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Travis Tritt

The Storm | Category 5
Georgia-born Tritt has always been a country musician with a rock-and-roll soul, but this time he’s put the accent on “soul” as a genre.

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | September 05, 2007

Donovan Frankenreiter

Recycled Recipes | Lost Highway
Lost HighwaySurfer-turned-musician Donovan Frankenreiter has a sandy beard, a warm old soul voice, and a sonic signature planted firmly in the 1970s.

By: WERNER TRIESCHMANN | September 05, 2007

Interpol

Our Love to Admire | Capitol
On their third album, NYC mood merchants Interpol don’t quite rest on the laurels of their 2004 major-label debut, Antics .

By: MIRIAM LAMEY | September 05, 2007

Blaqk audio

Cexcells | Interscope
Blaqk Audio is Davey Havok and Jade Puget of AFI doing an ’80s-inspired synths-and-beats version of the emo-inflected goth-rock.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | September 05, 2007

Bill Callahan

Woke on a Whaleheart | Drag City
When Lou Reed left the lo-fi proto-punk of the Velvet Underground behind for the polished, poetic pop of his solo albums, devotees were devastated.

By: MATT ASHARE | September 05, 2007

Superbad: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Lakeshore
Teen movies have long used the funkiest black music to throw into relief the shenanigans of the nerdiest white guys.

By: CHARLES TAYLOR | September 05, 2007

Johnny Thunders

Who's Been Talkin? In Concert | MVD
He knew what he was singing: shortly after this concert, Thunders passed into history, leaving a tattered legacy and a messy stain.

By: JIM SULLIVAN | August 29, 2007

Cedric Burnside + Lightnin’ Malcolm

Juke Joint Duo | Soul Is Cheap
After a flirtation with hip-hop, R.L. Burnside’s drummer and grandson Cedric has returned to exciting, raw-boned blues.

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | August 29, 2007

Aesop Rock

None Shall Pass | Definitive Jux
Sometimes I don’t have one goddamn clue what misanthropic underground hip-hop king Aesop Rock is talking about.

By: RICHARD BECK | August 28, 2007

Mark Olson

The Salvation Blues | HackTone
The album shimmers with the sort of musical detail that keeps woe-is-me songwriting from sounding (entirely) like a pity party.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | August 28, 2007

Merle Haggard

The Bluegrass Sessions | McCoury Music | Working Man’s Journey | Cracker Barrel
Merle Haggard has always been a keen observer of American thought and spirit.

By: JEFF TAMARKIN | August 28, 2007

Editors: An End Has a Start

Epic
Like Ian McCulloch in the early ’80s, Editors singer Tom Smith sounds old before his time, preoccupied as he is with our precarious mortal coil.

By: MATT ASHARE | August 28, 2007

The Bongos

Drums along the Hudson | Cooking Vinyl
Twenty-five years after its initial release, this cornerstone of American ’80s post-punk/new-wave sounds both innovative and quaint.

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | August 20, 2007

Bad Religion

New Maps of Hell | Epitaph
But if determination = quality, then Bad Religion are one of the best punk bands in the world.

By: BRETT SINGER | August 20, 2007

T.I. vs. T.I.P.

T.I. | Atlantic
In 1886, it was The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : dark versus light, yin versus yang.

By: DOMINIQUE HENDELMAN | August 20, 2007

Talib Kweli

Ear Drum | Warner Bros.
Ear Drum doesn’t reach the highs of that far more ambitious and sprawling album, but it’s a welcome return to form.

By: MATTHEW GASTEIER | August 20, 2007

Justice

† | Vice
Vice like the magazine or Vice like Miami?

By: ANDREW GRAHAM | August 20, 2007

VHS or Beta

Bring On the Comets | Astralwerks
The wordless, minute-long opener “Euglama,” though — that’s worth digging.

By: MIKAEL WOOD | August 20, 2007

Laurie Anderson

Big Science | Nonesuch
One of the most important albums of the ’80s has been re-released with two appealing extras.

By: TED DROZDOWSKI | August 14, 2007

Sultan

Montreal | Yashitoshi
The first track of this CD establishes a taste in dance music that’s recognizably, authentically Montreal.

By: MICHAEL FREEDBERG | August 14, 2007

Kevin Drumm and Daniel Menche

Gauntlet | Editions Mego
At just over 28 minutes, Gauntlet might not seem all that imposing.

By: SUSANNA BOLLE | August 15, 2007

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