CAT POWER: Jukebox [Matador]

CAT POWER: Jukebox [Matador]

Chan Marshall owes her career as much to psychodrama as music, but it’s just now that she’s reached her most
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DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Brighter Than Creation’s Dark [New West]

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS: Brighter Than Creation’s Dark [New West]

With 2006’s A Blessing And A Curse, the Drive-By Truckers—perhaps one of the most respected bands to emerge from the
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BIIRDIE: Catherine Avenue [Love Minus Zero]

BIIRDIE: Catherine Avenue [Love Minus Zero]

Catherine Avenue is the album Rilo Kiley could’ve wowed the world with if Jenny Lewis and Co. learned the art
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PHOTON BAND: Back Down To Earth [Empyrean]

PHOTON BAND: Back Down To Earth [Empyrean]

Art Di Furia’s Photon Band was one of the cornerstones of Psychedelphia, a loose coterie of Philly bands from the
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EVANGELICALS: The Evening Descends [Dead Oceans]

EVANGELICALS: The Evening Descends [Dead Oceans]

To listen to Evangelicals’ second album, you’d think the studio was hip deep in musicians, a la the Polyphonic Spree.
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TIMES NEW VIKING: Rip It Off [Matador]

TIMES NEW VIKING: Rip It Off [Matador]

The list of band members on this Ohio trio’s MySpace page says it all: Hamish Kilgour, Mark Ibold and Brix
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JACK PEÑATE: Matinee [XL]

JACK PEÑATE: Matinee [XL]

Jack Peñate is a posh kid from South London who nevertheless affects the professional Cockney accent that’s currently de rigueur
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R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania