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Avenged Sevenfold
Nightmare
Warner Bros.Following the death of Avenged Sevenfold drummer James ?The Reverend? Sullivan in 2009, the band marched on, enlisting the help of Sullivan?s drumming hero, Dream Theater?s Mike Portnoy, for their fifth studio album Nightmare. Luckily, the sound of the band remains unchanged, and as one of the best drummers in the business, Portnoy picks up the reigns and rides the Deathbat’s double kick in complete synchronicity with Gates, Christ, and Vengeance.
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Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore, Alternative/Indie Rock, Emo |
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Betty and the Werewolves
Teatime Favourites
Damaged GoodsAttention casting directors! Are you looking for a band to provide music for the Talulah Gosh story? Look no further than Betty and the Werewolves. This U.K. foursome has the sound down. Just like the heroes of C-86, they?ve got clattering, super-charged punk tempos, careening guitar riffs, witty, snarky, and heartsick lyrics, sugar-sweet vocals that overlap and tumble into tricky harmonies, and the magical ability to make twee pop sound like the most exciting music on earth for two-and-a-half minutes at a time.
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Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock |
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Menomena
Mines
Barsuk RecordsDrifting between order and disarray, Menomena?s fourth album is like an exercise in controlled chaos. While Menomena are still working in layers of fractured harmony, Mines feels like one of their more focused efforts to date. Given the density of the songs here, reining themselves in couldn?t have been a small feat, and the album probably owes a lot to its relatively downtempo feeling.
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Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock |
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Mark Olson
Many Colored Kite
RykodiscMark Olson’s first proper solo album, 2007′s The Salvation Blues, was written and recorded in the wake of a powerfully traumatic romantic breakup, and as beautiful as it often was, the pain that inspired it was never far from the surface. Following a collaboration with his former partner in the Jayhawks, Gary Louris (2008′s Ready for the Flood), Many Colored Kite finds Olson making music on his own again, and though these songs appear to be the work of a stronger and happier man, this remains a deeply introspective set of songs, with a keenly spiritual undertow running through these meditations on love, nature, and humanity.
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Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Americana, Alternative Country-Rock |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Couldn’t Stand the Weather
EpicStevie Ray Vaughan’s second album, Couldn’t Stand the Weather, pretty much did everything a second album should do: it confirmed that the acclaimed debut was no fluke, while matching, if not bettering, the sales of its predecessor, thereby cementing Vaughan’s status as a giant of modern blues. So why does it feel like a letdown? Perhaps because it simply offers more of the same, all the while relying heavily on covers.
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Regional Blues, Album Rock, Modern Electric Texas Blues, Texas Blues, Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues |
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Best Coast
Crazy for You
Mexican Summer
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Noise Pop, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock |
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Christine Brewer
Great Strauss Scenes
Telarc
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Post-Romantic Vocal Music |
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The Robert Cray Band
Cookin’ in Mobile
Vanguard
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Contemporary Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues, Retro-Soul |
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Cyanide Pills
Cyanide Pills
Damaged Goods
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Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk-Pop, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Punk Revival |
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Dean & Britta
13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
Double Feature
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Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock |
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Dru Hill
Indrupendence Day
Kedar
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Contemporary R&B |
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The Dwarves
Must Die Redux
Greedy Records
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Fat Joe
The Darkside, Vol. 1
E1 Entertainment
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Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap |
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Eric Gales
Relentless
Blues Bureau International
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Modern Electric Blues, Guitar Virtuoso, Blues-Rock, Electric Blues |
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The Golden Dogs
Coat of Arms
Nevado Records
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Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock |
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Fred Hammond
Life in the Word
Universal Music Christian Gro
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Contemporary Christian, Contemporary Gospel, Gospel |
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Jesca Hoop
Hunting My Dress
Vanguard
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Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative/Indie Rock |
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Incognito
Transatlantic R.P.M.
Shanachie
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Club/Dance, Clubjazz, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary Jazz |
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Jaill
That’s How We Burn
Sub Pop Records
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Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock |
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Tom Jones
Praise & Blame
Lost Highway Records
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American Trad Rock |
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Seu Jorge
Seu Jorge and Almaz
Now-Again
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Brazilian Pop, Brazilian Traditions, MPB |
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King’s College Choir, Cambridge
A Year at King’s
EMI Classics
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Choral Music |
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Life of Agony
20 Years Strong: River Runs Red, Live in Brussels
I Scream Records
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American Punk, New York Punk, Punk/New Wave, Heavy Metal, Hardcore Punk, Hard Rock |
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Major Lazer
Lazers Never Die
Interscope
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Dancehall, Ragga, Club/Dance |
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Clyde McPhatter
Lover Please: The Complete MGM & Mercury Singles
Universal Distribution
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Early R&B |
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Miniature Tigers
Fortress
Modern Art
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Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock |
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MusikFabrik
Vom Himmel zur HЖlle (From Heaven to Hell)
Wergo
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Contemporary Chamber Music |
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Dino Saluzzi
El Encuentro
ECM Records
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South American Traditions, Argentinian Folk, Modern Composition, Tango |
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Trio Goya
The Heart of Invention: Piano Trios by Haydn
Chandos
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Classical Chamber Music |
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Paul Watkins
Martinu: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3; Variations on a Theme of Rossini; Variations on a Slovak Theme
Chandos
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Modern Chamber Music |
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Original Soundtrack
Get Low
Rounder
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Contemporary Bluegrass, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Bluegrass, Contemporary Country, Traditional Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass, Soundtracks |
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Original Soundtrack
Music From Cats & Dogs: Revenge Of Kitty Galore
Watertower Music
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Teen Pop, Soundtracks |
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Rufio
Anybody Out There
The Militia Group
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Emo-Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk-Pop |
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Saravah Soul
Cultura Impura
Tru Thoughts
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Brazilian Traditions, African Traditions, Carnival, Brazilian Folk, Afro-Brazilian, Highlife, Afro-Beat, MPB, Samba, Funk |
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Rob Schneider
Registered Offender
Oglio Records
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Music Comedy, Comedy |
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Sky Sailing
An Airplane Carried Me to Bed
Universal Republic
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Alternative/Indie Rock, Emo-Pop, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter |
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Social Studies
Wind Up Wooden Heart
Antenna Farm Records
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Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock |
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Billy Squier
Don’t Say No
Capitol
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Arena Rock, Hard Rock |
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Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Live at the Greek Theatre 2008
Hip-O
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Contemporary Pop/Rock |
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Tech N9ne Collabos
The Gates Mixed Plate
Strange
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Thin Lizzy
Lynott’s Last Stand
Chrome Dreams
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George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Live in Boston, 1982
Rounder
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Blues-Rock, Boogie Rock, Slide Guitar Blues, Rock & Roll, Album Rock |
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J Roddy Walston and the Business
J Roddy Walston and the Business
Vagrant
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Indie Rock, Roots Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock |
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Christopher Willits
Tiger Flower Circle Sun
Ghostly International
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Indie Electronic, IDM, Ambient, Post-Rock |
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Zo!
SunStorm
Foreign Exchange
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Adult Contemporary R&B, Underground Rap, Contemporary R&B |