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• Cass McCombs, '
Humor Risk' (Domino)

  November 15, 2011 – This enigmatic singer-songwriter has packed a remarkable amount of soul-crippling drama into one year. After his tenderly downcast, early 2011 effort, Wit's End, Cass McCombs confronts life's miseries with a smirk and a softly rocking beat on this enjoyable sixth album. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Cass McCombs Teams With Rostam

  October 6, 2011 – Cass McCombs is that rare artist, in the era of overshare, who maintains a semblance of privacy: He doesn't give many interviews and lives a nomadic life, moving throughout his career from city to city. He prefers to communicate through his music, and that's just fine, given the splendor of his recent output. McCombs' second release of this year, Humor Risk, arrives November 8, and SPIN has an exclusive taste of the new material below. …
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  Pearl Jam Scavenger Hunt, Free Wale Mixtape + More

  August 18, 2011 – Pearl Jam have announced a scavenger hunt to reveal the tracklisting for their rarities-packed soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's Pearl Jam Twenty documentary.Starting today, clues will be released every half-hour online via Facebook and Twitter and in real-life locales like New York's Time Square. The first fan to crack each clue will receive a limited-edition Pearl Jam Twenty poster. …
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  Cass McCombs, 'Wit's End' (Domino)

  April 26, 2011 – A loner nomad with a knack for canny poetry, soft arrangements, and crawling tempos, Cass McCombs seems like an anachronism. Wit's End is even more hushed and sluggish than 2009's Catacombs, leaving lighter Dylanesque fare for depressive Leonard Cohen depths. The yearning piano plinking of"Saturday Song" could pass for the theme to a '40s noir flick. The harpsichord-limned "Buried Alive" is everything its title suggests. …
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  New Albums from Steve Earle, An Horse + 11 More

  April 25, 2011 – Here's our take on the best and worst albums available online and in record stores Tuesday, April 26: Steve Earle, I'll Never Get Out of This World AliveSo lonesome he could die, forever and ever, amen.Read Review Explosions in the Sky, Take Care. Take Care. …
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  10 Best Albums You Might Have Missed in 2009

  December 7, 2009 – When we painstakingly compile our annual Best Albums list, there are always a few outliers, albums that we loved deeply but, for one reason or another, didn't find a spot in the top 40. It's music that we blasted from our cubicles, sought out at club shows, and dropped onto playlists for pals, that didn't necessarily permeate the popular consciousness, or score career-changing syncs in car commercials. …
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  Hot New Download: Cass McCombs

  June 24, 2009 – Born in Concord, CA, moody singer-songwriter Cass McCombs moved to New York City in his early '20s and hasn't stopped traveling since. He's spent time in Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and England. …
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