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Ya-Ka-May

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Big Easy house band boosts vocal legends.
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Massive Attack - Heligoland

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Trip-hop pioneers give doom a romantic tinge.
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Allison Moorer - Crows

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Well-connected crooner displays range, classiness.
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Pantha du Prince - Black Noise

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Ingenious beat maestro integrates Animal voices.
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Phantogram - Eyelid Movies

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Eerie duo auditions for next David Lynch flick.
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Cold War Kids - Behave Yourself

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Soulful testifying does not need a reading list.
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The Magnetic Fields - Realism

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Indie-pop librettist says don't grin, still bear it.
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Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here

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The revolution won't be on YouTube either.
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Hot Chip - One Life Stand

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Can their disco doctorates keep them warm at night?
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Midlake - The Courage of Others

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The Pentangle tribute you didn't know you needed.
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Priestess - Prior to the Fire

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Don't let what happened to Anvil happen to them.
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Salvador Santana - Keyboard City

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Slightly quirkier spin on family fusion biz.
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The Whitefield Brothers - Earthology

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MCs guide Afrobeat tour bus out of retro ditch.
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Spoon - Transference

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Seven albums in, indie-pop vets strip things down.
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