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Shearwater

Rook | Matador
To fans of the Austin band, this is all par for the beautiful but eerie course.

By: ZETH LUNDY | June 24, 2008

Ry Cooder

I, Flathead | Nonesuch/Perro Verde
Ry Cooder once again navigates a Southern California of strange realities and real strangers.

By: JEFF TAMARKIN | June 24, 2008

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

Party Intellectuals | Pi
Humor, melody, and weirdness rule in this NYC avant guitarist’s sonic universe.

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | June 25, 2008

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea | Drag City
Wry, witty, and weird, this not-quite-coherent set of songs is a more freewheeling tour of lead singer David Berman’s increasingly playful lyrical sensibilities.

By: RICHARD BECK | June 24, 2008

Ponies in the Surf

See You Happy | Darla
It’s high time the Ponies were recognized for the perfect-pop juggernaut (however gentle) they are.

By: MICHAEL BRODEUR | June 24, 2008

Rachid Taha

Rock El Casbah: The Best Of . . . | Wrasse
On this first career-spanning collection, which skitters around chronologically, the consistency of Rachid Taha's work is more evident than ever before.

By: JEFF TAMARKIN | June 17, 2008

Contorted funk

Mound Magnet Pt. 2: Elevations Above Sea Level | Killer Pimp
The tracks on St. Werner’s fourth album as Lithops are eccentric, loose-limbed constructions, heavy on contorted rhythms, off-kilter beats, and writhing swirls of noise.

By: SUSANNA BOLLE | June 17, 2008

Judas Priest

Nostradamus | Epic
It’s a ridiculous album, sure, but also the most grandiose metal record likely to be released this year.

By: DANIEL BROCKMAN | June 17, 2008

Pan-African

Made In Dakar | Nonesuch
Far more than a nostalgia act, Baobab are one of the freshest and most exuberant African bands on the road today.

By: BANNING EYRE | June 17, 2008

Lil Wayne

Tha Carter III | Young Money/Cash Money/Universal
All rappers ride on the claim that they’re the best, but on III Wayne makes his case.

By: BEN WESTHOFF | June 17, 2008

Scorch Trio

Brolt! | Rune Grammofon
Brolt! | Rune Grammofon

By: DEVIN KING | June 17, 2008

Cassandra Wilson | Loverly

Blue Note
Blue Note

By: JON GARELICK | June 09, 2008

Dr. John

City That Care Forgot | 429
Strident as it is, this CD was meant as a tonic for the people of the Crescent City.

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | June 09, 2008

Gal Costa

Gal | Dusty Groove America
The Brazilian tropicália movement had it bad for the Beatles.

By: GUSTAVO TURNER | June 09, 2008

Grupo Fantasma

Sonidos Golds | High Wire Music
For authentic Latin funk, you need to savor Fantasma live — yet the take-out option is anything but a letdown.

By: MARTÍN CABELLERO | June 09, 2008

Philip Jeck

Sand | Touch
A recurrent theme of decay and loss haunts UK turntablist Philip Jeck’s music.

By: SUSANNA BOLLE | June 11, 2008

Robert Pollard(1)

Robert Pollard Is Off to Business | Guided by Voices Inc.
Pollard achieves the balance of indie and arena rock he’s been chasing for years, but he demonstrates something new in his approach

By: MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY | June 09, 2008

Old 97's

Blame It on Gravity | New West
The guitars ring clear and true, the backbeat is snare-tight, the harmonies are heavenly, and the Old 97’s are back.

By: MIKE MILIARD | June 03, 2008

Nobody

Blank Blue: Western Water Music Vol. II | Ubiquity
It’s the Monkees’ “Porpoise Song” (a track Nobody has covered) expanded into a full-blown stoner opera.

By: GUSTAVO TURNER | June 03, 2008

Mates of State: Re-Arrange Us

Barsuk
For their fifth album, Mates of State sought out and found the perfect pop tune. Ten of them, actually.

By: BEN WESTHOFF | June 03, 2008

Gas

Nah Und Fern | Kompakt
Kompakt label head Wolfgang Voigt re-releases the four discs of his Gas project — long hailed as some of the best albums in ambient techno — along with a double LP of extended material.

By: DEVIN KING | June 03, 2008

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