Dog Problems | The Vanity Label/Nettwerk
This Arizona-based power-pop combo had a terrific alt-rock radio hit a few years ago called “The First Single,” a self-consciously exuberant mini-anthem that proved they had a sense of humor to go along with their sense of hook. "The Compromise," (MP3 via Myspace)
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 08, 2006

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The Living End

State of Emergency | Adeline/EastWest
A tight little Australian trio who began life as a rockabilly group but now play high-octane pop punk, the Living End might be the perfect act for Rocket from the Crypt fans bumming over that band’s break-up late last year.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 01, 2006

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Sweet alienation

Soul Asylum restake their claim
On stage June 26 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York’s Times Square, Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner looked as if he’d just crawled out of a time capsule that had been sealed in the early ’90s. Ripped jeans, scarecrow hair, white hightops — you remember the look. Soul Asylum, "Stand Up and Be Strong" (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 05, 2006

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Counting Crows

New Amsterdam: Live At Heineken Music Hall | Geffen  
For hardcore Counting Crows fans, the California roots-pop band’s live shows have often been more revelatory than their albums, affording frontman Adam Duritz the opportunity to stretch his time-tested Van Morrison impression out to inhumane lengths.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 24, 2006

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Ane Brun

A Temporary Dive | V2  
The second album by this Norwegian singer-songwriter blands out into coffeeshop background blur a little too often to earn a place next to more dynamic records by fellow folk-pop females like Beth Orton and Feist.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 18, 2006

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Deadboy and the Elephantmen

We Are Night Sky | Fat Possum
If a co-ed blues-punk duo make a sound and no one hears it, will they still elicit comparisons with the White Stripes and the Fiery Furnaces? Yes. Deadboy and the Elephantmen, "Stop, I'm Already Dead" (mp3) Deadboy and the Elephantmen, "Evil Friend" (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 11, 2006

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Mystery mix

Embracing the eclecticism of Pink
"I get bored easily," says Pink. "I like being a big mystery bag. It confuses some people, but it works for me.”
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 11, 2006

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Dabrye

Two/Three | Ghostly International
Dabrye is one of a handful of aliases used by Michigan-based knob twiddler Tadd Mullinix (a name so cool, you could be think it too must be a nom de guerre ).
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 10, 2006

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Richard Swift

The Novelist/Walking Without Effort | Secretly Canadian
This young singer-songwriter is a member of the school of West Coast pop eccentrics who count Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson, and Van Dyke Parks as professors emeritus. Richard Swift, "As I Go"   (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  June 27, 2006

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Soul brothers

James Hunter and Jamie Lidell
Hunter and Lidell's music shares something deeper than demographics: an abiding interest in the classic Southern R&B of Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. Both men prove that blue-eyed soul didn’t die with Hall & Oates.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  June 21, 2006
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