Superchunk (Merge Records, 2013) Bands don’t generally age well. Dropped from their labels, their albums gather dust, played only for nostalgia’s...
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Vandaveer (Quack Media, 2013) Don’t mess around with guys named Willie. That’s the message in these Appalachian death ballads. Over and over in...
Darius Rucker (Capitol Nashville, 2013) Put on your favorite pair of blue jeans and T-shirt, grab a glass of libations, and settle down for some reminiscing...
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell (Rounder, 2013) Comedy icon, bona fide movie star, best-selling novelist, and accomplished banjo player. If that’s the...
Camera Obscura (4AD, 2013) Beauty is worth waiting for, as is joy. The Scottish band Camera Obscura’s magnificent album My Maudlin Career was released to...
Jim James (ATO Records, 2013) Kentucky rock outfit My Morning Jacket made its name in the early 2000s off its signature brew of country and psychedelic rock...
Local Natives (Frenchkiss Records, 2013) If Martin Mull is right and “writing about music is like dancing about architecture,” then there...
Low (Sub Pop Records, 2013) The release of a new Low album often feels like an unexpected gift. Not that all of their albums are unqualified masterpieces, but...
Dropkick Murphys (Born and Bred, 2013) Notre Dame didn’t quite win the college football championship in January, but this new album from the Dropkick...
The Coup (Epitaph, 2012) First, a warning: The lyrics on this album feature the usual hip-hop profanity, and there is no edited version. For many that is...
