Merge re-introduces a band whose sound-- earnest folk-influenced indie rock with touches of noise and dream-pop-- is so second-nature that nobody realizes it's actually endangered.
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The third release from this convulsive Oakland noise rock trio finds them getting out from the shadow of their more serene Bay Area contemporaries Deerhoof, tempering their frantic prog-punk at times with more streamlined dissonance.
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The latest Tamashek band to wow Europe and America, Toumast are similar to desert guitar standard-bearers Tinariwen but the Parisian duo spikes its sound with rock dynamics, funky detours, and even a bit of jazz and hip-hop.
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Prodigy from Mobb Deep follows his low-key leftfield triumph, 2007's Return of the Mac, with his second amp;quot;properamp;quot; solo album, a disc he recorded as he was staring down a three-and-a-half year prison sentence.
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Billy Bragg, redoubtable radical, responds to five years of America (and England) making a mess of the world with a disc of mellow love songs.
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For the fourth installment of the Boogybytes series-- previous volumes have featured Kiki, Sascha Funke, and Modeselektor-- Bpitch Control boss Ellen Allien mans the keyboard, stringing together 15 tracks, often for four or five minutes at a time.
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