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Meet the New Stars of Americana
May 16, 2011This summer's new wave of old-timey acts will have you pining for an age that may never have existed.Read More
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Fleet Foxes, 'Helplessness Blues'
May 3, 2011Parsley, sage, rosemary, and beards equal indie-folk nirvana Read More
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PJ Harvey, 'Let England Shake'
Feb 15, 2011Zooming in on war's carnage, Polly Jean Harvey discovers a startling new world of sound and furyRead More
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Artist of the Year: The Black Keys
Dec 14, 2010The hardest working blues brothers in show business finally get the recognition they deserve.Read More
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Duffy, 'Endlessly'
Dec 7, 2010Duffy and the Real Girl: Embracing more of her natural quirks, the Welsh songstress continues to evolve into a singular soul sister.Read More
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Roky Erickson With Okkervil River, 'True Love Cast Out All Evil'
Apr 12, 2010Psych-rock's most spaced-out traveler comes home.Read More
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The Unthanks, 'Here's the Tender Coming'
Mar 22, 2010Sisters' haunting voices tell brutal, brooding tales.Read More
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Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs, 'Medicine Country'
Mar 21, 2010Garage-rock gamine kicks up dust with ease.Read More
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The Tallest Man on Earth, 'The Wild Hunt'
Mar 21, 2010ESL eagerness brings twist to taut Dylanisms.Read More
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Laura Marling, 'I Speak Because I Can'
Mar 9, 2010If T-Swift felt the pain of the ancients, and could sing.Read More
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Heartless Bastards, 'The Mountain'
Jan 20, 2009Resilient trio punches its way to barroom transcendence.Read More
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Voice of the Year: Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold
Dec 24, 2008With robo-vocals ruling the charts, the rise of Pecknold and his otherworldly pipes is nothing less than a small, hairy miracle.Read More
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Various Artists, 'Awake, My Soul OST/Help Me to Sing'
Nov 7, 2008Obscure Southern singing style will transport you to heaven.Read More
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The Old Believers, 'Eight Golden Greats'
Nov 7, 2008Neither fleet nor foxy, but they can still sing like the wind.Read More
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O'death, 'Broken Hymns, Limbs, and Skin'
Nov 7, 2008Artfully unhinged New York combo exorcise hillbilly spirits.Read More
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