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Magnetic Fields - Realism (Nonesuch)
28 January 2010This album was inspired by Merritt’s image of ’60s folk music – big-production folk with dazzlingly complex arrangements.
The Moore Brothers – Aptos (American Dust)
1 May 2009GREG and THOM come off as a snarky SIMON & GARFUNKEL here, and that’s not a bad thing.
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (Warner Bros.)
1 November 2008I don’t often wish I were in Los Angeles, but if I could be there November 7-8 at the Hollywood Bowl, I would, because forty years after its November 1968 release, Van Morrison will be performing his album Astral Weeks with two of the musicians he recorded it with.
Yacht Rock (channel101.com)
12 December 2005“You’re drowning in the past Mike, and I got your life jacket right here. It’s called the 80’s and it’s gonna be around forever!”
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of February 7
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The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove U.K.)
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The Joy Formidable – First You Have to Get Mad limited edition live LP (Pure Groove U.K.)
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Rogue Wave – Permalight (Brushfire)
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Sloan – Hit & Run digital EP (Murder)
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Catherine Wheel – Ferment (Cherry Red U.K.)
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Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown (Merge)
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Mission of Burma – The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
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Visqueen – Message to Garcia (Local 638)
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For Against – Never Been (Words on Music)
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The Dimes – The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry (Pet Marmoset)